Maximilian Rieger

Friedrich Maximilian Heinrich Leonhard Rieger , or Max Rieger for short (born April 8, 1828 in Darmstadt ; † November 10, 1909 in Alsbach , Bergstrasse ) was a German scholar and writer .

Life

The son of a grand ducal medical councilor studied classical and German philology in Giessen , Berlin and Heidelberg after graduating from the Ludwig-Georgs-Gymnasium in Darmstadt (where he was a student of the classical philologist Christian Ludwig Boßler ) . During his studies he became a member of the Allemannia Gießen fraternity in the winter semester of 1845/46 . In 1849 Maximilian Rieger received his doctorate from the University of Giessen. In 1853 Rieger received his habilitation for German studies at the University of Gießen. Maximilian Rieger initially taught at the University of Giessen .

From 1856 Rieger taught in Basel , but he ended this obligation after only two years. Afterwards Rieger lived as a private scholar in Darmstadt. The focus of his research was the Middle High German folk poetry, especially the Nibelungenlied .

He worked on the advisory board of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg . He was a member of the board and later also chairman of the Historical Association for the Grand Duchy of Hesse.

In addition, Maximilian Rieger was involved in the " awakening movement " of the Evangelical Church. Rieger was a founding member of the "Southwest German Conference for Inner Mission". Rieger was a member of the Hessian state synod for more than two decades . In 1883 he took over the construction costs of the Martinskirche in Darmstadt, built by the Copenhagen architect Aage von Kauffmann , which gave the Martinsviertel its name. The American daily Chicago Daily Tribune wrote on November 29, 1885:

“The church was built entirely at the expense of an unknown donor - that is, he wanted to remain anonymous, although everyone knows that it is the author Max Rieger. Not only did he raise $ 50,000 for the structure, he also raised a fund of $ 25,000 to pay the priest's wages. The only requirement [...] is that the priest must always belong to the German Reform Church. "

In 1897 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences .

Rieger's great-uncle was the playwright and namesake of the genius of Friedrich Maximilian Klinger . Klinger, who was married through his great-great-grandmother Anna Barbara Boßler , was related to the music publisher Heinrich Philipp Boßler , the court rifle makers Johann Peter and Friedrich Jacob Boßler and his professor at the Ludwig-Georgs-Gymnasium Christian Ludwig Boßler.

Honors

In 1907 the square next to the Martinskirche (Darmstadt) was named after him.

literature

Noack, K .: In memory of M. Rieger. In: Volk and Scholle 6, 1928, pp. 135-137; DBE 8, p. 297.

Web links

Rieger, Friedrich Maximilian Heinrich Leonhard. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

↑ Karl Esselborn, Georg Lehnert: Hessian biographies . Ed .: Herman Haupt. Unchanged reprint of the 1934 edition. Volume 3 . Dr. Martin Sendet oHG, Walluf 1973, ISBN 3-500-26830-7 , p. 113 .
^ Paul Wentzcke : Fraternity lists. Second volume: Hans Schneider and Georg Lehnert: Gießen - The Gießener Burschenschaft 1814 to 1936. Görlitz 1942, L. Allemannia. No. 143.
^ Stadtlexikon Darmstadt, Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart, 2006, p. 753
↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 201.
↑ Marcel Boßler: The famous Sturm und Drang poet Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger from Frankfurt with clear Odenwald roots . In: Hessian Family History Association e. V. (Hrsg.): Hessische Genealogie . Volume 3, Issue 2, 2020, ISSN 2626-0220 , p. 28 .

personal data
SURNAME	Rieger, Maximilian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rieger, Friedrich Maximilian Heinrich Leonhard (full name); Rieger, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German philologist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 8, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH	Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH	November 10, 1909
Place of death	Alsbach , Bergstrasse

[1] Karl Esselborn, Georg Lehnert: Hessian biographies . Ed .: Herman Haupt. Unchanged reprint of the 1934 edition. Volume 3 . Dr. Martin Sendet oHG, Walluf 1973, ISBN 3-500-26830-7 , p. 113 .

[2] Paul Wentzcke : Fraternity lists. Second volume: Hans Schneider and Georg Lehnert: Gießen - The Gießener Burschenschaft 1814 to 1936. Görlitz 1942, L. Allemannia. No. 143.

[3] Stadtlexikon Darmstadt, Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart, 2006, p. 753

[4] Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 201.

[5] Marcel Boßler: The famous Sturm und Drang poet Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger from Frankfurt with clear Odenwald roots . In: Hessian Family History Association e. V. (Hrsg.): Hessische Genealogie . Volume 3, Issue 2, 2020, ISSN 2626-0220 , p. 28 .