Micurà de Rü
Micurà de Rü (alias Nikolaus Bacher ; * December 4, 1789 in Rü near St. Kassian , Abbey ; † March 29, 1847 in Wilten ) was a Ladin linguist .
Micurà de Rü was born as the youngest son of a family of four mountain farmers . He studied philosophy and theology , among others in Innsbruck , Trient and Salzburg . He was ordained a priest on August 28, 1814 in Salzburg. He spent his first years as a priest in various parishes in Austria . He worked for several years as a field chaplain and as an educator in a military boys' educational institute in Milan . For a short time, Micurà de Rü also held a teaching position for Italian at the University of Innsbruck .
In addition to the priesthood, he was particularly interested in his mother tongue, Ladin. In 1833 he was the first to write a Ladin grammar with the title An attempt at a German-Ladin language teaching - the first planning of a written language in all of the Dolomites . The basic idea of this grammar is to create a common written language for all Ladins .
The Istitut Ladin "Micurà de Rü" in St. Martin in Thurn is named after him.
literature
- Lois Craffonara : Micurá de Rü - Nikolaus Bacher (1789–1847): Life and work. In: Ladinia , 18, 1994, pp. 5-133
- Micurà de Rü: An attempt at a German-Ladin language teaching . In: Ladinia, 19, 1995 (reprint of the 1833 edition, edited and annotated by Lois Craffonara)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Micurà de Rü |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bacher, Nikolaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ladin linguist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 4, 1789 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rü, St. Kassian , Abbey |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 29, 1847 |
| Place of death | Wilten |