Florian Baucke

Florian Baucke (* September 24 1719 in Tiny, Silesia, † July 14, 1779 in Neuhaus, Bohemia, and timpani or Paucke ) was a Jesuit missionary and writer.

Baucke joined the Order of the Society of Jesus in October 1736. After his ordination in 1748 Paucke was sent to the missions of Paraguay. Baucke dealt initially with further theological studies. From 1751 he worked as a missionary, especially among Macobi Indians, a very warlike tribe. After the expulsion of the Order from Paraguay ( 1768) Baucke returned to the Bohemian province. Bauckes literary work over the years in South America was published multiple times, about J. Frast, 1870, last v. G. Furlong, Buenos Aires 1942. It reports on Father Baucke 's trip to Paraguay, the Gran Chaco, the lifestyle, customs and habits of visited Baucke Indians, about life in the reduction of St. Xavier and Christianity among the Indians. The expulsion of the Jesuits from Paraguay arises. Bauckes report is designed to live near and sometimes humorous way. The original manuscript provided by Baucke with detailed aquarellistischen representations located in the library of the Austrian Zwettl.

Literature (selection )

  • Andreas Kobler: Father Florian Baucke a Jesuit in Paraguay. 1870
  • A. Bringmann: Father Florian Baucke, a German missionary in Paraguay. 1908
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz: Baucke ( Timpani ), Florian. In: Biographic- bibliographic church encyclopedia ( BBKL ). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2, unchanged edition Hamm, 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1, 413-414 Sp. (Articles / Articles beginning possibly in the Internet Archive )
  • Wilhelm scratch SJ: Baucke, Florian. In: New German Biography ( NDB ). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6, pp. 631 f ( digitized ).
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