Isidor Hopfner

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Isidor Hopfner SJ (born May 8, 1858 in Buch (Vorarlberg) ; † August 11, 1937 in Wald am Arlberg ) was an Austrian poet and name researcher .

Life

Isidor Hopfner studied Catholic theology and worked as a catechist in Dornbirn after his ordination (1882) . In 1884 he entered the Jesuit order, studied German at the University of Prague and worked as a professor for German and Italian at the Stella Matutina in Feldkirch .

Hopfner's life's work is closely linked to his homeland, Vorarlberg . He wrote songs, poems, dramas and stories in the classical tradition and devoted himself to philological research on names. He has also written a number of articles for the Real Encyclopedia of Classical Antiquity (RE). His other scientific publications were strongly criticized in specialist circles. In particular, his book Celtic Place Names of Switzerland (Bern 1930) received judgments such as “amateurish”, “Much wrong and uncertain” and “to be used only with extreme caution, especially with regard to the basic forms used”.

Hopfner died in a mountain accident as a result of a fall.

Fonts (selection)

Fiction

  • Brunellen. A bouquet of songs . Feldkirch 1905
  • Savonarola. Historian's tragedy in five acts . Kempten 1908
  • Vom Untersberg (stories) . 1908
  • Merry fellows (songs) . Graz 1909

Reference books

  • The change in Manzoni's religious views, illuminated from his life and his writings . Feldkirch 1901 (school program)
  • The names of Vorarlberg on the new national map . Bregenz 1911
  • The Celtic Macaw in field names . Feldkirch 1915 (school program)
  • Sunday thoughts, for the Christian people in wartime . Two volumes, Innsbruck 1916–1917
  • The Vorarlberg and Liechtenstein place names on the new school map . Second to fourth edition, Feldkirch 1928
  • Vorarlbergia sacra . 1928
  • Celtic place names of Switzerland. Attempted to explain by Isidor Hopfner SJ Bern 1930

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Isidor Hopfner  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johannes Hubschmid: Bibliographia onomastica Helvetica . Bern 1954, p. 5.
  2. ↑ Indo-European Yearbook . Volume 16 (1932), p. 216.
  3. ^ Contributions to name research . Volume 2 (1950-1951), p. 119.
personal data
SURNAME Hopfner, Isidore
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian poet and name researcher
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Book (Vorarlberg)
DATE OF DEATH August 11, 1937
Place of death Forest on the Arlberg