Christian Schneller (philologist)

Christian Schneller

Christian Schneller (born November 5, 1831 in Holzgau near Reutte ; † August 8, 1908 in Cornacalda near Rovereto ) was an Austrian philologist , poet , epic poet and folklorist .

Career

After attending grammar school in Hall and Innsbruck , Schneller studied linguistics and natural history at the universities of Innsbruck and Vienna from 1851 . In 1855 he passed the teaching examination in German and later in natural history. From 1858 he was a high school professor in Rovereto and in 1863 married the Venetian Maria Canestrini. In 1873 his daughter Adelheid was born in Innsbruck. In 1868 Christian Schneller became a professor at the Innsbruck grammar school, the following year a state school inspector for elementary schools , and in 1874 a state school inspector for secondary schools . From 1897 he moved into a pension as a councilor .

Christian Schneller was particularly interested in the Ladin and other Romance dialects on the southern border of the former multi-ethnic state Austria-Hungary .

In 1902 his daughter Adelheid Schneller was the first woman to do a doctorate at Innsbruck University.

Publications (selection)

• From the mountains. Poems . Bauer and Raspe, Nuremberg 1857 ( full text ).
• The Lagerthal in South Tyrol and its eastern mountains. Cultural sketch . Wien, Gerold's Sohn, Vienna 1865, pp. 196–210 ( full text ).
• About the so-called Rhäto-Etruscan inscriptions. Attempts to read and solve the problem . Wagner, Innsbruck 1866, pp. 175–208 ( full text ).
• Fairy tales and legends from Wälschtirol. A contribution to German legends . Wagner, Innsbruck 1867 ( full text ).
• The Romanesque vernacular in South Tyrol. Described etymologically and grammatically according to their connection with the Romance and Germanic languages . Volume 1: Literature, Introduction, Phonology, Idioticon. Eduard Amthor, Gera 1870. (Online at ALO ).
• Regional studies of Tyrol . Wagner, Innsbruck 1872. (Online at ALO ).
• The elementary school in Tyrol a hundred years ago. Lecture given at the 4th General Assembly of the Tyrolean Primary School Association in Innsbruck on May 25, 1874 . Wagner'sche Universitätsbuchhandlung, Innsbruck 1874 ( archive.org ).
• Sketches and cultural images from Tyrol . Wagner, Innsbruck 1877 ( archive.org ).
• Contributions to the topography of Tyrol. Published by the branch association of the Leo Society for Tyrol and Vorarlberg. Three volumes. Verlag der Vereinbuchhandlung, Innsbruck 1893/94/96. Volume 1 ( archive.org ).

Awards, honors

• Honorary Doctor of Philosophy  , 1902
• Knight of the Order of the Iron Crown III. Class; (but without elevation to the nobility)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Death notice. Today 8 o'clock (...). In:  Innsbrucker Nachrichten , No. 180/1908, August 7, 1908, p. 15. (Online at ANNO ). .

literature

• Simon M. Prem : Christian Schneller. A contribution to the Tyrolean literary and intellectual history of the 19th century. Niemeyer, Halle an der Saale 1913 ( OBV ).
• Christian Schwaighofer: Literary Groups in Tyrol. Associations, magazines, almanacs 1814–1914. Dissertation, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck 1983 ( OBV , ÖNB ).
• Josef Fontana: History of the State of Tyrol. Volume 3, The time from 1848 to 1918, Athesia Publishing House, Bozen 1987, ISBN 88-7014-454-2 .
• Ulrike Kindl : Faster, Christian. In: Kurt Ranke (conception), Rolf Wilhelm Brednich (ed.): Enzyklopädie des Märchen . Volume 12, Schinden - Sublimation. Delivery 1, 2005, ISBN 978-3-11-019936-9 , Sp. 152-153.
• Gertrud Pfaundler: Faster, Christian. In: Gertrud Spat: Tirol-Lexikon. A reference work about people and places in the state of Tyrol. Rauchdruck, Innsbruck 1983, ISBN 3-900477-01-9 , p. 374.
• H (ubert) Reitterer:  Fast Christian. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 10, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-7001-2186-5 , p. 395 f. (Direct links on p. 395 , p. 396 ).

Web links

• Literature by and about Christian Schneller in the catalog of the German National Library
• Biography at .sagen.at
• (Death note / obituary). - Councilor Dr. Christian Schneller †. In:  Innsbrucker Nachrichten , No. 179/1908, August 6, 1908, p. 10, top left (online at ANNO ). .