Rudolf Kleinpaul

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Rudolf Kleinpaul

Rudolf Alexander Reinhold Kleinpaul (born March 9, 1845 in Großgrabe near Kamenz , Oberlausitz ; †  July 18, 1918 in Leipzig ) was a German non-fiction author .

Life

Kleinpaul studied from 1863 to 1867 at the University of Leipzig and then to 1869 in Berlin philosophy , philology , comparative linguistics and science and graduated as Dr. phil. During this time he was already publishing newspaper articles. He went to Paris and in 1871 to Italy , from where he toured Greece , Egypt and Palestine . In 1878 he settled in Gohlis near Leipzig and lived as a freelance writer .

His numerous publications deal with geographical, historical, linguistic, philosophical and religious topics in a light and often ironic tone.

Honors

Fonts

  • The Dahabiye : Travel Sketches from Egypt . Stuttgart (1879)
  • Roma Capitale . Leipzig (1880), online
  • Mediterranea . Leipzig (1881)
  • Crucify him! What travel adventure . Leipzig (1882)
  • Rome in words and pictures . 2 vols. Leipzig ( 1882/83 ), online
  • Italian phrasebook . Leipzig (1901)
  • Naples and its surroundings . Leipzig (1884)
  • The prince robbery . Leipzig 1884
  • Names of people and nations . Leipzig (1885), online
  • Florence in words and pictures. Leipzig (1887), online
  • Language without words . Leipzig (1888), online
  • The riddles of language . Leipzig (1890), online
  • The river basin of language . Leipzig (1892), online
  • Human sacrifice and ritual murders . Leipzig (1892), online
  • The middle age. Pictures from the life and goings-on of all stands in Europe. With 268 illustrations, 13 full picture panels and color prints. 2 volumes. Leipzig (1893–1895; archive.org )
  • Gastronomic fairy tales . Leipzig (1893)
  • The foreign word in German . Leipzig (3rd edition, 1903), online
  • The living and the dead in popular belief, religion and legend . Leipzig (1898), online
  • Modern witchcraft . Leipzig (1900), online
  • The German personal names - their origin and meaning . Leipzig (1916)
  • The murder of Konitz and the superstition of blood in the Middle Ages, Leipzig (1900)
  • The place names in German. Their development and their origins . Leipzig (1919), online

literature

Web links

Commons : Rudolf Kleinpaul  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Rudolf Kleinpaul  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Date of death according to Rudolf Kleinpaul . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 36 : Supplement: Globe – Kövess . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1924, Sp. 1056 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
personal data
SURNAME Kleinpaul, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kleinpaul, Rudolf Alexander Reinhold (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Great grave near Kamenz
DATE OF DEATH 18 July 1918
Place of death Leipzig