[WN+] Dr. Andreas Oberdorf on the missionary Demetrius Augustinus Gallitzin: A pioneer from Angelmodde – Angelmodde

The married couple Elisabeth and Wolf Lammers have been campaigning for him to be beatified for years. The educational historian Dr. Andreas Oberdorf from the University of Münster wrote a profound dissertation on Demetrius Augustinus von Gallitzin and has now published the book “Educational Pioneer Between Münster and Pennsylvania 1770-1840” in Ferdinand Schöningh Verlag. The incentive for the topic came to him already during his studies, as Oberdorf says in an interview with this newspaper: “I was interested in Westphalian cultural history and learned a lot about the Gallitzin district and the educational reforms of Franz von Fürstenberg.

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