Alexander Treichel
Alexander Treichel (born August 28, 1837 in Alt-Paleschken , † August 4, 1901 in Hoch-Paleschken ) was a German lawyer, landowner and folklorist from West Prussia .
Life
Career
Treichel studied law in Berlin after obtaining his university entrance qualification in Neustettin . In Berlin he was a member of various scientific societies, a. a. the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory .
In 1876 he took over the management of his parents' estate in Hochpaleschken in the Berent district , West Prussia province. There he continued to deal with scientific topics and was extensively active as a writer. His most famous works are "Folk songs and folk rhymes from West Prussia" and " The Kashubian homeland sagas ".
family
His wife Emma Töpfer and their two Berlin-born children lived on the estate in West Prussia.
literature
- Elisabeth Lemke: Alexander Treichel † . In: Journal of the Association for Folklore . 11th year (1901), pp. 465–466 ( limited preview in Google Book Search - USA ).
Web links
- Photos of the Treichel family and the Hochpaleschken estate in the image catalog of the Herder Institute in Marburg
- Literature by and about Alexander Treichel in the catalog of the German National Library
- http://www.westpreussen-online.de/Berenter_Kreisbote_Nr.5.pdf ; P. 12.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Elke Bauer: Between Staging and Authenticity: Contextualization of selected images of the everyday life of Germans in East Central Europe before 1945. In: Yearbook for German and East European Folklore , Volume 52. Waxmann, Münster a. a. 2011, pp. 137–164, here pp. 140–148 ( limited preview in Google book search).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Treichel, Alexander |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Treichel, Alexander Johann August (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer, landowner and folklorist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alt-Paleschken |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th August 1901 |
| Place of death | Hoch-Paleschken |