Paul Herrmann (Germanist)

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Badge on Herrmann's former home in Torgau

Otto Paul Herrmann (born December 10, 1866 in Burg (near Magdeburg) , † April 20, 1930 in Torgau ) was a German Germanic and Scandinavian Medievalist .

He was born the son of the teacher Gustav Otto Herrmann. After attending local school and high school, Herrmann studied German and Classical Philology, Protestant Theology and Oriental Philology in Berlin and Strasbourg from 1885 to 1892 . In 1888 he received his doctorate in Strasbourg with Ernst Martin with a Scandinavian thesis on Eduard Sievers Eddametrik and in 1891 passed the teaching examination for German, Protestant religion, Hebrew to OI, for Latin to UII in Strasbourg. In 1891/92 Herrmann completed his military service in Strasbourg . After a seminar year in Magdeburg in 1892/93 , he carried out a probationary year as an assistant teacher at the grammar school in Altenburg in 1893/94 . From 1894 to 1930 he was first a senior teacher, then a teacher at the grammar school named after August von Mackensen in Torgau, today's Johann Walter grammar school in Torgau. On October 17, 1903, he was awarded the title of high school professor for his services. A professorship for older Germanic literature and language at the Kgl. He turned down the Poznan Academy in October 1906 for health reasons.

Herrmann has emerged as a translator, of Saxo Grammaticus Gesta Danorum , of Icelandic sagas in the Thule collection , of Henrik Ibsen , of Indriði Einarsson ; the work of Richard Wagner , Scandinavian Literatures, Germanic and Norse mythology and religion as well as the legends and folklore found his interest. In 1904, 1908, 1911 and 1914 he undertook research trips to Iceland with the support of the Prussian Ministry of Education, which he presented in detail in Iceland in the past and present .

Paul Herrmann was the bearer of the Knight's Cross of the Danish Order of Danebro (1910) and of the Knight's Cross of the Icelandic Order of Falcons (1924). He was co-founder and until his death chairman of the Association of Friends of Iceland and since 1916 honorary member of the Icelandic Literature Society in Reykjavík.

Works

  • Studies on the Stockholm Homily Book; a review of Sievers Eddametrik ( Burg , printed by A. Hopfer, 1888)
  • German mythology in a commonly understood representation (Leipzig, W. Engelmann, 1898, 1900, 2nd revised edition 1906); newly published by Thomas Jung: Deutsche Mythologie , Anaconda, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-86647-916-6 .
  • Explanations of the first nine books of the Danish history of Saxo Grammaticus. Part 1: Translation. Part 2: Commentary (The heroic sagas of Saxo Grammaticus) (Leipzig, 1901–1922)
  • Nordic mythology in a commonly understood representation (Leipzig, W. Engelmann, 1903)
  • Iceland past and present. Travel memories 3 volumes (Leipzig, W. Engelmann, 1907-10)
  • Inner and Northeast Iceland. Memories from my third trip to Iceland (Torgau, Torgau printing and publishing house, 1913)
  • The story of the strong Grettir, the outlaw (Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar) (Jena, E. Diederichs, 1913. Thule Collection)
  • Iceland, the country and the people (with 9 illustrations in the text) (Leipzig, BG Teubner, 1914)
  • Introduction to German mythology at higher education institutions (Berlin, O. Salle, 1919)
  • Beliefs and customs of the old Germans in teaching in upper secondary schools (Berlin, O. Salle, 1919)
  • Icelandic heroic novels (Jena, E. Diederichs, 1923. Thule Collection)

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SURNAME Herrmann, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Herrmann, Otto Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Medievalist
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Castle (near Magdeburg)
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1930
Place of death Torgau