Winfried Schwab

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Winfried Schwab OSB on the day of his abbot election in Neuburg Abbey
Abbot coat of arms Winfried Schwab OSB
Winfried Schwab OSB after being elected abbot among his confreres and Abbot President Albert Schmidt

Winfried Schwab OSB (real name Reinhold Erwin Schwab ; born July 23, 1964 in Fulda ) is a German Benedictine and was abbot of Neuburg Abbey near Heidelberg from 2016 to 2018 .

Life

Reinhold Schwab, who grew up in Dipperz in the diocese of Fulda , studied law and history in Heidelberg, among other places. In 1995 he entered the Austrian Benedictine Abbey of Admont and received in memory of St. Boniface the religious name Winfried . He studied philosophy and theology (Dipl. Theol.) In Graz, Salzburg and at Einsiedeln Abbey . On June 17, 2006, he was ordained a priest in the Admont Collegiate Church by Bishop Egon Kapellari . He celebrated his home prime on July 2, 2006 in St. Antonius d. Hermit u. St. Placidus in Dipperz.

Winfried Schwab held the inner monastic offices of subprior , novice master and cleric magister in Admont . Outwardly, he represented the abbey as cultural representative and press officer. He was also a member of the presidium of the Austrian Benedictine Congregation. From 2009 to 2010 he was in charge of the parishes Großsölk and St. Nikolai , and from 2010 to 2015 the pilgrimage church of Frauenberg an der Enns , located near Admont Abbey, as pastor and pastor.

Under the chairmanship of Abbot President Albert Schmidt , Winfried Schwab postulated the election chapter of the Benedictines of Stift Neuburg on October 5, 2015 as the 5th abbot of the Heidelberg monastery. After reaching the age limit of his predecessor Abbot Franziskus Heereman the day before, he took office on March 8, 2016. The ordination took place on March 12, 2016 under the direction of Archbishop Stephan Burger of Freiburg and in the presence of other bishops and numerous abbots, including the archabbots of Beuron Tutilo Burger and St. Peter, Salzburg Korbinian Birnbacher , in the Heidelberg Jesuit Church .

Winfried Schwab is involved in numerous social projects in the Holy Land and has been a long-term member of the German Association of the Holy Land . In 2008 Cardinal Grand Master John Patrick Foley appointed him Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem . On September 20, 2008, the Grand Prior of the Austrian Lieutenancy Archbishop Alois Kothgasser invested it in the Frauenkirchen basilica . On September 24, 2016 Winfried Schwab was appointed Commander of the Papal Laity Order. In 2017 he succeeded Michael HF Brock as Prior of the Southwest German Order Province.

In autumn 2016 he was appointed to the ethics committee of the medical faculty of Heidelberg University.

In 1984 he and others founded the Catholic student association KDSt.V. Adolphiana in Fulda . He is a member of other connections in the CV , ÖCV and MKV and belonged to the CV suburb of Mannheim / Heidelberg (1991/92). Since June 17, 2017 he has been the chaplain of the Cartell Association of German Catholic Student Associations .

The Abbot Preses of the Beuron Benedictine Congregation , Albert Schmidt, relieved Abbot Winfried Schwab from his position on September 21, 2018: “During the visitation, which began in May 2017, it had been shown that the responsible bodies were not involved in some important decisions were involved in the way that would have complied with church regulations. ”Abbot Winfried Schwab has applied to the responsible church authorities for an independent review against this decision.

Act

As cultural representative, Winfried Schwab was responsible for the development and expansion of the contemporary art collection in Admont Abbey. In 2002 he initiated the unique special collection “Beyond Seeing”, which connects the blind and the sighted. Among other things, it was shown in Linz (then European Capital of Culture) and in Moscow in 2013/14 (as part of a highly acclaimed Russian - Austrian cultural exchange). During his tenure in 2006, Federal Minister Elisabeth Gehrer awarded the Austrian State Prize for Museums 2005 to Admont Abbey . He is also a member of the editorial team of the quarterly publication "kunst und kirche" and a member of the jury for the Art Prize of the Archdiocese of Freiburg ".

Another focus of his work is dance of death research . Schwab is a member of the European Dance of Death Association , which promotes science and research, art and design in connection with the dance of death and related topics.

Abbot Winfried initiated the 1st art prize for the appreciation of food in 2018 . The art prize invites up-and-coming artists to work on the topic of appreciating food and avoiding food waste autonomously and to deal artistically with the problem. The prize will be awarded as part of the FOOD-VALUE-FESTIVAL on October 7, 2018 in the Benedictine monastery Stift Neuburg, Heidelberg. The art prize and festival are funded by the German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) as part of a funding project.

honors and awards

  • Knight of the Holy Sepulcher (2008; increased rank to Commander in 2016)
  • Artheon Art Prize (2014)
  • Carl Mannich Medal of the Alumni and Friends of the Pharmaceutical Institutes of the University of Frankfurt am Main (2015).
  • Winner in the ideas competition "Food culture and sustainability" of the Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) in cooperation with the Dr. Rainer Wild Foundation, the Foundation for Fruit Painting and Sculpture and the Brauerei zum Klosterhof GmbH (2018)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Admonter Benedictine Father Winfried Schwab celebrated Primiz , Osthessen News, July 10, 2006
  2. ^ "Winfried Schwab is the new abbot of Neuburg Abbey" , Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung , October 6, 2015
  3. ^ "Neuburg Monastery has a new abbot" , kathisch.de , March 13, 2016; “Good words from the Archbishop” , Darmstädter Echo , March 15, 2016
  4. ↑ "Space for Science, Art and Religion" , swr.de , January 13, 2017
  5. ↑ a b press release 09/22/2018 . In: Stift Neuburg . September 22, 2018 ( stift-neuburg.de [accessed September 25, 2018]).
  6. ^ Message from Abbot Winfried , accessed on October 4, 2017
  7. ↑ Beyond Seeing ( Memento of the original from November 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 2, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / jenseits-des-sehens.jimdo.com
  8. ^ Art and Church , accessed December 27, 2017
  9. ^ Art Prize of the Archdiocese of Freiburg , accessed on December 27, 2017
  10. ^ "German National Library - Author Search" German National Library , October 6, 2015; "Monumenta Germaniae Historica" , Monumenta Germaniae Historica October 6, 2015
  11. ^ Website of the European Dance of Death Association , accessed on October 6, 2015
  12. ↑ a b Website ideas competition "Food culture and sustainability" , Dr. Rainer Wild Foundation, accessed on July 18, 2018
  13. ↑ "Artheon Art Prize 2014" , Artheon.de, October 6, 2015
  14. ^ "An excellent friendship between Admont Abbey and the Goethe University Frankfurt" , Ordensgemeinschaften.at October 6, 2015
predecessor Office successor
Francis Heereman Abbot of Neuburg
2016–2018 		( Ambrosius Leidinger )
personal data
SURNAME Schwab, Winfried
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schwab, Reinhold (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Benedictine priest, abbot of Neuburg Abbey
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Fulda