Günther Jungbluth

Gunther Jungbluth (* 13. November 1912 in Cologne-Deutz , † 1976 ) was a German Germanist , literary critic , translator and university professor , was already in his dissertation one of the first to the from the 12th century coming Dutch -deutschen poet Heinrich von Veldeke and later published other specialist books on early Middle High German and German literature of the High Middle Ages . He also wrote several translations from the Danish language about personalities in Danish culture .

Life

Studies, doctorate and professorship in Copenhagen

After graduating from high school, Jungbluth studied German at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich and the Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg and in 1937 he received his doctorate from Heidelberg University. phil. with a dissertation on the subject of investigations on Heinrich von Veldeke . He wrote one of the first extensive treatises on this Dutch-German poet of the 12th century. During this time he also dealt with the archive description of German-language manuscripts from the 13th and 14th centuries in the Heidelberg University Library, such as for Barlaam and Josaphat by Rudolf von Ems .

He then became a research assistant at the University of Copenhagen , where, alongside Peter Jørgensen, Heinrich Bach, Steffen Steffensen and Erik Lunding, he held the chairs of Louis L. Hammerich , who held the professorship for Germanic philology, linguistics and medieval philology, and Carl Roos , who had the professorship for German language and literature, was active. At the same time, at the beginning of the 1940s, he was busy with the description of the archives in the Danish Royal Library in Copenhagen .

In the mid-1950s he took over a professorship at the University of Copenhagen and held this until 1966. In addition to his teaching activities, he wrote several translations from the Danish language there, dealing with cultural personalities such as the most famous poet and writer in Denmark, Hans Christian Andersen , the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen or the philosophers Søren Kierkegaard and Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig .

Research focus and professorship in Bonn

He later published other specialist books that dealt with poets of early Middle High German and German literature of the high Middle Ages such as Johannes von Tepl (Johannes von Saaz) and Meinloh von Sevelingen . In the following years he also wrote articles in the biographical reference work Neue Deutsche Biographie, for example on the Germanist Konrad Burdach (1957) or the minstrel Friedrich von Hausen (1961).

In 1963, in a commemorative publication in honor of the medievalist Ulrich Pretzel , he dealt extensively with the poem Slâfest du, friedel ziere by Dietmar von Aist , which was probably composed around 1170, probably the first song of the genre Tagelied on German-speaking soil. On July 14th and 15th, 1965, he gave two guest lectures at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich on the subjects of Ackermann Problems and Grillparzer's “The poor minstrel” .

In 1966 Jungbluth accepted a professorship for German Medieval Studies at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and taught there until his death. In 1968 he was one of the signatories of the Marburg Manifesto against the politicization of universities, along with numerous other university professors .

Publications

Own works

• Investigations on Heinrich von Veldeke , dissertation University Heidelberg, 1937, reprint 1976
• The Plowman from Bohemia: Johannes von Tepl / Johannes von Saaz , 2 volumes, co-editor Louis Leonor Hammerich, Copenhagen 1951, Heidelberg 1969
• To the songs of Meinloh von Sevelingen , 1954
• Interpretations of Middle High German poetry , Bad Homburg vor der Höhe 1969
• The Rhineland and the German Order , co-author Heinrich Neu, Böhlau 1969

Translations

• Thorvaldsen's Museum , translation of the manual catalog, Copenhagen 1953, new editions 1962 and 1974
• A book about the Danish poet Hans Christian Andersen, his life and work , translation of the book by Svend Dahl and Helge Topsøe-Jensen, Copenhagen 1955
• Six fairy tales by the Danish poet Hans Christian Andersen , translation of the book by Vilhelm Pedersen, Copenhagen 1955
• Søren Kierkegaard's philosophy of history , translation of the book by Søren Holm, Stuttgart 1956
• Grundtvig and Kierkegaard: Parallels and Contrasts , translation of the book by Søren Holm, Tübingen 1956
• Danish literature 1955 , translation of the book by Hakon Stangerup, Copenhagen 1957

Background literature

• In memoriam Rudolf Haller and Günther Jungbluth: Speeches, given on June 23, 1976 at the academic funeral service of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn , 1982

Web links and sources

• Literature by and about Günther Jungbluth in the catalog of the German National Library
• Proof of publication ( Google Books )
• Proof of publication (Virtual Library for Northern Europe and the Baltic Sea Region)
• Meyers Großes Personenlexikon , Mannheim 1968, p. 705

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Historical calendar for 2012 (Homepage of the University of Bonn)
2. ^ Civil status at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich 1932 , p. 104
3. ↑ Hendrik van Veldeke (Henric van Veldeken | Heinrich von Veldeke) . In: ARLIMA (Archives de littérature du Moyen Âge)
4. ^ Marburg Repertory: German-language manuscripts of the 13th and 14th centuries
5. ^ Karl Christian Lammers : Faget Tysk og den kulturpolitiske udfordring fra nazismen i Tyskland , p. 9
6. ↑ Royal Library, Cod. Thott.
7. ^ Günther Jungbluth: To Dietmar's day song . In: Festschrift Pretzel, ed. Werner Simon u. a., Berlin 1963 pp. 118-127
8. ↑ Chronicle of the LMU Munich 1964/65 , p. 177
9. ↑ Documents on current affairs: WORDING OF THE MARBURG MANIFESTO AGAINST THE "POLITIZATION OF THE UNIVERSITIES" ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Source: Blätter 1968 Issue 08 (August)) 
10. ↑ Freia Odermatt: Heaven in Us: The Self- Image of Pastor Valentin Weigel (1533 to 1588) , 2008, ISBN 3-03911-784-X , p. 299
11. ↑ ALMA MATER - Contributions to the history of the University of Bonn (Homepage of the University of Bonn)