Karl Kaspar Reitenberger
Karl Prokop riding Berger, Karl Kaspar Reittenberger, baptismal name Kaspar Prokop ( born December 29, 1779 Neumarkt, district plan, Bohemia, † March 21, 1860 in Wilten, District Innsbruck, Tyrol ) was a Premonstratensian and 1813-1826 abbot of the pin Tepl in West Bohemia. He was the founder of the spa town Marianske Lazne.
Life and work
Berger was riding with the baptismal name Kaspar Prokop, the son of Franz Johann Josef riding Berger (1750-1809), bakers, town clerk and mayor in Neumarkt and his wife Juditha born Lippert (1758-1817) was born and had seven siblings. As a graduate of a secondary school in Prague he entered the Premonstratensian Canons in a Tepl, received the religious name Karl, then studied theology in Prague and was ordained a priest in 1804. In 1807 he was secretary of the Abbot Chrysostom Lawrence Pfrogner in pen Tepl. After his death in 1812, Charles Prokop Reitenberger age of 32 was elected abbot of the pin Tepl and in 1819 prelate. He was particularly interested in the economic concerns of the monastery, which he tried unconventional and confidently to solve. He was a supporter of the Catholic Restoration ( History ) and to the reforms of Emperor Joseph II from 1773 and its tolerance patent rejected in 1781.
To the land of the monastery Tepl belonged in the settlement area of the Choden a close, almost inaccessible swamp area with well-known mineral springs, which by the monastery doctor Johann Josef Nehr (1757-1820) were analyzed and developed; what this, in the even of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe acclaimed " descriptions of the mineral springs at Marienbad " reported and thereby contributed to the announcement of the emerging seaside resort. Abbot Karl Prokop riding Berger promoted the development of the spa town Marianske Lazne, let drain in a short time the area will wear away hills, Rock blasting, planted avenues, promenades and build roads, and establish bathing and accommodation facilities in a representative - feudal style. In 1818, the foundation has been recognized as a health resort and was named after Our Lady's source. In rapid succession arose in Marienbad another 46 lodging houses and about 800 spa guests were offered a varied social program. Abbot Karl Prokop riding Berger is considered the founder of the spa town Marianske Lazne. With the spas Karlovy Lazne and the famous spa triangle around Eger was formed in West Bohemia.
In 1821, Abbot riding Berger made the acquaintance of the spa guest Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and met him regularly in the morning drinking cure on the cross, the fountain from which Abbot Reitenberger without special ceremonial participated. On August 21, 1821 Goethe visited the first time pin Tepl and was impressed by its cultural influence.
For the construction and design of the spa town of Marienbad considerable money issues of the pin Tepl were required initially brought not yet the hoped-for financial gain, even though shipments of spring water in clay bottles was already underway. The success of the foundation itself led to envy, jealousy and intrigue in the ranks of the canons of the pen. The allegation of dangerous mismanagement was loud. A supposedly disrespectful remark of Abbot Karl Reitberg on the fourth, much younger wife of Emperor Franz II ( HRR ), which was carried on to have these brought in anger. Under influence of the Bishop of Prague Charles Prokop riding Berger in 1826 was forced to resign from his position as abbot of the pin Tepl. and then to accept a stay in Premonstratensian pin Wilten in Tyrol. There he lived quietly without his talents corresponding task, died in 1860 and was placed in the parish church of Wilten in North Tyrol to the grave. In 1870 the town of Marianske Lazne erected in his honor on the Cross fountain promenade a monument. In 1906 was his solemn reburial after pin Tepl in West Bohemia.