Mattli Conrad

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Matthias "Mattli" Conrad or Conradi (* 15. January 1745 in Andeer , † 26. December 1832 ) was a Swiss Reformed pastor , Romance languages and Rätoromanist .

Life

Matthias Conrad was born on January 15, 1745 in Andeer in the Swiss canton of Graubünden as the son of Frederic Conrad and Duscha Cantieni. He was taught by his uncle of the same name, who was also a pastor. From 1764 to 1766 he studied at the Collegium Carolinum in Zurich. In 1766 he was accepted into the Evangelical-Rhaetian Synod .

As early as the next year Conrad became an auditor in Andeer after his uncle passed away. Because of his liberal attitude he was taken hostage in 1799 after the occupation of Graubünden by Austria. Together with 80 other hostages, he was brought to Innsbruck and then to Graz .

Most of the hostages were not released until 1801, including Conrad. In the meantime the parish in Andeer had already found a new pastor, so Conrad went to Serneus to work as a pastor there. In 1803 he moved to the communities of Mathon and Wergenstein . The next year the position in Andeer became vacant again, which he immediately took over and kept until 1828. He spent his retirement in his hometown Andeer, where he died on December 26, 1832.

Since his time as a deportee, at the suggestion of Anton Friedrich Büsching and Wilhelm von Humboldt , he has dealt with Rhaeto-Romanic philology, grammar and lexicography. His Rhaeto-Romanic songs and poems, which became very important for language development in shame, are of particular importance. His German-Romance grammar was one of the first of its kind.

Works (selection)

  • Poetic attempt on an allegory before the friendly dispute of several virtues (Chur 1778)
  • Extract de la Historia da la vit 'a character da Nies Senger Jesu Christi, par uffonts en las Scolas. Sco er ccanzun sur da Quella madem 'historia (Coira 1783)
  • Ils principals saying da la biblia (Coira 1804)
  • Cudesch da devotiun: Quei eiu da christianeivlas uratiuns salideivlas consideratiuns a bagieivlas spiritualas Canzuns tier Diever da minchia Gi, ei seig ner da Damauns ner da Seras; da Festas a Firaus, sco er par Malsauns, a Morbunds (Bregenz 1809)
  • Anchinas fablas ad historias messas en poesia romanscha per part or da divers cudischs velgs a novs, par part er inventadas dilg tranl (Coira 1816)
  • Practical German-Romance grammar. The first of these old Rhaetian Romansh languages, which are mostly still used in Graubünden, Zurich 1820
  • Pocket dictionary of the Romansh-German language, Zurich 1823
  • Pocket dictionary of the Romansh-German language. Dictionar, lexicon da tasca dilg linguaig romansch-tudesc, Zurich 1825
  • Pocket dictionary of the German-Romance language, Zurich 1828

literature

  • Erich Wenneker :  Conrad, Matthäus. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 15, Bautz, Herzberg 1999, ISBN 3-88309-077-8 , Col. 415-417.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
  • Giachen Conrad, Ser Mattli Conrad (Conradi), il giuven, 1745-1832 , Cuera 1931
  • Alexi Decurtins: Romansh and Linguistic Research. An overview , in: Vox Romanica 23, 1964, pp. 256-304
  • Important Bündner from five centuries , Chur 1970, vol. 1, pp. 327-330 (by Pieder Cavigelli, 1913-1996)
  • Pierre Swiggers: Linguistique et grammaticographie romanes , in: Lexikon der Romanistische Linguistik I, 1 , Tübingen 2001, p. 36–121 (here p. 98)

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personal data
SURNAME Conrad, Mattli
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Conrad, Matthias (real name); Conradi, Mattli; Conradi, Matthias; Conrad, Matthäus; Conradi, Matli; Conrad, Matli
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss reformed pastor, Romanist and Rhaetoromonanist
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1745
PLACE OF BIRTH Other
DATE OF DEATH December 26, 1832
Place of death Other