Alexander Reifferscheid

Heinrich Max Alexander Reifferscheid (born June 2, 1847 in Bonn , † February 9, 1909 in Greifswald ) was a German literary scholar and Germanist .

Alexander Reifferscheid was a brother of the professor of classical philology August Reifferscheid , who in 1868 accepted the call as full professor at the Silesian Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Breslau. In 1869 August married Anna Maria Simrock (1846–1905), daughter of the poet and philologist Professor Karl Joseph Simrock (1802–1876) and his wife Gertrude Antoinette Ostler (1804–1872) in Bonn . August's son and Alexander's nephew was the painter Heinrich Reifferscheid .

Alexander was a private lecturer at the University of Bonn from 1873 to 1876 . He was professor at the University of Greifswald from 1876/7 to 1904, initially as an associate professor and later as a full professor. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff was only able to explain his appointment to Greifswald because of his good relations with the Prussian minister Adalbert Falk in Berlin . His main field of work was the history of literature, with an emphasis on the 17th century. He was the editor of several literary and religious works. From 1890 to 1891 Reifferscheid was rector of the University of Greifswald. Both were friends with contemporary writers.

His son Heinrich Reifferscheid became known as an art historian and museologist in Schwerin and was most recently museum and library director in Neustrelitz .

Fonts

as editor Hugo Loersch : Two Achen historical poems of the 15th and 16th centuries. Kaatzer, Aachen 1874, ( digitized version ).
with Amélie Sohr: Heinrich Rückert depicted in his life and his smaller writings. 3 volumes (Vol. 1–2: Heinrich Rückerts Kleinere Schriften. Vol. 3: Heinrich Rückert in his life and work. ). Böhlau, Weimar 1877–1880.
as editor: letters to friends from Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm. With notes. Henninger, Heilbronn 1878, ( digitized ).
as editor: Westphalian folk songs in word and manner with piano accompaniment and comparative notes. Henninger, Heilbronn 1879, ( digitized ).
as editor: Letters from Jakob Grimm to Hendrik Willem Tydeman. With an appendix and notes. Henninger, Heilbronn 1883, ( digitized version ).
as editor: Sources on the history of intellectual life in Germany during the seventeenth century. Volume 1: Letters from GM Lingelsheim, M. Bernegger and their friends. Henninger, Heilbronn 1889, ( digitized ).
as editor: Marcus Evangelion Mart. Luther based on the September Bible. With the readings of all original editions and samples from the High German reprints of the 16th century. Henninger, Heilbronn 1889, ( digitized ).
From the story of two villages in Pomerania. Part I. In: Annual report of the Geographical Society of Greifswald. 6, Tl. 2, 1896/1898, ZDB -ID 517435-1 , pp. 44-62, ( digital copy ); Part II. In: Annual report of the Geographical Society of Greifswald. 7, 1898/1900, pp. 99-141, ( digitized version ).

Messages from manuscripts in the St. Nicholas Church Library in Greifswald. (= Scientific supplement to the course catalog of the University of Greifswald. Winter 1902/1903, ZDB -ID 1072652-4 ). sn Greifswald 1902, ( digitized in the digital library Mecklenburg-Vorpommern).

Web links

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Remarks

↑ “In Berlin, the decision was made in favor of Alexander Reifferscheid, whose merit lay in some personal relationship with [Adalbert] Falk. The students were the first to be spilled ”. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff : memories. 1848-1914. 2nd, supplemented edition. Koehler, Leipzig 1929, p. 187. Quoted here from Paul Dräger : A letter from Otto Seeck (1881) about the University of Greifswald. In: Eikasmós . 12, 2001, pp. 353–365, here p. 362, note 38, ( digitized version (PDF; 326.16 kB)).
↑ Only this volume appeared. See: Michael O. Krieg: No more was published. Volume 2: M - Z. Supplements (= Bibliotheca Bibliographica 2, 2). Krieg, Bad Bocklet et al. 1954, p. 154.

predecessor	Office	successor
Hugo Schulz	Rector of the University of Greifswald 1890	Heinrich Zimmer

personal data
SURNAME	Reifferscheid, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Reifferscheid, Heinrich Max Alexander (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German literary scholar and Germanist
DATE OF BIRTH	June 2, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bonn
DATE OF DEATH	February 9, 1909
Place of death	Greifswald

[1] “In Berlin, the decision was made in favor of Alexander Reifferscheid, whose merit lay in some personal relationship with [Adalbert] Falk. The students were the first to be spilled ”. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff : memories. 1848-1914. 2nd, supplemented edition. Koehler, Leipzig 1929, p. 187. Quoted here from Paul Dräger : A letter from Otto Seeck (1881) about the University of Greifswald. In: Eikasmós . 12, 2001, pp. 353–365, here p. 362, note 38, ( digitized version (PDF; 326.16 kB)).

[2] Only this volume appeared. See: Michael O. Krieg: No more was published. Volume 2: M - Z. Supplements (= Bibliotheca Bibliographica 2, 2). Krieg, Bad Bocklet et al. 1954, p. 154.