Matthias Friedwagner

Matthias Friedwagner (born February 3, 1861 in Gallspach ; † April 5, 1940 ibid) was an Austrian Romanist and Romanist.

life and work

After attending elementary school in Gallspach (1867–73) Friedwagner attended secondary school in Linz , where he graduated in 1880. In 1881 he also passed the high school diploma in Linz and then studied German and Romance languages ​​in Vienna. There he received his doctorate in 1889 with the work on the language of the old French heroic poem Huon de Bordeaux (Paderborn 1891). From 1888 to 1900 he was a secondary school teacher in Vienna. He completed his habilitation in 1898 at the University of Vienna . From 1900 to 1911 he was the successor of Theodor Gartner full professor for Romance philology at the University of Czernowitz (1903 dean, 1910 rector), then as successor to Heinrich Morf from 1911 to 1928 at the University of Frankfurt (1916 dean). He obtained his habilitation from Helmut Anthony Hatzfeld and Hellmuth Petriconi . Matthias Friedwagner was married to Hermine Richter (1867–1932), who was born in Vienna. The couple were buried in a private crypt in a wooded area between Gallspach and Grieskirchen, which is freely accessible.

Other works

• Goethe as Corneille translator , Vienna 1890
• Raoul de Houdenc. According to all known manuscripts, vol. 1, Meraugis von Portlesguez. Old French adventure novel , Halle as 1897, reprint Geneva 1975
• The relationship and value relationships of the Meraugis manuscripts, in: Zeitschrift für Romanische Philologie 26, 1902
• Raoul de Houdenc. According to all known manuscripts, Vol. 2, La vengeance de Raguidel. Old French adventure novel , Halle as 1909, reprint Geneva 1975
• About the language and homeland of the Romanians in their early days, in: Zeitschrift für Romansische Philologie 54, 1934, pp. 641–715
• Romanian folk songs from Bukovina , Würzburg 1940

literature

• Friedwagner Matthias. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1957, p. 366 f. (Direct links on p. 366 , p. 367 ).
• Erhard Lommatzsch in: Journal of Romance Philology 61, 1941, pp. 45–62 (with picture and list of scriptures)
• Octavian Lupu: Matthias Friedwagner at the University of Chernivtsi. Thoughts on the life and work of an Austrian Romanian, in: Österreichische Osthefte 18, 1976, pp. 356–358
• Johannes Kramer: The Romanists at the Franz Joseph University in Chernivtsi, in: Lived multiculturalism. Chernivtsi and Bukowina , ed. by Victoria Popovici, Wolfgang Dahmen, Johannes Kramer, Frankfurt 2010
• Elena Pascaniuc: Matthias Friedwagner (1861–1940), promoter of Romanian culture in Germany, in: Lived multiculturalism. Chernivtsi and Bukowina , ed. by Victoria Popovici, Wolfgang Dahmen, Johannes Kramer, Frankfurt 2010
• Wolfgang Perr: Community chronicle of Gallspach in 3 volumes . Bad Ischl 2014. Upper Austria. State Archives Linz. Online Volume 1 (Dominion) , Online Volume 2 (Parish) , Online Volume 3 (Market and Surroundings)

Web links

• Biographical note, with picture