Emil Luginbühl

Emil Luginbühl (born July 26, 1899 in St. Gallen ; † October 13, 1983 ) was a Swiss German studies specialist and high school teacher .

Live and act

Emil Luginbühl grew up in St. Gallen. After studying German and history at the Universities of Zurich and Basel , he received his doctorate in 1933 under Albert Bachmann in Zurich with his studies on Notker's art of translation. From 1929 to 1972 he taught at the St. Gallen Cantonal School ; He also taught German as a foreign language at the University of St. Gallen . During the Second World War he worked for Hans Hausamann's military intelligence service .

Luginbühl took on a number of honorary positions in the historical and cultural field. From 1940 to 1947 he was President of the Historical Association of the Canton of St. Gallen. In 1941 he was elected to the board of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings . He made a significant contribution to the survival of the association during the war and to the new beginning after the war, for which he was made an honorary member in 1968.

Emil Luginbühl was married to Alice, née Brütsch, and had two daughters.

Fonts (selection)

Studies on Notker's translation skills. Thomas & Hubert, Weida in Thuringia 1933. Reprint: De Gruyter, Berlin 1970.
The old German church language (= scientific supplement to the program of the St. Gallische Kantonsschule. H. 80). Weiss, St. Gallen 1936.
Wilhelm Raabe and German history (= scientific supplement to the program of the St. Gallische Kantonsschule. H. 96). Fehr, St. Gallen 1952.
Poetic crossing of boundaries. Jeremias Gotthelf and Wilhelm Raabe. In: Swiss monthly books . Vol. 63 (1983), H. 11, pp. 923-937, DOI: 10.5169 / seals-164045 .

literature

NN: Dr. Emil Luginbühl . In: Gallusstadt. Yearbook of the city of St. Gallen . St. Gallen 1985, p. 179 ( digitized version ).
Bruno Meyer : Emil Luginbühl †. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings . Volume 103, 1985, pp. V-VII.

Individual evidence

↑ Bibliographic record of the dissertation , library catalog Nebis , accessed on November 20, 2018.
↑ Harald Derschka : The association for the history of Lake Constance and its surroundings. A look back at one hundred and fifty years of club history 1868–2018. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. Volume 136, 2018, ISBN 978-3-7995-1725-6 , pp. 1–302, here: pp. 161 and ö.

personal data
SURNAME	Luginbühl, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss German studies specialist and high school teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	July 26, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH	St. Gallen
DATE OF DEATH	October 13, 1983

[1] Bibliographic record of the dissertation , library catalog Nebis , accessed on November 20, 2018.

[2] Harald Derschka : The association for the history of Lake Constance and its surroundings. A look back at one hundred and fifty years of club history 1868–2018. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. Volume 136, 2018, ISBN 978-3-7995-1725-6 , pp. 1–302, here: pp. 161 and ö.