Johann Georg Zwahr
Johann Georg Zwahr (Lower Sorbian Hanzo Juro Swora , born October 6, 1785 in Hänchen , Niederlausitz ; † July 19, 1844 in Stradow , Niederlausitz) was a Lower Sorbian pastor and author of the first Lower Sorbian-German dictionary.
Life
Johann Georg Zwahr was the son of a teacher. After high school in Cottbus , he studied Protestant theology in Halle . From 1812 he was pastor in Stradow near Spremberg until his death in 1844.
In 1847 his son Johann Karl Friedrich Zwahr published the Lower Lusatian -Wendish-German concise dictionary by JG Zwahr , Spremberg in 1847.
literature
- Frido Michałk: Yes , Johann Georg . In: Jan Šołta, Pětr Kunze, Franc Šěn (eds.): Nowy biografiski słownik k stawiznam a kulturje Serbow [New biographical dictionary on the history and culture of the Sorbs] . Ludowe nakładnistwo Domowina, Budyšin [Bautzen] 1984, p. 650
Web links
Wikisource: Johann Georg Zwahr - Sources and full texts
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | True, Johann Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Swora, Jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lower Sorbian pastor and author of the first Lower Sorbian-German dictionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 6, 1785 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hänchen , Lower Lusatia |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 19, 1844 |
| Place of death | Stradow , Lower Lusatia |