Georg Friedrich Marienburg
Georg Friedrich Marienburg (born June 4, 1820 in Mühlbach , † November 21, 1881 in Nadesch ) was a linguist and local historian of the Transylvanian Saxons .
Life
GF Marienburg was the son of the Mühlbach land registry administrator and Senator Friedrich Marienburg. After primary school in his hometown and high school in Sibiu , he studied theology and German language and literature at the University of Berlin between 1839 and 1841 . In 1841 and 1843 he studied law at the Reformed Hungarian College in Cluj-Napoca . In 1844 Marienburg became a teacher at the grammar school in Schäßburg and from 1848 pastor in Nadesch , where he stayed until his death. His grave, which he shares with two sons and his second wife, is in the evangelical cemetery in Nadesch.
Services
In addition to his work as a pastor, Marienburg was a member of the district consistory, the regional church assembly, the district marriage court and the association for Transylvanian cultural studies, since its foundation in 1842. In addition, Marienburg was 3 years secretary (syndic), 7 years deputy dean (surrogatus) and 8 years Dean of the Bogeschdorfer chapter (church district).
Publications
- The Relationship of the Transylvanian-Saxon Language to the Lower Saxony and Lower Rhine Dialects (1845)
- The past and present expansion and density of the German tribe in Transylvania (1850)
- About the Transylvanian-Saxon family names (1856)
- Excursions from the Nadescher Burgweg. A Contribution to the Prehistory of German Settlements in Transylvania (1859)
- The peculiarities of the Transylvanian-Saxon dialect (1860)
- For the correction of some old documents regarding the location (1862)
- The Transylvanian-Saxon names of domestic animals and what is related to them (published in 1882)
- Commemorative book of the Bogeschdorf chapter (published 1884)
literature
- Georg Daniel Teutsch : Speech on GF Marienburg . In: Archives of the Association for Transylvanian Cultural Studies . Volume 19, Sibiu 1884
- Georg Daniel Teutsch: Marienburg, Georg Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 379 f.
- C. Göllner: Marienburg Georg Friedrich. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 6, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0128-7 , p. 91.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marienburg, Georg Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Linguist and local historian of the Transylvanian Saxons |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mühlbach |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 21, 1881 |
| Place of death | Nadesch |