August Schauer

August Schauer (17 January 1872 – 1 July 1941)[1] was a Gottschee German Roman Catholic priest and publisher.

[5] Schauer edited the Gottscheer Kalender (Gottschee Almanac) (sl) from 1925 to 1941,[1] following the editorships of Wilhelm Tschinkel (1921–1923) and Robert Braune (1924).

[5] In addition to promoting Catholicism, the almanac also cultivated local history studies and the Gottscheerisch dialect.

[5] Schauer was among the organizers of the celebration in August 1930 to commemorate 600 years of Gottschee German settlement,[1] and he delivered a sermon at the event.

[10] Schauer died at the Leonišče Hospital in Ljubljana on 1 July 1941 and was buried in his native village of Kočevske Poljane.

Plaque to August Schauer, formerly on the Kočevske Poljane church wall