Franz Xaver Witt

German Catholic priest, church musician and composer (1834–1888)
Person human Q95918
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Franz Xaver Witt

Summary

Franz Xaver Witt is a human[1]. His place of birth was Walderbach[2]. He was born on February 9, 1834[3]. He passed away in Landshut[4]. He died on December 2, 1888[5]. He worked as a church musician[6], theologian[7], composer[8], and Catholic priest[9]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[10]

Key Facts

  • Franz Xaver Witt was born in Walderbach[2].
  • Franz Xaver Witt passed away in Landshut[4].
  • Franz Xaver Witt was born on February 9, 1834[3].
  • Franz Xaver Witt died on December 2, 1888[5].
  • Franz Xaver Witt held citizenship in Kingdom of Bavaria[11].
  • Franz Xaver Witt's professions included church musician[6].
  • Franz Xaver Witt worked as a theologian[7].
  • Franz Xaver Witt worked as a composer[8].
  • Franz Xaver Witt worked as a Catholic priest[9].
  • Franz Xaver Witt's religion is recorded as Catholic Church[12].
  • Franz Xaver Witt is recorded as male[13].
  • Franz Xaver Witt's instance of is recorded as human[14].
  • Franz Xaver Witt's Commons category is recorded as Franz Xaver Witt[15].
  • Franz Xaver Witt's archives at is recorded as Bischöfliche Zentralbibliothek Regensburg[16].
  • Franz Xaver Witt's family name is recorded as Witt[17].
  • Franz Xaver Witt's given name is recorded as Franz[18].
  • Franz Xaver Witt's given name is recorded as Franz Xaver[19].
  • Franz Xaver Witt's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • Franz Xaver Witt's described by source is recorded as Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie[21].
  • Franz Xaver Witt's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[22].
  • Franz Xaver Witt's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as German[23].
  • Franz Xaver Witt's has works in the collection is recorded as Procuratoria di San Marco musical archive[24].
  • Franz Xaver Witt's copyright status as a creator is recorded as copyrights on works have expired[25].

Product Details

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  • Type: Person[26]

  • Country: DE[27]

  • Began / founded: 1834-02-09[28]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1888-12-02[29]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 5bdf24a4-898c-49c1-af75-215c01f87d73[30]

Body

Origins and Family

Franz Xaver Witt was born in Walderbach[2]. He was born on February 9, 1834[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include church musician[6], theologian[7], composer[8], and Catholic priest[9].

Personal Life

Franz Xaver Witt's religion is recorded as Catholic Church[12].

Death and Burial

Franz Xaver Witt died on December 2, 1888[5]. He passed away in Landshut[4].

Why It Matters

Franz Xaver Witt ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[10]

FAQs

Where was Franz Xaver Witt born?

Born in Walderbach[2], Franz Xaver Witt…

Where did Franz Xaver Witt die?

Franz Xaver Witt passed away in Landshut[4].

What did Franz Xaver Witt do for work?

Franz Xaver Witt worked as church musician[6], theologian[7], composer[8], and Catholic priest[9].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] . wikidata.org.
  5. [14] . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] . Musicalics. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . kalliope-verbund.info. kalliope-verbund.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [3] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [5] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [10] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Bargioni · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has works in the collection Procuratoria di San Marco musical archive
    Occupation church musician, theologian, composer +1
    Place of death Landshut
    Instance of human
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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