Erhard Riemann

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Erhard Riemann (born April 3, 1907 in Kraußen , district of Königsberg i. Pr. , † March 21, 1984 in Kiel ) was a German folklorist of East Prussia and West Prussia .

Life

Riemann's father was a teacher and cantor in German Thierau , Heiligenbeil district . Riemann attended the Kneiphöfische Gymnasium and passed the Abitur in 1926. He studied German , English , folklore and prehistory at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg , the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and the University of Vienna . Finally he switched to the local Albertus University in Königsberg , where he heard lectures from Walther Ziesemer, among others . In 1910, Ziesemer was commissioned by the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences with a Prussian dictionary of East and West Prussian dialects ; But it was Walther Mitzka who got Riemann enthusiastic about folklore and suggested the topic of his doctoral thesis . In 1933 he became a member of the NSDAP. In 1935 , Riemann received his doctorate as Dr. phil.

Riemann had worked as a research assistant at the Prussia Museum during his studies . After completing his doctorate, he became an assistant at the Prussian dictionary. In 1937 he went to the City History Museum of Königsberg as a research assistant . There he worked closely with Eduard Anderson and Fritz Gause and completed his habilitation . In 1939 he became a lecturer in folklore at the college for teacher training in Elbing , which was rebuilt in March 1933 . As a soldier in the Wehrmacht , Riemann took part in the western campaign and the German-Soviet war . After 1940 he headed the section for race and ethnicity research at the Institute for German Ostarbeit in Cracow . He could not make contact with the historians .

After his release from captivity , he moved to Kiel . From 1947 to 1955 he was teacher in Oldenburg (Oldenburg) . As early as 1952 he was commissioned to continue the Prussian dictionary. When the dictionary section was moved to Kiel in 1955 and incorporated into the German Department of Christian Albrechts University , Riemann returned to Kiel. He received a lectureship in German folklore and dialect research . The CAU appointed him associate professor (1963) and scientific council (1964). When he retired in 1972, he was still working on the Prussian dictionary. He was involved in the Göttingen working group and headed the commission for East German folklore . He also devoted himself to literary studies , in particular dialect poetry and Königsberg baroque literature . He was a long-time employee of the Ostpreußenblatt .

He was in close friendship with Agnes Miegel until her death (1964). He lived in Schilksee on the Kiel Fjord .

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  1. ↑ a b c d e Silke Osman: Language of the homeland saved. The folklorist Erhard Riemann was born 90 years ago. (Ostpreußenblatt)
  2. ↑ Klaus-Peter Friedrich (edit.): The persecution and murder of European Jews by National Socialist Germany 1933–1945. (Source collection) Volume 9: Poland: Generalgouvernement August 1941–1945. Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-486-71530-9 , p. 536 with note 9.
  3. ↑ East Prussian people around the north-eastern border of the Warmia. Contributions to the geographical folklore of East Prussia. Dissertation .
  4. ↑ University of Teacher Training in Elbing
  5. ^ Institute for German Ostarbeit, Krakau (OME-Lexikon) / Klaus-Peter Friedrich (edit.): The persecution and murder of European Jews by National Socialist Germany 1933–1945. (Source collection) Volume 9: Poland: Generalgouvernement August 1941–1945. , Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-486-71530-9 , p. 536.
  6. ↑ a b Kai Arne Linnemann: The legacy of research on the East. On the role of Göttingen in the history of the post-war period . Marburg 2002.
  7. ^ Agnes Miegel Society
personal data
SURNAME Riemann, Erhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German folklorist; University professor in Kiel
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Kraußen , East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 1984
Place of death Kiel