Wolfgang Nastainczyk
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Nastainczyk | |
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| Dean Emeritus of the University of Regensburg | |
 Wolfgang Nastainczyk (left) with Joseph Ratzinger (after Pope Benedict XVI) c. 1977. | |
| Diocese | Regensburg |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 9 June 1957 |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Wolfgang Hermann Heinrich Nastainczyk |
| Born | 1 January 1932 Leobschütz, Upper Silesia, Weimar Germany |
| Died | December 13, 2019 (aged 87) Regensburg |
| Nationality | German |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Residence | Regensburg, Germany |
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Nastainczyk (1 January 1932 – 13 December 2019)[1] was a German theologian, lecturer and priest who taught at the University of Regensburg alongside Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI). He was the cousin of another noted German theologian, .[2]
Nastainczyk was born in Leobschütz, Upper Silesia, the son of Josef Nastainczyk and Gertrud Tenzler and was ordained a Roman Catholic priest on 9 June 1957.
On 5 April 2011, Nastainczyk published a complete history of Christianity in Silesia entitled Wie die Schlesier Christen wurden, waren und sind: Ein Beitrag zur schlesischen Kulturgeschichte. This book took Nastainczyk ten years to research and write and begins its history in the year 950AD. The book also discusses relations between Christians and Jews in the area throughout history and the impacts of Nazism, the Second World War and the Anschluß on the region.
Notable works[]
- Religionunterrichten: Aufaben und Möglichkeiten neu gesehen, Herder, 1979, ISBN 978-3-451-18249-5
- (1970)
- Pfeiffer, 1963
- Wie die Schlesier Christen wurden, waren und sind: Ein Beitrag zur schlesischen Kulturgeschichte Schnell & Steiner, 2011, ISBN 978-3-7954-2468-8
References[]
- ^ "Die Fakultät für Katholische Theologie der Universität Regensburg trauert um Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Nastainczyk" (PDF) (in German). 2019-12-17.
- ^ Feldmann, Christian (2005). Benedikt XVI.: der bayerische Papst : von Regensburg und München auf den Stuhl Petri. MZ Buchverlag. pp. 51–52. ISBN 978-3-934863-27-9.
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