Wolfgang Krieger (Abbot)

Wolfgang Krieger OSB, baptismal name: Sebastian (born January 20, 1716 in Riekofen , † June 18, 1788 in Frauenzell ), was a German Benedictine and abbot in Frauenzell Abbey .

biography

Wolfgang Krieger entered the Frauenzell monastery in 1736 and made his profession here in 1737 . He received his higher education in Straubing , Regensburg and Freising . The monastic formation took place in the Commun- Novitiate of the Bavarian Benedictine Congregation in the monasteryprüfung . On April 2, 1740 he was ordained a priest . When the monastery was besieged by Austrian and Hungarian troops during the War of the Austrian Succession , Wolfgang Krieger negotiated successfully in March 1742 at the headquarters of the Austrians in Deggendorf as the representative of Abbot Benno Engerer von Frauenzell about the reduction of the required taxes. In November of the same year Wolfgang Krieger, who was the pastor in Frauenzell at that time, was abducted by Hungarian troops to Deggendorf to demand a ransom from the monastery. After a few days he was sent back to Frauenzell with the order to send 3,000 guilders as the price for his release.

After serving in pastoral care in Frauenzell and Bruckbach, Wolfgang Krieger took over the care of the parish of Altenthann, which belongs to Frauenzell monastery, from 1745 and of the parish of Zell, which is also looked after by the monastery from 1761 . Since Wolfgang Krieger was evidently held in high esteem in the convent due to his intellectual abilities and his piety, he was elected as his successor on April 15, 1766 after the death of Abbot Heinrich Schneider. Like his predecessors, Abbot Wolfgang Krieger successfully tried to improve the economic situation of the small and less well-off monastery. The brewery, which was destroyed by fire, was rebuilt by him. In the years 1770 to 1772, when there were bad harvests in the surrounding area due to bad weather, he is said to have supported the needy population with funds from the monastery. Finally, under Abbot Wolfgang Krieger, the new early classical high altar was built in the monastery church, which bears his coat of arms.

literature

• Joseph Sächerl: Chronicle of the Benedictine monastery Frauenzell together with historical news about Brennberg, Bruckbach, Siegenstein and Süßenbach, Altenthan, Pettenreut, Arrach, Zell, Martins-Neukirchen, Marienstein and Hetzbach , in: Negotiations of the Historical Association for Upper Palatinate and Regensburg , Volume 15 (1853), pp. 257-466, especially pp. 376-377 and 402-404.
• Franz Seraph Gsellhofer: Contributions to the history of the former monastery UL Frauenzell. In: Negotiations of the Historical Association for Upper Palatinate and Regensburg , Volume 8 (1844), pp. 41–62, here pp. 48 and 58.

Web link

• Totenrotel by Abbot Wolfgang Krieger from the Totenrotel collection at Sankt Emmeram Abbey at digital-sammlungen.de

predecessor	Office	successor
Heinrich I. Schneider	Abbot of Frauenzell Monastery 1766–1788	Heinrich II. Mühlbauer