Nann Peter Mungard

Nann Peter Mungard (born June 30, 1849 in Keitum ; † July 30, 1935 in Møgeltønder , Denmark ) was a German researcher of the North Frisian language .

Life

Nann Mungard first went to sea, took it to the captain, before settling down as a farmer in Keitum on Sylt and paving the way for heather cultivation on the island.

As a teenager and on his travels, Mungard had learned several languages, including Japanese , but felt particularly attached to the Frisian language and culture. From 1903 to 1913 he organized a total of five "Friesenfeste", meetings of the Sylt, Föhrer and Amrumer Frisians to exchange ideas about the special concerns of their culture, which he saw as threatened.

In 1909 Nann Peter Mungard published a dictionary of the Sylt language, "For Sölring Spraak en Wiis". He became an honorary member of the West Frisian Language and Literature Society, which encouraged him to compile a North Frisian dictionary. The first part was completed in 1913, but, like a school reading book in Sylt Frisian, did not initially appear.

In the referendum of 1920 , Nann Peter Mungard advocated the annexation of southern Schleswig to Denmark , as he saw the protection of Frisian culture in a small state more likely than in large Germany. Nann Peter Mungard was heavily criticized for this and scolded as a traitor. When the rejection turned to hatred and straw dolls with his name were burned at the Biikebrennen , he left Sylt and lived in Denmark until his death.

The first part of the North Frisian dictionary that he had compiled did not appear until 1974.

Nann Peter Mungard is the father of the poet Jens Emil Mungard .

literature

• Harry Kunz and Thomas Steensen: Taschenlexikon Sylt, Wachholtz, Neumünster / Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-529-05525-6 .
• Thomas Steensen: The Frisian Movement in North Frisia in the 19th and 20th Centuries (1879-1945), 2 volumes, Wachholtz, Neumünster 1986, ISBN 3-529-02189-X .