Konrad Burdach

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Photograph by Konrad Burdach (1895).

Carl Ernst Konrad Burdach (* 29. May 1859 in Königsberg (East Prussia) ; † 18th September 1936 in Berlin ) was a German Germanist and literary scholar .

Live and act

Burdach, the son of a Prussian district judge, was initially taught by his mother. After her death, he received private tuition and went to high school. In 1876 he passed the final examination at the Königsberg Friedrichscollegium and then studied classical philology , philosophy and psychology at the universities of Königsberg , Leipzig and Bonn .

His dissertation "Contributions to the Critique and Explanation of the Poems of Reinmar the Old" (Leipzig 1880, expanded under the title "Reinmar the Old and Walter von der Vogelweide", Leipzig 1880) marked a turning point in German minnesang research , according to Günther Jungbluth in the New German biography . He expanded the previous chronological-biographical approach to include a style and intellectual history. In the following years he deepened his knowledge at the Berlin University and dealt primarily with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe . In 1887 he was appointed associate professor for German language and literature, and in 1894 full professor. From 1897 to 1899 he went on study trips to Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, Austria, Italy, Sweden and Paris. In 1902 he became head of the newly created research center of the Prussian Academy of Sciences for German Linguistics, which initially dealt with research on the New High German written language.

From 1893 he created the seven-volume compilation “From the Middle Ages to the Reformation”, in which he recorded the results of his extensive research trips; so also for the prose dialogue “ Der Ackermann aus Böhmen ”. Burdach remained active well into old age and published several monographs, including one on Walter von der Vogelweide (1900), a "Study on Goethe's West-Eastern Divan" (1905) and "Reformation, Renaissance, Humanism" (1918, 2nd Edition 1926). His research on the Holy Grail was only published posthumously ("The Grail: Research on its origin and its connection with the Longinus legend", 1938, reprint 1974).

Konrad Burdach died in Berlin in 1936 at the age of 77 and was buried in the Dahlem forest cemetery. The grave has not been preserved.

Fonts (selection)

Compilation of the writings of Konrad Burdach up to 1930 in: Paul Piur (ed.): Burdach Bibliography 1880–1930. On the 50th anniversary of his doctorate on November 24, 1930, Berlin: Weidmann 1930.

  • The Palatine Wittelsbacher and the old German manuscripts of the Palatina . In: Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen , Vol. 5, 1888, pp. 111-132 ( online ).
  • From the Middle Ages to the Reformation: Research on the History of German Education; [Announcement of the 2nd edition] . Winiker & Schickardt, Brno 1898.
  • Walther von der Vogelweide: Philological and historical research 1900.
  • Schiller speech: held by d. Memorial celebration in d. Berlin Philharmonic on May 8, 1905 . Weidmann, Berlin 1905.
  • German renaissance: reflections on our future education  (= German evenings at the Central Institute for Education and Teaching; 4). Mittler, Berlin 1916.
  • Ed. Together with Alois Bernt: Der Ackermann aus Böhmen: Introduction, critical text, complete reading apparatus, glossary, commentary  (= From the Middle Ages to the Reformation: Research on the history of German education). Weidmann, Berlin 1917.
  • About the origin of medieval minstrels, romance novels and women's service: general meeting on November 14th and meeting of the philosophical-historical class on November 21st, 1918.
  • Reformation, Renaissance, Humanism: two treatises on the basis of modern education and the art of language . Paetel, Berlin 1918.
  • The discovery of minnesong and the German language . Reimer, [Berlin] 1918.
  • The national appropriation of the Bible and the beginnings of Germanic philology . Niemeyer, Halle (Saale) 1924.
  • Reformation and Renaissance  (= prelude: collected writings on the history of the German spirit). Niemeyer, Halle / Saale 1925.
  • Middle Ages  (= prelude: collected writings on the history of the German spirit). Niemeyer, Halle, Saale 1925.
  • Goethe and his age: Appendix: Art and science of the present  (= prelude: collected writings on the history of the German spirit). Niemeyer, Halle, Saale 1926.
  • Silesian-Bohemian letter samples from the turn of the fourteenth century  (= From the Middle Ages to the Reformation: Research on the history of German education). Weidmannsche Buchhandl., Berlin 1926.
  • The poet of Ackermann from Bohemia and his time. - 1.  (= The poet of the Ackermann from Bohemia and his time). Weidmann, Berlin 1926.
  • Ed. Rienzo and the spiritual change of his time  (= correspondence of Cola di Rienzo). Weidmann, Berlin 1928.
  • Ed. Together with Richard Kienast: From Petrarch's oldest group of German students: Texts and studies  (= From the Middle Ages to the Reformation: Research on the history of German education). Weidmann, Berlin 1929.
  • About the personality of the farmer poet . In: Sudetendeutsches Jahrbuch , 1931, pp. 29–42.
  • Walther von der Vogelweide and the fourth crusade . In: Historische Zeitschrift , Vol. 143, 1931, pp. 19–45.
  • The religious problem in Goethe's Faust . In: Euphorion , Vol. 33, 1931, pp. 1-83.
  • Memories of Otto Hartwig and the youth of the Zentralblatt für Libraries . In: Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen , vol. 50, 1933, pp. 21-27.
  • Ed. Together with Paul Piur: Petrarch's correspondence with German contemporaries  (= From the Middle Ages to the Reformation: Research on the history of German education). Weidmann, Berlin 1933.
  • The humanistic effects of Boethius' consolation in the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance . In: German quarterly journal for literary studies and intellectual history , vol. 11, 1933, pp. 530–558.
  • The spiritual and spiritual sources of the Renaissance movement . In: Historische Zeitschrift , Vol. 149, 1933, pp. 477-521.
  • The science of the German language: its becoming, its path, its leaders . de Gruyter, Berlin 1934.

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Konrad Burdach  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 578.
personal data
SURNAME Burdach, Konrad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Burdach, Carl Ernst Konrad (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philologist and literary scholar
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Königsberg (East Prussia)
DATE OF DEATH September 18, 1936
Place of death Berlin