Aleksander Brückner

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Aleksander Brückner in 1939
Honor grave , Gottlieb-Dunkel-Strasse 27, in Berlin-Tempelhof

Alexander Brückner ( Polish Aleksander Brückner ; born January 29, 1856 in Brzeżany near Tarnopol , Galicia , † May 24, 1939 in Berlin ) was a Polish professor of Slavic Studies at the University of Berlin .

Life

Brückner was born in the Austrian Empire and studied philosophy in Lemberg from 1872 to 1876 , received his doctorate in Vienna in 1876 and in the same year began studying Slavic Studies , which at that time was still a branch of Indo-European Studies , in Leipzig and Berlin under Vatroslav Jagić .

In 1877 he dedicated his work The Slavic Foreign Words in Lithuanian to his "high-born August Leskien ".

In 1878 he completed his habilitation in Vienna and became a private lecturer in Lemberg.

In 1881 he moved to Berlin and accepted a teaching position for Slavic language and literature in Berlin. This was raised to a full professorship in 1892. In 1889/90 he was funded by his university for a study trip to the collection of Slavic language literature, whereby he received ample material for his versatile works.

Brückner worked for the Berlin University for 44 years. During his time in Berlin he was influenced by the Polish politician and writer Wilhelm Feldman . Feldman asked Brückner to resist the First World War, whereupon he responded to Feldman's request in a letter in October 1914:

“I have no intention of imposing myself on society as an uninvited mentor, all the less since I have so far stayed away from any political activity and have not met with MPs or anyone else. You [Feldman] are a political activist, a distinguished party, it is your calling. [...] It's very different for me. The Berlin Poles and the others would only laugh if I gave up my previous absolute reserve [...] "

Brückner stayed away from political activities, but lamented "the complete German indifference to everything that is Polish."

After the First World War, he turned down offers from Warsaw, Poznan and Vilnius. Even after his retirement in 1924, he continued his scientific studies in Berlin.

Brückner's field of activity was very extensive: He deals not only with Slavic philology , but also with linguistics , literature , cultural history , folklore , pre-Christian religions , archeology and others. The list of publications includes over 1,800 items.

Brückner, who through his many years of activity made an important contribution to the recognition of Slavic Studies as an independent branch of research, published numerous works in German. He is one of the few who was able to publish two price publications in the Societas Jablonoviana in Leipzig .

His successor, Max Vasmer , gave a commemorative speech at Brückner's funeral in Berlin-Wilmersdorf in May 1939. His grave was dedicated to the city of Berlin in 1992 as an honorary grave .

Works in German (selection)

  • The Slavic foreign words in Lithuanian , Alexander Brückner, Hermann Böhlau, Weimar 1877, dedicated to August Leskien
  • Marginal glosses on the Kashubian question, Archives for Slavic Philology 1899
  • History of Russian Literature , Leipzig 1905
  • Russian literary history , 2 vol., Berlin / Leipzig 1919
  • Polish literary history , Berlin / Leipzig 1920
  • History of Polish Literature , Leipzig 1922
  • The slaves. Religious history reading book , Tübingen 1926

Others

On March 25, 2013, the Universities of Halle-Wittenberg and Jena signed a funding agreement with the Foundation for German-Polish Cooperation . At the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg and the University of Jena arising Aleksander Brückner Center for Poland studies . The Foundation for German-Polish Cooperation is funding the establishment of the research center with 150,000 euros annually for an initial period of three years; an extension of the funding for a further two years is possible.

Several streets in Poland ulica Aleksandra Brücknera were named after Brückner , for example in the major cities of Krakow and Czestochowa and the aleja Aleksandra Brücknera in Wroclaw .

literature

  • Władysław Berbelicki: Aleksander Brückner, 1856–1939 . Warsaw 1989 (Polish)
  • Witold Kosny (ed.): Aleksander Brückner, a Polish Slavist in Berlin . Wiesbaden 1991, ISBN 3-447-03204-9
  • Alicja Nagórko (Ed.): Aleksander Brückner on the 60th anniversary of his death. Contributions from the Berlin Conference 1999 . Frankfurt am Main 2001, ISBN 3-631-37433-X
  • Reinhold Olesch , Hans Rothe: Questions of Polish culture in the 16th century. Lectures and discussions at the conference in honor of Alexander Brückner . Volume 1. Bonn 1978, ISBN 3-87711-018-5
  • Reinhold Olesch , Hans Rothe , Hans B. Harder: Questions of Polish culture in the 20th century. Lectures and discussions at the conference in honor of Alexander Brückner . Volume 1. Bonn 1978, ISBN 3-87711-021-5
  • Brückner Alexander. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1957, p. 119 f. (Direct links on p. 119 , p. 120 ).

Web links

Commons : Aleksander Brückner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Trude Maurer (ed.): Colleagues - fellow students - fighters. European universities in the First World War . Pallas Athene 18. Verlag Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2006, p. 332 f.
  2. ^ Trude Maurer (ed.): Colleagues - fellow students - fighters. European universities in the First World War . Pallas Athene 18. Verlag Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2006, p. 333
  3. ↑ Alexander Brückner, Max Vasmer
  4. ↑ The Aleksander Brückner Center for Polish Studies is established
personal data
SURNAME Brückner, Aleksander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brückner, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish Slavist
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Bereschany
DATE OF DEATH May 24, 1939
Place of death Berlin