Theodor Vernaleken

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Theodor Vernaleken, lithograph by Josef Kriehuber , 1853

Theodor Vernaleken (born January 28, 1812 in Volkmarsen , † February 27, 1907 in Graz ) was a German philologist, folklorist, educator and seminar director and professor in Vienna.

life and career

After attending school in Warburg , Paderborn and Fulda , he studied in Zurich , and then became a secondary teacher in Rickenbach SZ at the teachers' college there. From 1840 he was an educational writer in Zurich.

From 1850 he was appointed seminar director in Vienna. In this function he contributed to the renewal of the Austrian elementary school system, the creation of realistic middle schools and teacher training. At first he also worked as a teacher for German language and literature at the pre-school of the Polytechnic, then at the Oberrealschule Schottenfeld. He then became a school inspector and examination commissioner. In 1870 he became director of the main normal school St. Anna of the kuk Reichs and kuk professor.

Vernaleken founded the first teacher training institute. After his retirement in 1877 he lived in Graz. Vernaleken was friends with Jacob Grimm , Johann Ludwig Uhland and Johann Wurth .

Act

In addition to his work as a teacher and school reformer, he collected legends, myths, fairy tales and customs from the Alpine countries, which he published in numerous books. He also wrote two grammar books on the German language and published a three-volume literature book.

Works

  • German language skills and language skills: Doubtful cases, uncertain terms, German personal names, etc. useful foreign words in e. alfab. geord. Selection based on reliable research; Vienna: Pichler; 1900
  • Literature book: German reading book together with d. Start d. Art and Literature history, antiquity, mythology, etc. Poetics; 3 volumes; Vienna: Braumueller, 1854–1857.
  • Alpine legends: Folk traditions from Switzerland, Vorarlberg, Carinthia, Styria, Salzburg, Upper and Lower Austria, Seidel, Vienna, 1858 (new edition Graz: publ. For collectors; 1993)
  • Myths and customs of the people in Austria, as a contribution to German mythology, folk poetry and customs; Vienna: Braumüller; 1859
  • German Syntax, 2 volumes, Braumüller, Vienna 1861/63;
  • Austrian fairy tales for children and households: true to oral tradition; Vienna: Braumüller; 1864 (new edition Hildesheim [among others]: Olms; 1980)
  • About replacing the judge. In: MHVSt 32 (1884), 117-120.
  • Games and rhymes of children in Austria / collected and ed. by Th. Vernaleken and Frz. Branky. - New edition; Vienna: Sallmyer, 1876
  • The German folk epic: according to its nature, content and history, with an illustrated selection from the Nibelungen and Gudrun; Vernaleken, Theodor [Ed.]; Zurich: Meyer u. Zeller; 1846
  • The branches of the German people in Central Europe; Graz: H. Wagner; 1898
  • Main principles from general teaching: In addition to detailed discussions about language teaching in elementary and community schools; Vienna: Beck'sche Univ. Bookstore; 1871
  • Form theory of the German language; Vienna: Seidel; 1856
  • On the pedagogical art of teaching: especially about d. Essence and means d. internal intuition; about d. Floods; Vienna; 1872
  • The beginnings of teaching and elementary school studies: with a preceding psychological propaedeutic; Vienna: Pichler; 1874
  • Celestial science or mathematical geography; St. Gallen among others: Huber; 1842
  • German literature book; 2., unchanged. Ed. St. Gallen among others: Huber; 1851
  • About the purpose and use of the example grammar: along with hints, etc. Example about d. log. u. grammatical stylist. Dissection d. Sample sets; with reference to the exercise book; St. Gallen among others: Huber; 1840
  • German example grammar; 2., revised. u. verb. Edition St. Gallen: Huber; 1851
  • Auxiliary book for the first language and reading book for the Catholic elementary schools in the Austrian Empire: for teachers and preparers; Vienna: K. k. School books publishing; 1858

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personal data
SURNAME Vernaleken, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Germanist
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Volkmarsen
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 1907
Place of death Graz