Gustav Rosenhagen

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Gustav Rosenhagen (born November 3, 1866 in Schleswig , † July 16, 1941 in Hamburg ) was a German specialist in German .

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Gustav Rosenhagen, who was born in the north of Schleswig-Holstein , moved with his family to Altona when he was young . His father Ferdinand Rosenhagen was mayor here for many years. Rosenhagen attended the Christianeum , which he left with the Abitur in 1884. He then studied German and Classical Philology at the University of Tübingen , the University of Leipzig and the University of Berlin . After receiving his doctorate in 1890 at Kiel University , he also passed the state examination there. From 1895 he worked as a senior teacher in Hamburg. From 1903 he taught prospective senior teachers in the field of general lectures onColonial institute .

In 1919 Conrad Borchling was appointed the first professor of German philology at the University of Hamburg . The fact that Rosenhagen himself did not get the reputation hit him hard. Nevertheless, from the same year he taught at the philosophy faculty of the newly founded educational institution, which appointed him honorary professor in 1921. Rosenberg gave lectures in German philology here until the end of his life. He mostly dealt with medieval maars , areas that Borchling did not teach in terms of content. It is not exactly known why Rosenhagen stopped teaching after the end of the summer semester of 1934.

In 1928 Rosenhagen went into voluntary retirement as a university lecturer at the age of 61. He probably did this in order to be able to pursue his passion for the German dictionary , to which he had devoted himself since 1914. From 1914 to 1938 he wrote the seven deliveries of Zobel – Zwickel for the work started by the Brothers Grimm , which appeared in the last volume, completed in 1961. He also wrote for the author's dictionary . Since the reference work does not contain a register of persons, the number of entries written by Rosenhagen cannot be precisely determined. With around 1000 contributions, he was probably one of the hardest-working authors. The last article he described was Rudolf von Rotenburg . This only appeared after his death, namely in 1943.

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SURNAME Rosenhagen, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Germanist
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Schleswig
DATE OF DEATH July 16, 1941
Place of death Hamburg