Werner Fechter

Werner Fechter (born February 27, 1910 in Karlsruhe , † June 28, 1994 in Titisee-Neustadt ) was a German German philologist.

Fechter studied from 1929 in Freiburg, Innsbruck and Heidelberg, where he was a member of Catholic student associations in the Association of Scientific Catholic Student Associations Unitas . After receiving his doctorate in Heidelberg in 1935 ( The Audience of Middle High German Poetry , a standard work in the sociology of literature), Fechter was unable to pursue the desired academic career because he refused to join the NSDAP. After many years in school service, most recently at the Bertholdgymnasium in Freiburg im Breisgau (1948–1966), he completed his habilitation in 1963. 1966–1969 he was a scientific advisor at the German seminar in Freiburg, from 1969 until his retirement in 1972 he was an adjunct professor.

Fechter has made important research contributions, particularly in the field of manuscript research and the history of transmission. His reconstruction of the medieval manuscript library of the Inzigkofen monastery was published posthumously .

Works

German manuscripts of the 15th and 16th centuries from the library of the former Augustinerchorfrauenstift Inzigkofen (= work on regional studies of Hohenzollern 15), Sigmaringen: Jan Thorbecke Verlag 1997 review
Grazer Marienleben . In: The German literature of the Middle Ages. Author Lexicon. 2., completely reworked. Edition. Ed. By Kurt Ruh [et al.] Vol. 3. Berlin, New York: de Gruyter 1981, col. 229f.

Web links

Konrad Kunze : Fechter, Werner. 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. 477–478 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

Individual evidence

^ Willi Richter: Werner Fechter . Ed .: Association of Scientific Catholic Student Associations Unitas. No. 3 . Neuss June 1995, p. 95 ( unitas.org [PDF]).

personal data
SURNAME	Fechter, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Germanist
DATE OF BIRTH	February 27, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH	Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH	June 28, 1994
Place of death	Titisee-Neustadt

[1] Willi Richter: Werner Fechter . Ed .: Association of Scientific Catholic Student Associations Unitas. No. 3 . Neuss June 1995, p. 95 ( unitas.org [PDF]).