Karl Spiegel
Karl Spiegel (born July 27, 1863 in Würzburg , † September 15, 1920 in Siegendorf ) was a German teacher and fairy tale collector.
Life
Spiegel was born in Würzburg in 1863 as the son of a Bavarian customs officer. Spiegel attended the teachers' seminar until 1882 and then became an assistant teacher and school administrator in Eichenbühl . Spiegel became interested in folk traditions from an early age, which later form the basis of his collection of legends and fairy tales.
In 1894, Spiegel was one of the founding members of the Association for Bavarian Folklore and Dialect Research . In the following years he worked as a teacher, first in Priegendorf , then in Birkenfeld . Between 1898 and 1908 Spiegel was a teacher in Untersambach . Most recently he taught in Unterleinach . Spiegel was sent into early retirement in 1910 because of a heart condition and returned to his hometown of Würzburg.
In 1912 the collection of sagas and sketches from the Steigerwald was published together with Johann Ludwig Klarmann , and in 1914 his small collection of fairy tales from Bavaria was published as a “scientific supplement to the annual report of the Association for Bavarian Folklore and Dialect Research”.
Web links
- Works by Karl Spiegel at Zeno.org .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spiegel, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German teacher and fairy tale collector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wurzburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 15, 1920 |
| Place of death | Siegendorf |