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Bernard Sychta | |
|---|---|
Bernat Zëchta | |
 A statue of Sychta in Sierakowice | |
| Born | March 21, 1907 |
| Died | November 25, 1982 (aged 75) |
| Era | 20th Century |
| Organization | Kashubian–Pomeranian Association |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Poznań |
| Thesis | Materialna kultura ludowa Borów Tucholskich na tle etnografii kaszubskiej i kociewskiej (1947) |
| Doctoral advisor | Roman Pollak |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Denomination | Catholicism |
| Church | Latin Church |
| Ordination | 1932 |
| Senior posting | |
| Post | Diocese of Pelplin |
| Period in office | 1947-1982 |
| Previous post | Diocese of Chełmno (from 1934) |
Bernard Sychta was a Kashubian activist, ethnographer, linguist, and Catholic priest. He studied the West Slavic groups of Kashubs, Kocievians, and Tuchola Borowians, inhabiting the Pomeranian region of Central Europe. He was the author of dictionaries of the Kashubian and Kocievian languages and wrote the Kocievian national anthem.
Biography
[edit]Early life and education
[edit]Sychta was born on 21 March, 1907 into a Kashub family, in what was then, Pusdrowo, German Empire. He was one of thirteen siblings, to his mother Anna (née Karszna) and father Jan, a farmer and business owner. As a child, Sychta attended the local school in Pusdrowo before enrolling at gymnasiums in the Free City of Danzig and Wejherowo. Whilst still a student, he began producing his first works, including a Kashubian nativity play in 1925, which was staged by students at the Wejherowo gymnasium. In 1928, Sychta began studying theology and philosophy at the seminary in Pelplin.[1]
WWII
[edit]Completed his doctoral dissertation based on the work of Eugeniusz Frankowski.
Priesthood
[edit]Sychta entered the priesthood at the age of 25. His first posting was to a parish in the Kocievian town of Świecie, then to Sarnowo in Chełmno Land, before returning to Świecie in 1934. The following year, he was appointed to the psychiatric hospital in Starogard.
Then Pelplin - Whilst there, he gained qualifications in psychology, psychopathology, and psychiatry from the Akademia Lekarska.[2]
Retirement
[edit]He became an honorary member of the Gdańsk Scientific Society.[3]
Bernard Sychta Location of plaque in Pelplin,[4] journal article? about his work[5] and brief bib. entry.[6]
Article about his monument in Sierakowice.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Walkusz, Jan. "Bernard Sychta". iPSB (in Polish). Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
- ^ Walkusz, Jan. "Bernard Sychta". iPSB (in Polish). Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
- ^ Walkusz, Jan. "Bernard Sychta". iPSB (in Polish). Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
- ^ "Dawna Plebania ks. Bernarda Sychty". Kociewie 24 (in Polish).
- ^ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/379954460_O_wierzeniach_ludowych_Kociewiakow_w_swietle_Slownictwa_kociewskiego_na_tle_kultury_ludowej
- ^ Brzezińska, Anna Weronika; Gillmeister, Kamila (2019). "II.I.I.III". Kociewie igłą i nitką: Badania i promocja stroju oraz haftu jako dziedzictwa kultury ludowej regionu kociewskiego (PDF) (in Polish). p. 29.
- ^ Damps, Magdalena (19 March 2015). "Ksiądz Bernard Sychta będzie miał pomnik". Dziennik Bałtycki (in Polish).