Friedrich Haider (folklorist)

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Friedrich Haider (born April 3, 1921 in Pettnau , Tyrol ; † January 29, 2009 ) was an Austrian folklorist, traditional researcher and radio worker.

Life

Friedrich Haider attended school in Pettnau and Innsbruck . He did military service and was taken prisoner by the English until August 1945. He then studied history, geography, folklore and art history at the University of Innsbruck , and received his doctorate in 1951 with a dissertation on the history of the first 25 years of the Tyrolean farmers' union. He worked as a community secretary and operated the re-establishment of the Volksbühne Pettnau, whose game director he later also became. He was a founding member of the Landesverband Tiroler Volksbühnen, editor of the Tiroler Bauernzeitung and publisher of the Tiroler Bauernkalender. From 1952 to 1982 he worked full-time at ORF - Radio Tirol as the main speaker for folk culture with a focus on regional studies, customs , folk drama and dialect poetry . He designed almost 8,000 radio programs.

Awards

Works

  • 25 years of the Tyrolean Farmers' Union 1904–1929. Dissertation, University of Innsbruck, 1951, published as a book in 1989
  • Tyrolean custom throughout the year. Innsbruck 1968 (further editions 1985, 1990)
  • A room full of sunshine. Innsbruck 1972
  • Friedrich Haider's Perpetual Tyrolean Calendar. Rosenheim 1974
  • Innsbruck carp, Bozen bliss. An enjoyable reading tour through the towns and regions of North, South and East Tyrol with their nicknames, nicknames, mock names and nicknames. Innsbruck 1988
  • Biblical and early Christian sites in non-Christian countries. Innsbruck 1997
  • Tyrolean honor. 2006

literature

  • Andreas Hummer: local researcher and world traveler. In memory of the former “calendar man” Friedrich Haider (1921–2009). In: Tiroler Bauernkalender 2010, pp. 209–211.

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personal data
SURNAME Haider, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haider, Friedl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian folklorist, folklore researcher and radio worker
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Pettnau , Tyrol
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 2009