Rudolf Hildebrand (Germanist)

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Rudolf Hildebrand, grave medallion by Carl Seffner

Heinrich Rudolf Hildebrand (born March 13, 1824 in Leipzig ; † October 28, 1894 ibid) was a German specialist in German , teacher , educator and linguist .

Life

Hildebrand was born in Leipzig in 1824. He was the son of typesetter Heinrich Hildebrand (died 1850) and his wife Amalia Hildebrand, née Porges (died 1867). His father originally came from Arnstadt in Thuringia and moved to Leipzig for professional reasons. He worked as a factor in the local Brockhaus printing company. So he belonged to the so-called labor aristocracy .

Before starting school, he received private lessons in Latin and French from his father . From 1829 to 1836 he studied at the Naumann School , a private school for poorer sections of the population in Naundorf . In 1836 he switched to the Thomas School in Leipzig , where he passed his Abitur in 1843.

First, from 1843 he attended lectures by Moritz Wilhelm Drobisch , Christian Wilhelm Niedner , Johann Christian Friedrich Tuch and Christian Hermann Weisse in the subjects of theology and philosophy at the University of Leipzig . From 1844 to 1848 he studied Classical and German Philology . In addition to Niedner, Tuch and Weisse, his professors included Gustav Hartenstein , Moriz Haupt and Gottfried Hermann . In 1848 he passed his state examination with the thesis on Walther von der Vogelweide at Haupt .

He then became a proofreader and translator for the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung in Leipzig. From 1848 to 1868 he worked as a teacher for German , Latin, ancient Greek , geography and history at the St. Thomas School. He also taught at the German School for Booksellers in Leipzig. From 1852 to 1890 he worked on the German dictionary of the Brothers Grimm . On the recommendation of his former professor Haupt, he became a proofreader in 1852. In 1856 he was commissioned to design the letter K of the fifth volume. After Wilhelm Grimm's death in 1859, he also devoted himself to the letter G , the fourth volume in the first section. Together with Karl Weigand from Gießen he finally became editor after the death of the other brother Jacob in 1863 . Before his almost complete blindness in 1890, he stopped working on the dictionary.

Hildebrand wrote several longing poems after the death of his wife; here the fourth stanza from "My way through the world"

In 1867 he founded the Germanist circle "Vogelweide" in Leipzig. In 1868 he became associate professor for German language and German literature at Leipzig University. In 1873 he turned down offers to the universities of Prague , Greifswald and Rostock . A year later he was appointed full professor for modern German literature and language from the 16th to 19th centuries. In his teaching, he placed particular emphasis on the Nibelungenlied , in works by Walther von der Vogelweide, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Minnesang , the folk song of German grammar and etymology, and word and language research . He also dedicated his research to Meier Helmbrecht , Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock , Johann Gottfried Herder , Kudrun , Friedrich Schiller , language history , vocabulary research and German lessons . In Leipzig he founded the first Germanic Institute . Because of gout , he could only give his lectures from home from 1888 onwards. Hildebrand lost his eyesight with increasing age and died in Leipzig in 1894 at the age of 70.

He was friends with the Austrian writer Franz Michael Felder .

Honors

student

His students included Georg Berlit , Wilhelm Braune , Konrad Burdach , Otto Lyon , Gustav Roethe and Karl Wolfskehl .

Works

Correspondence

  • Heinrich Gerstenberg, RH and Ludwig Erk . In: ZfdU 21 (1907), 1-21
  • Letters RHs ed. U. ext. v. Helmut Wocke. Halle / Saale 1925
  • Franz Michael Felder - RH, correspondence 1866–1869 (P). Edited by Walter Methlagl . Bregenz 1984 (= Franz M. Felder, Sämtl. Werke; Vol. 9), ISBN 3-85162-013-5
  • Kasper Moosbrugger - RH, letters 1869–1894. Ed. U. with e. Nachw. Vers. v. Jürgen Thaler. Legwill 1999, ISBN 3-909081-17-7
  • Alan Kirkness (ed.): Correspondence between the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm with Rudolf Hildebrand, Matthias Lexer and Karl Weigand . (Correspondence between the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Critical edition in individual volumes. Vol. 6.) Stuttgart 2010. ISBN 978-3-7776-1800-5

Autobiographies

  • Georg Berlit (ed.): Thoughts about God, the world and the self. Jena 1910

Independent publications

  • From German language lessons at school and from quite a few completely different things that are related to it . Leipzig 1867 - pedagogical lectures and treatises; 1, 3rd from 2nd, presumably edition 1879 udT About German language teaching and German upbringing and education in general; 27th ed., Ed. u. with e. Nachw. Vers. v. Josef Prestel. Bad Heilbrunn 1962
  • About Grimm's dictionary in its scientific and national meaning. Lecture held in the auditorium of the University of Leipzig on April 24, 1869 to take up an extraordinary professorship for German literature. Leipzig 1869 (New edition Berlin [1937]. - The book friend's trips into the blue; 4.)
  • Collected essays and lectures on German philology and German teaching. Leipzig 1890
  • Diary pages of a Sunday philosopher. Collected border messenger essays. Edited by G. Wustmann . Leipzig 1896
  • Contributions to German teaching. With subject and name register as well as the picture and the replica of a diary sheet of R. H's. Leipzig 1897. - ZfdU; 10, results booklet.
  • Materials on the history of the German folk song. From university lectures. Vol. 1: The older folk song. Edited by Georg Berlit. Leipzig 1900. - ZfdU 14, Erg.-Booklet. (Reprinted from Hildesheim et al. 1971 - Volkskundliche Quellen; 8, Volkslied.), ISBN 3-487-04025-5
  • People and humanity. Selection from his writings, along with diary sheets and letters. Mt. e. Nachw. V. Helmut Wocke. Munich 1925, - books of education; 14th
  • Ghost. Halle / Saale 1926 (2nd, unchanged edition = Nachdr. Tübingen and Darmstadt 1966). - Philosophy and Humanities / Reprints; 3, ISBN 3-484-10034-6
  • 1867: A farmer as a poet . In: The Gazebo . Issue 15, 1867, pp. 234–236, 238 ( full text [ Wikisource ]).

