Winthir
Winthir (* England ; † Neuhausen ) was probably a traveling preacher who Christianized the Upper Bavarian region east of the Würm and west of the Isar in the 8th or 12th century . A church, a cemetery, a school, a street, as well as various places and shops are named after him in the west of Munich . Due to constant tradition, he is venerated as a regional blessing in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising ; his name was at times one of the common first names in the area of his cult.
Life
There is no written evidence of his life, only folk traditions. They say he beginning of the 8th century Neuhausen (now a suburb of Munich ) came and when mule trains carried a mule salt. After work, he is said to have talked to the farmers about religion. In his old age he lived in a small house and lived on vegetables that he raised himself. According to tradition, there were neither storms nor cattle epidemics in Neuhausen during his life.
According to a later tradition, he is said to have been the son of a pagan count from Ireland who settled in Neuhausen on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
More recent sources date it more to the 12th century.
reception
In 1738 the farmers of Neuhausen wrote a pamphlet in which they stated that the blessed Winthir had helped them with numerous illnesses. In contrast to Sendling , Neuhausen was spared in the War of the Spanish Succession because the residents sought refuge in the blessed Winthir.
The Winthir Church was built over Winthir's grave . When large parts of it collapsed as a result of a storm in 1931, Pastor Simon Irschl (1880–1978) had excavations carried out, during which the skeleton of a tall man was found under the church in 1932 together with a tree stump. This find situation agreed with the tradition, which said that Winthir was buried under a linden tree. The bones found have since been regarded as those of the Blessed.
At the church is the Winthir cemetery, where several celebrities are buried, u. a. the priest Joseph Anton Sambuga , educator King Ludwig I , the journalist Sigi Sommer and Oskar von Miller , the founder of the Deutsches Museum .
The Winthirplatz in Neuhausen is named after the blessed, as is the Winthir School and several shops. The so-called Winthir Column, which was erected in his honor in the 15th century, still stands on Winthirplatz.
Name and name day
The name suggests Irish Scottish descent, but this is not documented. Also old high German for friend in battle . Name day: December 29; Remembrance day: August 6th
literature
- Ludwig Schrott: The blessed Winthir zu Neuhausen , Schnell & Steiner publishing house, 1997, ISBN 978-3-7954-8036-3
- Magnus Jocham : The Blessed Winthir, in Bavaria Sancta , Volume I., Munich, 1861
- Fritz Fenzl: Der Teufelstritt: Magical stories and tours to legendary places in Munich , Stiebner Verlag Munich, 2001, ISBN 978-3-8307-1040-0 ; Scan of the book chapter on Blessed Winthir
- Karl von Manz: The blessed Winthir of Munich-Neuhausen; a Bavarian folk saint , in the commemorative publication 800 years of Neuhausen, 1970
- Around me is home , the old Winthir cemetery in Neuhausen - a piece of Munich's cultural history, ISBN 3-931231-08-9
- Orthodox Holy Life, preprint on the Internet, p. 182 Scan of the chapter on Blessed Winthir
Web links
- Vita des Blessed from the Bavaria Sancta by Prof. Magnus Jocham
- Blessed Winthir in the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints
swell
- ↑ Source: Neuhauser Geschichtswerkstatt , accessed August 24, 2019
- ↑ To the Winthirkirche ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Walk on the Winthirfriedhof Neuhausen. To Prelate Irschl, who discovered the bones of the Blessed. Retrieved October 8, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Walk on the Winthirfriedhof Neuhausen, website on the Winthirfriedhof. Retrieved October 8, 2019 (German).
- ↑ To Neuhauser Platz, including Winthirplatz ( Memento from November 1st, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Photo of the Winthir Column ( Memento from September 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Walk on the Winthir cemetery Neuhausen, To Karl von Manz and his Winthir biography. Retrieved October 8, 2019 (German).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Winthir |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English (?) itinerant preacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th century or 8th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 8th century or 9th century |
| Place of death | Munich Neuhausen-Nymphenburg |