Josef Haltrich

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Josef Haltrich (born July 22, 1822 in Sächsisch Regen , Transylvania , † May 17, 1886 in Schaas , Transylvania) was an Austro-Hungarian teacher, pastor and Saxon folklorist .

Life

After Haltrich had attended the Protestant elementary school in his hometown for four years, he switched to the also Protestant high school in Schäßburg in 1836 . In 1845 he finished his school years with the Matura (Abitur) and enrolled at the University of Leipzig in the same year . There he studied theology , philology and history until 1847 . From his second year at university, Haltrich became an assistant to W. Wasmuth.

After completing his studies in autumn 1847, Haltrich went back to Schaas. In January of the following year he was appointed tutor to the children of Count Janós Bethlen the Elder in Cluj- Napoca. In the same year he became so seriously ill with an intermittent fever that he had to give up his job as a tutor and went back to his parents' house. At the end of October (or beginning of November) 1848 his parents' house burned down and he was housed with relatives in Bistritz . Therefore, he learned of his appointment as a teacher at the Schäßburger Ober-Gymnasium very late . He took up this position in December 1848 and held it until February 1849.

Due to the uncertainty of the war, Haltrich joined the Schäßburg Guard and went with them to Kronstadt . After the city was taken by General Joseph Bem , Haltrich fled back to Schäßburg, where he resumed teaching as soon as possible.

In 1850 Haltrich was appointed professor of the upper grammar school and on July 25, 1869 he was appointed head of the mountain school in Schäßburg . He held this office until 1872. On August 12, 1872, Haltrich left Schäßburg to take over the pastoral office in Schaas , which he had already been offered on June 6, 1872. There he also carried out weather observations, which he recorded in writing.

In 1851 the Society for Transylvanian Regional Studies asked him to compile a Transylvanian-Saxon dictionary. This work ultimately resulted in the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg appointing Haltrich to its committee of scholars in 1859.

Josef Haltrich died at the age of 64 on May 17, 1886 in Schaas near Schäßburg in Transylvania. His grave is in the Schaas municipal cemetery; His stepson Gustav Balthes is buried in the same grave.

Honors

In 1972 the German-speaking Schäßburg mountain school was named the Josef Haltrich Lyceum in his memory .

Haltrichweg in Berlin - Kladow has been named after him since 1956 .

He was a member of the Coetus Chlamidatorum Schäßburgensis.

Works

Josef Haltrich, German folk tales from the Sachsenland in Transylvania, Vienna, Graeser, 1882. Title page.
  • German folk tales from the Sachsenland in Transylvania. Saur, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-598-51071-3 (reprint of the Berlin 1856 edition)
  • The power and rule of superstition in its multiple manifestations. Self-published, Schäßburg 1871
  • Saxon folk tales from Transylvania. Kriterion-Verlag, Bucharest 1974
  • Transylvanian animal fairy tales. Hillger, Berlin 1929
  • Animal fairy tales from the Sachsenland in Transylvania. Schaffstein, Cologne 1920
  • On the folklore of the Transylvanian Saxons. Graeser, Vienna 1885
  • The gypsy, the wolf, the fox and the donkey in the wolf pit

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg Daniel Teutsch and Josef Haltrich. In: hog-schaessburg.de. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007 ; Retrieved October 19, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Young Life , 2/2012, p. 13
  3. ↑ Walter König: The Coetus at Transylvanian-Saxon Schools. In: sevenbuerger.de. May 24, 2009. Retrieved October 19, 2016 .

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SURNAME Haltrich, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austro-Hungarian teacher, pastor and folklorist
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH Saxon rain , Transylvania
DATE OF DEATH May 17, 1886
Place of death Schaas , Transylvania