Gustav Hermann Halbach
Gustav Hermann Halbach (born December 11, 1882 in Remscheid ; † March 18, 1958 there ) was a German homeland and linguist .
Life
Halbach initially worked as a businessman. During the First World War, he was taken prisoner by Russia in 1915, from which he was released in 1918. In 1919 he worked as an editor for the Deutsche-Metall-Industrie-Zeitung in Remscheid, later he worked in the Remscheid city library . Most recently he worked as a dialect researcher and freelance writer, he published stories and poems in his familiar dialect , the Remscheider Platt, in local newspapers.
His most important and also newly published work is the Bergische Sprachschatz , a dictionary of the Remscheid dialect, which compares dialect terms with the corresponding High German words and appeared for the first time in 1951. The counterpart to this, the Bergische Sprachschatz, Part II , which contrasts the High German words with the corresponding dialect terms, was published by Siegfried Horstmann in 1983. Halbach also wrote for the Rheinisch-Westfälische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde , so 1958 Bergische placenames in the Remscheid dialect and published articles for the Bergisches Geschichtsverein , including in its magazine Romerike Berge . His estate is in the Remscheid City Archives . In Remscheid the Gustav-Hermann-Halbach-Straße near the central point was named after him.
Works
- Where the anvil sounds ... Ziegler, Remscheid, 1985
- Where the Wupper waves wildly ... Ziegler, Remscheid, 1984
- Where the woods still rustle: a Bergisches reading book . Ziegler, Remscheid, 1983 (co-author, 14 authors)
- Bergischer Sprachschatz, Folklore Low German Dictionary, Remscheider Platt in High German - With linguistic discussions and explanations, description of dialect expressions and terms . Bergischer Geschichtsverein eV, Remscheid Department, Remscheid Cultural Office, 1951, new edition 1975
- Remscheid picture sheet . Ziegler, Remscheid, autumn 1950. Co-author with Elsbeth Rohrig, main author Max Eulenhofer.
- Holschedsberger Knubben . Self-published, Remscheid, January 1949
- Bergischer Donnerkiel: High and Low German in poetry and everyday language : Eigenverlag, Remscheid, 1937
- Bergesche Aat: Geschechten on Gedechte en plattdätscher Muodersproke . Tacke & Rittinghaus, 1933
Web links
- Literature by and about Gustav Hermann Halbach in the catalog of the German National Library
- Gustav Hermann Halbach , biography and estate in the portal rheinische-literaturnachlaesse.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Contributions by Gustav Hermann Halbachs to the Bergisches Geschichtsverein, seen on March 14, 2010
- ↑ Entry in the holdings of the Remscheid Historical Center, viewed March 14, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Halbach, Gustav Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German dialect poet, language and local history researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Remscheid |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 18, 1958 |
| Place of death | Remscheid |