Herman Leo Van Breda (born Leo Marie Karel ; 28 February 1911, in Lier , Belgium – 3 March 1974, in Leuven ) was a Franciscan , philosopher and founder of the Husserl Archives at the Higher Institute of Philosophy of the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium.
13-405: van Breda is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Herman Van Breda (1911–1974), Belgian philosopher Jacob Gijsbertus Samuël van Breda (1788–1867), Dutch biologist and geologist Michiel van Breda (1775–1847), first mayor of Cape Town Scott van Breda (born 1991), South African rugby union player the family at the centre of
26-462: A priest and in 1936 he started studying philosophy at the Catholic University of Leuven, where he obtained a PhD degree in 1941 with a dissertation on the phenomenology of Edmund Husserl . Later he became a professor at the Catholic University of Leuven, where he stayed until his death in 1974. Van Breda saved the extensive writings and manuscripts of Edmund Husserl from destruction by
39-634: A shelter in the cellar of the Institute of Philosophy and the Abbey of Postel . After the war they were brought back to the Institute of Philosophy, where they form the basis for the Husserliana , the complete works of Edmund Husserl. For his work on spreading Husserl's work he was awarded an honoris causa doctorate from the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg . Postel Abbey Postel Abbey
52-597: Is a Premonstratensian abbey in the Belgian municipality of Mol in the province of Antwerp . In 1138, Premonstratensian canons from Floreffe Abbey founded the monastery at Postel as a dependent priory. It was located at a crossroads where important medieval roads met, on land given to Floreffe by Fastrad of Uitwijk . The church was dedicated in August 1040. The canons practiced forestry, agriculture and cattle breeding. In 1613, Postel became independent of Floreffe and in 1618
65-525: The Nazis . For the preparation of his PhD thesis he traveled to Freiburg , Germany in 1938, where he found, in the legacy of Edmund Husserl (1859–1938), more than 40,000 Gabelsberger stenography manuscripts and his complete research library. The political situation in Germany at that time convinced him of the necessity to transport these manuscripts and Husserl's private library to Leuven . In order to smuggle
78-484: The 2015 Van Breda murders in South Africa See also [ edit ] Club Resorts Ltd v Van Breda , a Supreme Court of Canada case about court jurisdiction [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Van Breda . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to
91-519: The abbey beer. This beer is no longer brewed within the abbey itself but in a commercial brewery in Opwijk . The abbey started producing cheese in 1947. Since 1994, the monks have also developed a botanical garden of medicinal plants , where they cultivate ginseng . In 1970 a guesthouse was opened. The information center provides tourist information about the region, cycling routes, walking brochures and regional curiosities and places of interest. The abbey
104-635: The documents out of Nazi Germany, he needed the support not only of the rector of the Catholic University of Leuven, but also of the Belgian government. The Belgian Prime Minister at that time, Paul-Henri Spaak , allowed van Breda to bring the documents from Freiburg to the Belgian embassy in Berlin and diplomatic couriers to bring them to Leuven in Belgium. Van Breda also was able to convince Husserl's former assistants, Eugen Fink and Ludwig Landgrebe , to collaborate on
117-508: The editing of these documents in Leuven. At the beginning of World War II the documents were being kept in the university library in Leuven, which burned to ashes on 17 May 1940. Fortunately, one week before the fire, Van Breda decided to bring the documents to the Higher Institute of Philosophy. In 1943 the documents were, for safety, distributed over different locations in Leuven, including
130-502: The end of World War II, Herman Van Breda hid part of the manuscripts of Edmund Husserl ( Husserl Archives ) in the abbey. In September 1944, the abbey, full of refugees, was occupied by German soldiers. They left on September 22, with the near approach of British troops accompanied by a Resistance fighter from Mol. The second abbey church, dedicated to St. Nicholas , was built in the Rhineland Romanesque style and dates from
143-440: The end of the 12th century (1190). The church has since been rebuilt several times, as a result of which the building shows some characteristics of Gothic and Baroque styles . The abbey is still surrounded by walls, and partially by moats. The norbertines of Postel work in parishes, mostly in the vicinity of the abbey. As of 2023 there were about twenty canons living at the abbey. Traditionally, Postel abbey produced Postel ,
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169-572: Was raised to the status of abbey. Besides pioneering quarrying work in the region, the canons offered hospitality to travellers, In 1797, the abbey was closed, and the canons expelled, in the course of the French Revolution , when French troops invaded the Austrian Netherlands . The carillon was lost at this time. In 1847, the community here was re-established, after which the abbey buildings were restored in several phases. From 1943, until
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