Hanns Bächtold-Stäubli

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Hanns Bächtold-Stäubli (born March 27, 1886 in Schaffhausen , † October 10, 1941 in Basel ) was a Swiss folklorist . Hanns Bächtold-Stäubli was co-editor of the Concise Dictionary of German Superstition (1927–1942; new edition 1987), a fundamental work that was strongly influenced by the zeitgeist.

life and work

Hanns Bächtold-Stäubli attended the Schaffhausen Cantonal School and graduated in 1905. He studied German and Romance languages in Neuchâtel and Basel . Eduard Hoffmann-Krayer and John Meier then won Bächtold over for folklore. In 1913 he wrote the ethnographic doctorate “Customs for engagement and weddings with special consideration for Switzerland” with Eduard Hoffmann-Krayer. To pursue ethnology as a main occupation initially proved impossible. From 1906 to 1908 he was a realteacher in Stein am Rhein , from 1908 to 1917 he was a teacher at a private business school in Basel. From 1917 to 1921 he was head of the schoolchildren department at Pro Juventute . From 1919 Bächtold-Stäubli was secretary of the Association of Workers and Employers of Basel Silk Manufacturers. He published folklore works together with his doctoral supervisor Hoffmann-Krayer. From 1936 Bächtold-Stäubli was head of the Europe department of the Basel Museum of Ethnology (today: Museum of Cultures).

Private

Hanns Bächtold-Stäubli was the son of the miller Hans Georg and Susanna Bächtold nee. Scheffeler. In 1921 he married Fanny Marguerite, daughter of the silk fabric manufacturer Stäubli in Horgen.

Fonts

  • Inquiry on Swiss folklore . In: Folklore gifts. John Meier offered on his seventieth birthday , Berlin: de Gruyter 1934, pp. 9–15.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Bächtold-Stäubli, Hanns
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss folklorist
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Schaffhausen
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1941
Place of death Basel