Josef Dünninger

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Josef Dünninger (born July 8, 1905 in Goßmannsdorf , today a district of Hofheim in Lower Franconia ; † January 17, 1994 in Würzburg ) was a German folklorist , Germanist and university professor .

Life

Family and education

Josef Dünninger, son of farmer Michael Dünninger and his wife Maria, born hunters, turned to the High School to the study of German language and literature , history , geography , art history and philosophy at the University of Würzburg and a short time at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich closed , in 1930 he was promoted to Dr. phil. doctorate , at the same time he passed the state examination for teaching at secondary schools.

Josef Dünninger married Anny nee Geiß in 1933. There were two children from this marriage, one of whom was the librarian Eberhard Dünninger . Dünninger died in January 1994 at the age of 88 in Würzburg.

academic career

After completing his studies, Dünninger received a position as a research assistant at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg, in 1933 he completed his habilitation as a private lecturer in German folklore, in 1936 he was appointed head of the newly created folklore department of the German philology seminar, which followed in 1940 his appointment as associate professor . After Dünninger had been drafted for military service between 1942 and 1945, he subsequently taught both in Würzburg and at the University of Regensburg , where in 1948 he took over the full teaching of German studies. Working exclusively in Würzburg again since 1954, Dünninger was appointed associate professor in 1958 and full professor in 1963 in the newly created chair for German philology and folklore, and in 1972 he retired .

In addition to his scientific work at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg, Josef Dünninger gained fame in southern Germany, in particular through the radio through numerous audio images in which he portrayed landscapes, cities and communities.

Publications

  • People's world and historical world: Law and ways of German nationality. Essener Verlags-Anstalt, Berlin [a. a.] 1937
  • The Marian pilgrimages of the Diocese of Würzburg. P. Halbig, Würzburg 1960
  • together with Karl Treutwein : wayside shrines in Franconia. Thorbecke, Konstanz 1960 (= Thorbecke Art Library , 9)
  • Franconian legends from the 15th to the end of the 18th century. in: Plassenburg, vol. 21, Friends of Plassenburg, Kulmbach 1964
  • together with Bernhard Schemmel: wayside shrines and torture in Franconia. Stürtz, Würzburg 1970
  • Home in Franconia: memories and walks. Echter, Würzburg 1980
  • Popular culture between persistence and change in Franconia. in: Sources and research on European ethnology, Vol. 16., Röll, Dettelbach 1994

literature

personal data
SURNAME Dünninger, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German folklorist, Germanist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Goßmannsdorf, today a district of Hofheim in Lower Franconia
DATE OF DEATH 17th January 1994
Place of death Wurzburg