Christoph Daxelmüller

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Christoph Daxelmüller (born April 9, 1948 in Bamberg ; † November 9, 2013 in Würzburg ) was a German cultural scientist , folklorist and professor at the University of Würzburg .

Life

Christoph Daxelmüller attended the Benedictine grammar school in Ettal and studied cuneiform research , Islamic studies , Semitic studies , art history , Near Eastern archeology and prehistoric and early historical archeology at the universities of Würzburg, Rome and Munich . At the University of Würzburg, he received his PhD in folklore for a doctorate in philosophy. In 1985 he became professor of folklore at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg and in 1990 professor of folklore at the University of Regensburg. From 1999 to 2012 he held the chair for European Ethnology / Folklore at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg.

He was also a member of the Science Council of the Society for the Scientific Study of Parasciences .

Publications (selection)

  • Nativity scenes in Franconia. Echter Verlag, Würzburg 1978, ISBN 3-429-00572-8 .
  • Disputationes curiosae: on "folklore" polyhistorism at the universities of the 17th and 18th centuries (= publications on folklore and cultural history, volume 5). Bayerische Blätter für Volkskunde, Würzburg 1979, DNB 790668025 (= At the same time: Dissertation University of Würzburg, Department II - New Philologies, History, Art History, 1979 under the title: Baroque dissertations and polyhistorism ).
  • Jewish culture in Franconia. Echter Verlag, Würzburg 1988, ISBN 3-429-01169-8 .
  • Christmas in Germany - the mirror of a festival. (= Guide to the exhibition in the Diocesan Museum Obermünster Regensburg , November 28, 1992 to January 10, 1993). Schnell & Steiner, Munich / Zurich 1992, ISBN 3-7954-1035-5 .
  • Magic Practices - A History of Magic Ideas. Artemis and Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1993, ISBN 3-7608-1077-2 .
  • Death and Society - Death in Transition. (= Accompanying volume for the exhibition in the Diözesanmuseum Obermünster Regensburg , November 8, 1996 to December 22, 1996). Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 1996, ISBN 3-7954-1114-9 .
  • “Sweet nails of the Passion” - The story of the self-crucifixion of Francis of Assisi until today. Patmos, Düsseldorf 2001, ISBN 3-491-70336-0 .
  • Sorcerers, Witches and Magic (book series Was ist Was , Volume 97, 2nd edition). Tessloff Verlag, Nuremberg 2003, DNB 970075723 .
  • with Roland Flade: Ruth played on a black flute - history, everyday life and culture of the Jews in Würzburg. Echter Verlag, Würzburg 2005, ISBN 978-3-429-02666-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manuela Göbel: Christoph Daxelmüller is dead. In: Mainpost.de. November 25, 2013. Retrieved March 27, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Daxelmüller, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German folklorist and cultural scientist
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Bamberg
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 2013
Place of death Wurzburg