Publication organs for articles

Publication organs for reviews

  • ZfdPh (1873–1874; 2)
  • ZfdU (1888; 5)

Editing of magazines

  • Journal for German Education (ZfdU). Under co. RH ed. v. Otto Lyon 1 (1887) - 8 (1894)

Editing

  • Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm : German Dictionary . 1883–1890 editor in charge. In it: Vol. 5 (1873): K (with preface by RH); Vol. 4, Section 1, Half 1 (1878): Forschel-Follower. Add. with Jacob Grimm and Karl Weigand ; Vol. 4, Dept. 1, Part 2 (1897): Gefobbe-Getreibs. Add. with Hermann Wnderlich

Editions

  • [Vorw.] In: Karl Albrecht: The Leipzig dialect. Grammar and dialect of the Leipzig vernacular. At the same time a contribution from the vernacular in general. Leipzig 1881 (2nd reprint edition Frankfurt / Main 1983), ISBN 3-8035-1212-3

Editions (subject-related)

  • FL from Soltau's German historical folk songs. Second hundred. Ed. From Soltau's and Leyser's estate and other sources . m. Note Leipzig 1856
  • The Sachsenspiegel (Landrecht). Edited from the oldest Leipzig manuscript . v. Julius Weiske . 3rd-6th Edit edition again v. RH Leipzig 1863–1882 (11th unchanged edition 1929)

literature

Articles / obituaries (selection)

  • Otto Lyon: On RH's 70th birthdays. In: ZfdU 8 (1894) 3, 153-154.
  • Georg Berlit: RH A memory picture. In: Neue Jb. Für Philologie und Pädagogik 12 (1894), 545-580 (also as Sonderdr. Leipzig 1895).
  • Otto Lyon: RH †. In: ZfdU 8 (1894) 12, 785-787.
  • August Mühlhausen: RH in the service of science and schools. In: Rheinische Blätter for Education and Teaching / Latest Series 68 (1894) 109, 432–438 u. 465-487.
  • Hermann Bahr : Diary. June 27th. Neues Wiener Journal, 32 (1924) # 11002, 6. (6 July 1924)
  • Antje Leike: The work of RHR (1824-1894) at the University of Leipzig. In: Contributions to the history of the school system in Leipzig. Leipzig 1989, 13-22. - Series of publications by the Interdisciplinary Center for Teaching Research, Communication; 1.
  • Hasko Zimmer: German education. RH and the German teachers in the German Empire. In: Intelligence and General Education 1848–1918. Biographical approaches to the impact and crisis of high school education. Anneliese Mannzmann on her 65th birthday. Edited by Ulla Bracht, Dieter Keiner and Hasko room. Münster, New York 1990, 53-79.
  • Antje Leike: HRH A forerunner of reform pedagogy. In: A plea for our educational reform legacy. Protocol volume the international reform pedagogy conference on September 24, 1991 at the University of Education in Halle-Köthen. Edited by Andreas Pehnke . Neuwied u. a. 1992, ISBN 3-472-01057-6 , 215-224.
  • Hartmut Küttel: From the history of German lessons (RH). In: Deutschunterricht 48 (1995) 5, 266–269.

Monograph / edited volumes

  • Georg Berlit: Words of love and gratitude on the coffin of the revered teacher RH, full professor of modern literature and language, spoken in the University Church of Leipzig on October 30, 1894. In handwriting for the friends of the retired man. Leipzig 1894.
  • Ernst Linde: Personality Pedagogy. A warning against the belief in methods of our day. With special consideration of the teaching method of RHs Leipzig 1897 (5th, complete edition 1922).
  • Richard Laube: RH and his school. A contribution to the history of German language teaching in the second half of the 19th century. Leipzig 1903.
  • Erich Westermann: Basic lines of the world and life view RHs Leipzig 1912.
  • Central Institute for Education and Teaching (Ed.): RH His life and work. In memory of the centenary of his birthday on March 13, 1924. Langensalza 1924.
  • Hedwig Hildebrand: Personal memories of our father from his daughter. Leipzig 1932.
  • Brigitte Mehrens: RH as a Germanist. A contribution to the history of German philology. Diss. Phil. Stanford Univ. 1968.
  • Antje Leike: The life of HRH (1824–1894) and his work - their resonance in the 19th and 20th centuries. Diss. (Mach.), Pedagogue. University. Leipzig 1991.

Festschriften

  • Otto Lyon (Hrsg.): Festschrift for the seventieth birthday of RHs in essays on the German language and literature as well as on German teaching. Leipzig 1894. ZfdU; 8, results booklet 3.
  • Research on German philology. Ceremony for RH on March 13, 1894 . Wilhelm Brown . u. a. Leipzig 1894.

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personal data
SURNAME Hildebrand, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hildebrand, Heinrich Rudolf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Germanist
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 1894
Place of death Leipzig