Reinhold Backmann
Reinhold Richard Julius Backmann (born December 1, 1884 in Leipzig , † March 4, 1947 in Vienna ) was a German teacher and Germanist .
Life
Backmann was born on December 1, 1884, the son of master tailor Magnus Backmann. He attended the Third Citizens' School in Leipzig from 1891 to 1895, and then the Thomas School from 1895 to 1904 . 1904–1911 he studied modern philology at the University of Leipzig , among others with Eduard Sievers , Emil Jungmann and Albert Köster . His studies were interrupted by military service as a one-year volunteer in 1904/1905. In Leipzig he obtained his doctorate in 1911. phil .; already now with a work on Franz Grillparzer (1909–1942), with which he continued to work later. From 1912 to 1942 he was a teacher in Plauen in the Vogtland. From 1914 to 1919 he served first as a lieutenant, then as a first lieutenant on the Eastern Front . In 1919 he became a member of the German National People's Party for a short time . In 1934 he became a member of the Nazi teachers' association and joined the NSDAP in 1937 after the ban on admission was relaxed . In 1939 he became a member of the SS ; In 1941 he joined the National Socialist Air Corps . In 1943 he became a library councilor at the Vienna City Library . After the end of the Second World War, Backmann was decommissioned on July 24, 1945, but was allowed to resume work shortly thereafter to complete the Grillparzer edition. His research focus was Austrian literature: from 1928–32 as well as from 1942 he lived in Vienna, where he continued the 42-volume historical and critical complete edition of the works of Franz Grillparzer on behalf of the city after the death of the original publisher August Sauer .
Honors
- Silver Grillparzer Medal from the City of Vienna in 1941
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
- Albrechts-Order II. Class with swords
- Austrian Military Merit Cross III. Class with the war decoration
- Cross of honor for front fighters
literature
- Werner Michler: Backmann, Reinhold. In: Christoph König (Ed.), With the assistance of Birgit Wägenbaur u. a .: Internationales Germanistenlexikon 1800–1950 . Volume 1: A-G. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-015485-4 , pp. 65-67 ( online at Google Book Search ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Reinhold Backmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Reinhold Backmann in the German Digital Library
- Search for Reinhold in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reinhold Backmann: The first beginnings of Grillparzer's Medea poetry .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Backmann, Reinhold |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Backmann, Reinhold Richard Julius (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Germanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 4, 1947 |
| Place of death | Vienna |