Otto von Reinsberg

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Otto Freiherr von Reinsberg (* 1822 ; † October 26, 1876 in Stuttgart ) was a German historian and linguist and cultural scientist . He came from an old knightly noble family from Switzerland .

Life

Initially, Reinsberg had embarked on a military career. After a few years, however, he left the military with the rank of Rittmeister and devoted himself to linguistic and cultural research.

On October 20, 1845, he married the already quite successful writer Ida von Düringsfeld , who had previously made a name for herself with poems , short stories and novels . The two spouses then adopted the common family name of Reinsberg-Düringsfeld. He got her excited about linguistics and cultural studies. Ida then accompanied her husband on his extensive travels through Bohemia , Italy , Dalmatia , Belgium and Switzerland . Together they wrote a number of scientific works in the years that followed their marriage.

Together with his wife, Reinsberg published a dictionary of proverbs, which appeared in 1872 under the title Proverbs of the Germanic and Romanic languages , and contains 2000 proverbs from 230 dialects. In preparation for this work, a smaller book preceded the Proverb as Cosmopolitan, viewed from the philosophical, practical and humorous standpoint (1863), in which there is evidence of how the same thought evolves under the influence of different nations and tribes, as well as countries and customs and languages ​​designed in a variety of ways.

He also devoted himself to chronological studies, which he used in the manual Catechism of Calendar Studies (1876). Both directions prompted extensive connections with scholars and magazines, as well as extensive correspondence and the publication of reviews and feature sections of varied content.

family

He married Ida von Düringsfeld in 1845 . The couple had two children who died early. When his wife died in Stuttgart on October 25, 1876, he was unable to endure the emptiness of existence created by her death and followed her voluntarily into death the following day, October 26.

Works

Cover illustration The festive year of the Germanic peoples - superstition - customs - festivals of Germanic peoples
Cover sheet of the work International Titulatures
  • The festive year of the Germanic peoples - superstition - customs - festivals of Germanic peoples. Leipzig, Barsdorf 1898
  • Ethnographic curiosities. Krüger, Leipzig 1879
  • Catechism of Calendar Studies. 1876
  • Cultural history studies from Merano. List / Francke, Leipzig 1874 ( digitized version )
  • Proverbs of the Germanic and Romance languages. Fries, Leipzig 1872
  • together with Ida von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld : Wedding book: Customs and beliefs of weddings among the Christian peoples of Europe , with XXIV illustrations by Albert Kretschmer . J. G. Bach, Leipzig 1871
  • Traditions et legends de la Belgique, 2 volumes. Ferdinand Claassen, Bruxelles 1870,
  • The child in the proverb. Frieze, Leipzig 1864
  • The weather in the proverb. Frieze, Leipzig 1864
  • International titulatures: 2 volumes. Fries, Leipzig 1863
  • The proverb as a cosmopolitan: 3 volumes. Fries, Leipzig 1863
    • Volume 1: The proverb as a philosopher.
    • Volume 2: The proverb as an internship.
    • Volume 3: The proverb as a humorist.
  • Festival calendar from Bohemia: a contribution to the knowledge of popular life and popular belief in Bohemia. Prague, Kober 1862
  • The woman in the proverb. Leipzig, frieze 1862
  • La Litterature tchèque de nos jours. Bruxelles, Guyot 1858

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personal data
SURNAME Reinsberg, Otto von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reinsberg, Otto Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian, linguist and cultural scientist
DATE OF BIRTH 1822
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 1876
Place of death Stuttgart