Joseph Wormstall

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Joseph Wormstall (born March 13, 1829 in Arnsberg ; † November 12, 1907 in Münster ) was a German teacher, classical philologist , poet and writer.

Life

Born in Arnsberg in 1829, Wormstall attended the Laurentianum grammar school there from 1840 to 1848 . He then studied Catholic theology at the academy in Münster . During his studies he made the acquaintance of Friedrich Wilhelm Grimme , who was there a. a. also studied theology. After 1847, both belonged to the Sauerlandia Catholic student union . In 1853 Wormstall passed his teacher’s exam. After the probationary year at the grammar school in Arnsberg and a further semester as an assistant teacher, he was first two years assistant teacher in Recklinghausen , then two years full teacher in Dorsten . After being transferred to the Paulinum grammar school in Münster in 1858 , he held a full teaching position there until 1862. In Jena , Wormstall received his doctorate in 1864. phil.

Publications

  • German declamatory. A poetic reader for middle and upper classes of higher educational institutions. Munster 1867.
  • About the Tungern and Bastarnen. Studies on the Germania of Tacitus. Munster 1868.
  • The origin of the Franks from Troy. To solve an ethnographic problem. Munster 1869.
  • About the migrations of the Batavians to the Netherlands. Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of Prof. Th. B. Welter. Münster: Regensberg 1872.
  • Hesperides. To solve the religious-historical problem of the old world. Trier 1878.
  • About the Chamarer, Brukterer and Angrivarians, with regard to the origin of the Franks and Saxons. Munster 1888.
  • The residences of the Marsen, Ansibari and Chaituarians. Munster 1890.
  • Annette von Droste-Hülshoff with her relatives and friends. Munster 1897.
  • Poems. Munster 1900.
  • Thusnelda and Thumelikus. Munster 1902.
  • Ethnographic research on the history of northwest Germany in the Roman, Saxon and Franconian times. Munster 1901.
  • The temple of Tanzana. An old Germanic sanctuary in a new light. Munster 1906.
  • From the life of Princess Amalia von Gallitzin. Münster undated

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b biography of Joseph Wormstall in the Dorsten Lexicon , accessed on January 23, 2019.
  2. ^ A b Joseph Wormstall in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
personal data
SURNAME Wormstall, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist, poet and writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH Arnsberg
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 1907
Place of death Muenster