Karl Bohnenberger

Karl Bohnenberger (born August 26, 1863 in Riedbach , † October 29, 1951 in Tübingen ) was a German specialist in German and librarian .

Live and act

Karl Bohnenberger studied theology and German language and literature at the University of Tübingen and obtained his doctorate here in 1886 ("The place names of the Swabian Alb area according to their significance for the settlement history"). From 1888 to 1921 he worked as a librarian at the Tübingen University Library , which he headed as director for a few months in 1920/21. The habilitation took place in 1892; Since 1893 he has been teaching German studies at the University of Tübingen in addition to his librarianship , initially as a private lecturer and since 1899 as an associate professor. or honorary professor (1912). In 1921 he became a full professor of German language and literature at this university until his retirement in 1930.

Bohnenberger's research area was primarily in dialect , place and field name research in the Swabian-Alemannic region. He also contributed to the official description of the state and founded the Württemberg field name archive.

Karl Bohnenberger was a great-grandson of the important Tübingen astronomer Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger (1765-1831).

Fonts (selection)

• History of the Swabian dialect in the XV. Century, Volume 1. Laupp, Tübingen 1892 (habilitation thesis).
• The ancient Indian god Varuna based on the songs of Ṛgveda. A study of the history of religion. Laupp, Tübingen 1893.
• Roman place name in southern Germany, especially in Württemberg . In: Württembergische Vierteljahreshefte für Landesgeschichte, NF 8 (1899), pp. 1–11.
• The Alemannic-Franconian language border from Donon to Lech. Winter, Heidelberg 1905.
• The dialect of the German Valais in the Heimattal and in the outlying areas. Huber, Frauenfeld 1913 (Contributions to Swiss German Grammar, Volume 6) ( digitized version ).
• The dialect of southwestern Württemberg . In: Württemberg Yearbooks for Statistics and Regional Studies, year 1917/18, pp. 18–57.
• The home and hamlet names of Alemannia. With an appendix about the ingen names . In: Württembergische Vierteljahreshefte für Landesgeschichte, NF 31 (1925), pp. 1–28.
• To the place names . In: Germanica. Eduard Sievers on his 75th birthday, November 25, 1925. Niemeyer, Halle an der Saale 1925, pp. 129–202.
• To the place name Murrhardt . In: Peter Goessler (ed.): Württemberg studies. Festschrift for the 70th birthday of Professor Eugen Nägele . Silberburg-Verl., Stuttgart 1926, pp. 212-222.
• The place names of Württemberg in their meaning for the settlement history. Publishing house of the Swabian Alb Association, Tübingen 1927.
• The dialects of Württemberg. A local language teaching. Silberburg, Stuttgart 1928 (Swabian Folklore, Volume 4).
• Over the local border of the Alemannic. Factual and fundamental. In: Contributions to the history of German language and literature, Volume 52/2 (1928), pp. 217–291.
• Basics about the German place names . In: Germanic-Romanic monthly journal, Volume 18 (1929), pp. 321–336.
• From the dialect around the Iller . In: Württembergische Jahrbücher für Statistik und Landeskunde, Jg. 1929/1930, pp. 136–144.
• The Swabian-Franconian language border around Jagst and Kocher . In: Württembergische Jahrbücher für Statistik und Landeskunde, Jg. 1932/1933, pp. 19–52.
• Alemannic festival names . In: Felix Genzmer (ed.): Festschrift Paul Kluckhohn and Hermann Schneider . Dedicated to her 60th birthday. Mohr, Tübingen 1948, pp. 468-497.
• To the division of Old Swabia into hundreds, regions and counties as well as to their naming . In: Journal for Württemberg State History, Vol. 10 (1951), pp. 1–28.
• The Alemannic dialect. Boundary, internal structure and identification. Mohr, Tübingen 1953.

literature

• Hans Bihl (Hrsg.): Contributions to history, literature and linguistics, mainly Württemberg. Ceremony for Karl Bohnenberger, Tübingen; on his 75th birthday, August 26, 1938; offered by friends, colleagues and students. Mohr, Tübingen 1938 (with bibliography, pp. 376–384).
• Helmut Dölker: In memory. Karl Bohnenberger August 26, 1863 - October 29, 1951. In: Württembergisches Jahrbuch für Volkskunde, born in 1955, pp. 168–179.
• Ulrich Engel: Karl Bohnenberger . In: On the history of folklore and dialect research in Württemberg. Helmut Dölker on his 60th birthday. Tübinger Vereinigung für Volkskunde, Tübingen 1964 (Volksleben, Volume 5), pp. 210–242.
• Lioba Keller-Drescher: From Swabia's grove and corridor. The Württemberg field name archive. In: Anke te Heesen u. a. (Ed.): Vocabulary. Collecting and finding the words. Kulturamt, Tübingen 2008 (Tübingen Catalogs, Volume 81), pp. 97-105, ISBN 978-3-910090-85-9 .
• Hugo Moser : Karl Bohnenberger . In: Zeitschrift für Mundartforschung, Vol. 20 (1952), pp. 237–245.

swell

• Alexandra Habermann u. a .: Lexicon of German Scientific Librarians 1925–1980. Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 1985 (Journal for Libraries and Bibliography, Special Issue, Volume 42), p. 29, ISBN 3-465-01664-5 .
• Hansjörg Kowark: Georg Leyh and the University Library of Tübingen (1921–1947). Mohr, Tübingen 1981 (Contubernium, Volume 19), pp. 6f., ISBN 3-16-444071-5 .
• Ludger Syré: The University Library of Tübingen on the way into the 20th century. The term of office of Karl Geiger (1895–1920). Mohr, Tübingen 1986 (Contubernium, Volume 33), p. 23, ISBN 3-16-445131-8 .