Wilhelm Altwegg

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Wilhelm Altwegg-Pestalozzi (1883–1971) classical philologist, Germanist, pedagogue, JPHebel biographer, President of the Hebel Foundation, family grave at the Hörnli cemetery, Riehen, Basel-Stadt
Grave in the Hörnli cemetery , Riehen, Basel-Stadt

Wilhelm Altwegg (born December 6, 1883 in Basel ; † February 13, 1971 ibid) was a Swiss classical philologist , Germanist and educator .

Life

Altwegg put 1902 on Humanities College Basel the Matura , and began studying classical philology in Basel and Berlin, which he in 1907 at the University of Basel with a dissertation on the philosopher antiphon finished. In the following year he got a job as a teacher for German and Latin in Biel ; In 1911 he switched to teaching at the Humanist Gymnasium in Basel.

A lifelong interest in the Basel-born poet Johann Peter Hebel and his work found expression u. a. in Altwegg's membership in the «Commission» of the Basel Lever- age Foundation from 1920 to 1966 (President 1935–1960).

In 1930 Altwegg completed his habilitation as a private lecturer in German philology in Basel. In 1935 his biography, which is still authoritative today, was published. In the same year he was elected President of the Basler Leverstiftung; he held this office until 1960.

In 1936 he received an extraordinary professorship with a teaching position for German poetry and storytelling at the University of Basel. In 1948 he retired as a teacher at the Humanist Gymnasium in Basel, and in 1953 he finished teaching at the university.

Awards

Publications

  • To Aias and Odysseus of Antisthenes. Basel: Helbing and Lichtenhahn 1907
  • The so-called woman at Basel Minster . In: Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde , Vol. 13, 1914, pp. 194–204. ( Digitized version )
  • Johann Peter Lever. Remembrance for the hundredth anniversary of death. A letter and three poems in the poet's handwriting. Basel: Helbing and Lichtenhahn 1926
  • Johann Peter Lever. [Biographical overview] With 15 pictures and 3 manuscript samples. Frauenfeld / Leipzig: Huber 1935
  • Johann Peter Hebel, Alemannic poems. Selection and introduction by Wilhelm Altwegg. Basel: Gute Schriften 1935
  • Johann Peter Hebel, treasure chest. Selection from the stories of the Rhineland family friend with an introduction by Wilhelm Altwegg. Basel: Gute Schriften o.J.
  • Johann Peter Hebel, works. 3 volumes. Edited by Wilhelm Altwegg. Zurich / Berlin: Atlantis 1943
  • Lever. Pictures from his life. Edited by the State Institute for Education and Teaching Stuttgart. Stuttgart: Schreiber 1954
  • Johann Peter Hebel, works. Edited by Wilhelm Altwegg. 2 volumes. Freiburg i. Br .: Atlantis 1958

literature

  • Wilhelm Altwegg-Pestalozzi . December 6, 1883 - February 13, 1971. O. O., o. V., o. J.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johann Peter Hebel. [Biographical overview] With 15 pictures and 3 manuscript samples. Frauenfeld / Leipzig: Huber 1935
  2. ^ Manfred Bosch: The Johann Peter Lever Prize 1936–1988, Karlsruhe: Scheffelbund 1988, pp. 110–116
  3. ↑ Lever Prize 1950 for Wilhelm Altwegg ( Memento of the original from June 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hausen-im-wiesental.de archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , hausen-im-wiesental.de, accessed on August 22, 2012
  4. ↑ Manfred Bosch: The Johann Peter Lever Prize 1936–1988, Karlsruhe: Scheffelbund 1988, p. 116
personal data
SURNAME Altwegg, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss classical philologist, Germanist and educator
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1971
Place of death Basel