Karl Finsterwalder
Karl Finsterwalder (born April 14, 1900 in Rosenheim ; † January 9, 1995 there ) was a German linguist , topographer and geographer .
Life
Finsterwalder began recording field names in the Alps in 1928, which he incorporated into the maps of the Alpine Club from 1930 onwards. In 1930 he received his doctorate under Josef Schatz . From 1941 Finsterwalder was a lecturer at the University of Innsbruck . He published around 300 essays on place and field name research in Tyrol . These were published in three volumes from 1990 onwards.
Literature (selection)
- Karl Finsterwalder: Tyrolean toponymy - collected essays and works. 3 vols. Innsbruck: Universitätsverlag Wagner 1990, ISBN 3-7030-0222-0
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Finsterwalder in the catalog of the German National Library
- Finsterwalder, Karl . Publications in the bibliographic database of the Regesta Imperii .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Egon Kühebacher : Die Toten des Schlern, in Der Schlern , 1995. P. 302 f
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Finsterwalder, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German linguist, topographer and geographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rosenheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 9, 1995 |
| Place of death | Rosenheim |