Franz Karl Grieshaber
Franz Karl Grieshaber (born December 12, 1798 in Endingen am Kaiserstuhl , † December 20, 1866 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German old Germanist and collector of manuscripts.
Life
Grieshaber studied Catholic theology as well as classical and German philology in Freiburg , among others with Johann Leonhard Hug . Here he became a member of the old Freiburg fraternity . In 1821 he was ordained a priest; From 1826 to 1857 he was a teacher at the high school in Rastatt.
In addition to his teaching activities at the Rastatt Lyceum, he dealt extensively with Middle High German literature and its handwritten tradition, paying particular attention to the literature of the Upper Rhine region. He worked with Joseph von Laßberg and Franz Pfeiffer , among others . Gradually Grieshaber acquired a large collection of German manuscripts from the Middle Ages. When he bought it, his focus was mainly on aspects of literary history and less on the art of book design.
The city of Rastatt granted him honorary citizenship on October 4, 1850.
In 1854 he was a member of the Second Chamber of the Baden Estates Assembly as a member of the Rastatt city electoral district . After his retirement he lived in Freiburg, where he died in 1866. Grieshaber bequeathed the manuscript collection to the Freiburg University Library .
literature
- Winfried Hagenmaier: The manuscript collection of Franz Karl Grieshaber (1798-1866) in the University Library of Freiburg im Breisgau . 1975 ( digitized version )
- Wilhelm Scherer : Grieshaber, Franz Karl . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 663 f.
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl Gundermann: The members of the old Freiburg fraternity 1816-1851. Freiburg im Breisgau 1984/2004, p. 9. pdf
Web links
- Literature by and about Franz Karl Grieshaber in the catalog of the German National Library
- Angela Karasch: Franz Carl Grieshaber (Freiburg University Library)
- Entry at Kalliope
- Numerous digital copies of the Freiburg University Library
- German sermons of the XIII. Century , digitized at Google Book Search
- Older, as yet unprinted German language monuments of religious content , digitized with Google Book Search
- Upper Rhine Chronicle. Oldest known so far in German prose , digitized with Google Book Search
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grieshaber, Franz Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grieshaber, Franz Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Germanist and collector of manuscripts |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1798 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Endingen am Kaiserstuhl |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 20, 1866 |
| Place of death | Freiburg in Breisgau |