Gottfried Weigle
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Gottfried Hartmann Weigle (* 1816 in Zell am Neckar , † 1855 in Mangalore , West India) was a German missionary and linguist .
Weigle studied in Tübingen theology , in 1838 he joined the Basel Mission to. From 1840 on he was a missionary in the southwest of India , in the area of what is now the state of Karnataka . He was related to Pauline F. Mögling. Weigle born Bacmeister (1825–1861) married.
He has devoted himself in particular to research into the Kannada (Canarian) language, which belongs to the Dravidian language family, and its literature. The text of the song Drunten im Unterland comes from him .
literature
- Hermann Gundert : In memory of Gottfr. Weigle & Pauline Bacmeister: Excerpts from “ Hermann Mögling , a missionary life in the middle of the century”. Verlag der Missionsbuchhd., Basel 1884 (Basler Missionstraktate 79)
- Karl Friedrich Ledderhose: Weigle, Gottfried . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 41, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 483 f.
Web links
- Gottfried Weigle on the 150th anniversary of his death
- Brief biographies of the missionaries honored with a memorial in Esslingen
- Down in the Unterland by Gottfried Weigle and Friedrich Silcher
Footnotes
- ↑ http://www.hermann-gundert-gesellschaft.de/weigle.htm
- ↑ http://www.hermann-gundert-gesellschaft.de/esslingen.htm
- ↑ Ibid.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weigle, Gottfried |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weigle, Gottfried Hartmann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German missionary and linguist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1816 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zell am Neckar |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1855 |
| Place of death | Mangalore , West Indies |