Georg Schambach

Georg Schambach (born January 9, 1811 in Göttingen , † April 15, 1879 in Einbeck ) was a German philologist , folklorist and grammar school director.

Life

After his training and studies, he was a teacher in Göttingen and later a grammar school director of the Progymnasium (today Goetheschule grammar school ) in Einbeck. In addition to his school activities, he dealt with the collection of folk traditions. His collection of Lower Saxon legends and fairy tales collected from the mouths of the people in collaboration with Wilhelm Konrad Hermann Müller comprises 261 legends and 34 fairy tales .

In 1961 a street in Berlin-Kladow was named after him. The surrounding streets are also named after folklorists and fairy tale collectors, such as Benfey , Kreutzwald , Mannhardt , Wisser or Wossidlo .

Fonts

The Low German proverbs of the principalities of Göttingen and Grubenhagen. 1851
Georg Schambach, Wilhelm Müller: Lower Saxon legends and fairy tales collected from the mouths of the people. 1855
Dictionary of the Low German dialects of the principalities of Göttingen and Grubenhagen or Göttingisch-Grubenhagen'sches Idiotikon . Wiesbaden, 1858
Germany's Decline and Revival: A School Speech. Einbeck, 1872

literature

Heinrich Pröhle : Schambach, Georg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 39, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1895, p. 569 f.
Erich Plümer: Georg Schambach 1811-1879 . In: Otto Heinrich May (ed.): Niedersächsische Lebensbilder, Vol. 3, Hildesheim: Lax 1957, pp. 265–275

Web links

Wikisource: Georg Schambach - Sources and full texts

Literature by and about Georg Schambach in the catalog of the German National Library
Works by Georg Schambach at Zeno.org .

Individual evidence

↑ Register of persons in the critical edition of the Brothers Grimm's correspondence ( memento of the original from September 10, 2009 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. @1@ 2
↑ Schambachweg. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )

personal data
SURNAME	Schambach, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German philologist, folklorist and grammar school director
DATE OF BIRTH	January 9, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH	Goettingen
DATE OF DEATH	April 15, 1879
Place of death	Einbeck

[1] Register of persons in the critical edition of the Brothers Grimm's correspondence ( memento of the original from September 10, 2009 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. @1@ 2

[2] Schambachweg. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )