Religious Figure, Author. He was a 17th-century Augustinian monk, who is credited as an author of popular books of devotion. Although he was a prolific author of sacred and secular writings, his most recognized novel was entitled "Judas de Erzchelm." Born John Ulrich, the 8th of nine children of serfs, he became an ordained priest on June 8, 1668. His lowly birth made him an emissary to the serfs as well as the nobility. In 1677, he was appointed imperial court minister by Leopold I, and served during the years of a plague epidemic. He wrote about many subjects including being against the Ottoman Empire. Known to be a forceful orator, he was considered one of the greatest masters of the spoken and written word. He drew from the original source of the Austrian, especially the Viennese dialect, and preserved valuable assets of popular literature from oblivion in his stories. He was a pulpit orator, scholar, and moral describer, had an apt satirical wit, and often arrived at a kind of social criticism that seemed almost revolutionary for the time. In impressive reprimands, he chastised the vices and weaknesses of his time. The coarseness of his language and the burlesque comparisons and images along with the awaken the conscience of his audiences were all meaningful of the jargon of the Landsknechts. Especially during the plague epidemic and the Turkish sieges of Vienna, his power of speech was an important propaganda tool. Literary scholars see him as the actual founder of the German written language. His works continued to be popular for many years after his death.
Religious Figure, Author. He was a 17th-century Augustinian monk, who is credited as an author of popular books of devotion. Although he was a prolific author of sacred and secular writings, his most recognized novel was entitled "Judas de Erzchelm." Born John Ulrich, the 8th of nine children of serfs, he became an ordained priest on June 8, 1668. His lowly birth made him an emissary to the serfs as well as the nobility. In 1677, he was appointed imperial court minister by Leopold I, and served during the years of a plague epidemic. He wrote about many subjects including being against the Ottoman Empire. Known to be a forceful orator, he was considered one of the greatest masters of the spoken and written word. He drew from the original source of the Austrian, especially the Viennese dialect, and preserved valuable assets of popular literature from oblivion in his stories. He was a pulpit orator, scholar, and moral describer, had an apt satirical wit, and often arrived at a kind of social criticism that seemed almost revolutionary for the time. In impressive reprimands, he chastised the vices and weaknesses of his time. The coarseness of his language and the burlesque comparisons and images along with the awaken the conscience of his audiences were all meaningful of the jargon of the Landsknechts. Especially during the plague epidemic and the Turkish sieges of Vienna, his power of speech was an important propaganda tool. Literary scholars see him as the actual founder of the German written language. His works continued to be popular for many years after his death.
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geb.1644 in Kreeheinstetten als
Ulrich Megerle
gest.1709 in Wien
Der wortgewaltige Prediger und.
Augustiner-Barfüßer liegt hier in Der Ordensgruft begraben.
Don seiner Heimatgemeinde
Freenbeinstetten-Baben.
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