Wilhelm Lettenbauer
Wilhelm Lettenbauer (born July 30, 1907 in Fürth ; † January 5, 1984 in Ehrenkirchen ) was a German Slavist .
From 1926 Lettenbauer studied Slavic Philology, German and Byzantine Studies in Munich and Vienna and received his doctorate in Munich in 1930 under Erich Berneker on The Deminutivum in Russian . In the following years he worked as a lecturer and translator and completed his habilitation in 1944 on the tree cult among the Slavs . In 1954 he was appointed associate professor at the University of Erlangen and in 1958 he was appointed full professor. In 1962 he was appointed to the University of Freiburg , where he stayed until his retirement in 1975. From 1978 to 1981 he held the chair for Slavic Studies at the University of Basel .
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- Weiher, Eckhard: Lettenbauer, Wilhelm. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-428-00195-8 , p. 356 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Wilhelm Lettenbauer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Wilhelm Lettenbauer interviewed in the online archive "Österreich am Wort" of the Austrian Media Library (Salzburg night studio)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lettenbauer, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Slavist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fuerth |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th January 1984 |
| Place of death | Ehrenkirchen |