Wolfgang Laur

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Wolfgang Laur (born December 1, 1921 in Riga ; † August 26, 2009 in Schleswig ) was a German philologist .

Life

Wolfgang Laur studied German and Nordic philology at the universities of Greifswald , Posen and Kiel and received his doctorate in Kiel in 1949 with the thesis Germanic sanctuaries in the Duchy of Schleswig as reflected in the place names and local legends . He then worked as a consultant for place and field name research at the Schleswig-Holstein Working Group for State and Ethnicity Research; from 1955 he headed the Volkshochschule Schleswig and from 1962 until his retirement he was a research assistant at the Schleswig-Holstein State Archives .

Laur's scientific interest focused in particular on researching localities , fields and bodies of water . His best-known work is the Historisches Ortnamelexikon von Schleswig-Holstein, the first edition of which was published in 1967 and the second edition in 1992. Laur's scientific legacy has now been fully indexed and is accessible via the Schleswig-Holstein State Archives.

Posthumously in 2012 his handbook The names of places and waters of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg was published .

Honors

Fonts (selection)

  • Germanic sanctuaries in the Duchy of Schleswig reflected in the place names and local legends. Diss., Univ. Kiel 1949.
  • Fositesland and the Amber Island. In: Journal of the Society for Schleswig-Holstein History (ZSHG). Volume 74/75 (1951), pp. 416-443.
  • Once again Heiligland and Fositesland. In: ZSHG. Volume 78 (1954), pp. 272-279.
  • The Schleswig-Holstein field names collection. In: ZSHG. 83: 245-247 (1959).
  • Place names on -marschen in Holstein. Reply. In: ZSHG. 83: 248-252 (1959).
  • Itzehoe, a study of place names. In: ZSHG. Volume 81 (1957), pp. 247-251.
  • Riga (= phonetic library of German dialects. 9). Goettingen 1958.
  • About the name Flensburg. In: ZSHG. 84, pp. 247-252 (1960).
  • The river name Eider. In: ZSHG. Volume 87 (1962), pp. 263-271.
  • Gau, Go and Goding. In: ZSHG. Volume 90 (1965), pp. 9-28.
  • Historical place-name lexicon of Schleswig-Holstein (= Gottorfer Schriften. Volume 8). Gottorf Castle (Schleswig) 1967 (for the 2nd edition see below).
  • Name research in Schleswig-Holstein. Bigger projects. In: ZSHG. Volume 96 (1971), pp. 357-364.
  • Syssel and Harde. In: ZSHG. 106, pp. 31-54 (1981).
  • Names of waters in Schleswig-Holstein. An overview. In: Contributions to name research . New episode. 16: 107-124 (1981).
  • History of place and field name research in Schleswig-Holstein. In: ZSHG. 109: 35-82 (1984).
  • The Schleswig-Holstein Eisenwald and the Edda. In: ZSHG. 112, pp. 13-26 (1987).
  • Historical lexicon of place names of Schleswig-Holstein (= publications of the Schleswig-Holstein State Archives. Volume 28). 2nd, completely changed and expanded edition. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1992, ISBN 3-529-02726-X .
  • The place names in Schaumburg. Rinteln 1994, ISBN 3-87085-158-9 .
  • German place, country and body of water names in the Baltic countries. Lüneburg 2001, ISBN 3-932267-32-X .
  • ( posthumously :) The names of places and waters of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. A historical lexicon including relevant field names. Neumünster 2012, ISBN 978-3-529-02816-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Scientific papers of Dr. Wolfgang Laur now fully developed. In: schleswig-holstein.de. Schleswig-Holstein State Archives, archived from the original on September 11, 2012 ; accessed on March 16, 2019 : "Finding aid ... (Dept. 399.125)"
  2. ↑ br: Prime Minister Carstensen awards Schleswig-Holstein medals on the Schleswig-Holstein Day in Eckernförde. In: ehrenamt-sh.de. Landesverband der Volkshochschulen Schleswig-Holstein e. V., May 21, 2006, accessed on March 16, 2019 (only text excerpt available).
  3. ^ Alf Schönfeldt: Wolfgang Laur. In: balt-hiko.de. Baltic Historical Commission , accessed March 16, 2019 (obituary).
personal data
SURNAME Laur, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga
DATE OF DEATH August 26, 2009
Place of death Schleswig