Bernhard Schwentner [SEP] date of death
Bernhard Schwentner
Bernhard Schwentner (28 September 1891 in Schwerin – 30 October 1944 near Brandenburg-Görden) was a German Catholic clergyman.
Life.
Bernhard Schwentner was born in Schwerin in 1891. After finishing "Gymnasium", he studied in Münster beginning in 1910. In 1913, he entered the seminary in Osnabrück, and was ordained a priest in 1914. Until he was called into the military, Schwentner worked at the "St.-Ansgar-Kirche/Kleiner Michel" in Hamburg as a vicar and a teacher.
After the war, many streets were named after Schwentner in places such as Hamburg, Schwerin and the last place where he worked, Neustrelitz. In 1965, a memorial to Bernhard Schwentner was built next to the Neustrelitz Catholic Church. It had on it a bronze portrait of Schwentner with a thorny wreath, and it contained the urn with his ashes. The Church has since altered the monument. In the Catholic Church, he is regarded as a martyr.
Bibliography.
- U. v. Hehl: "Priester unter