Wolfgang Vulpius

Wolfgang Vulpius (born November 27, 1897 in Weimar ; died July 4, 1978 there ) was a German literary scholar and writer .

Vulpius was the great-great-grandson of the writer and librarian Christian August Vulpius . Through Christiane Vulpius even Goethe was an ancestor by marriage. His father was the doctor Walther Vulpius (1860–1944). Wolfgang Vulpius was initially a teacher in Hildburghausen after completing his studies . After returning to Weimar in 1945 as a soldier from the Second World War, he became an employee of the National Research and Memorial Centers for Classical German Literature in Weimar. He made significant contributions to teaching classical Weimar humanism. The Foundation for National Research and Memorial Centers for Classical German Literature (now the Weimar Classic Foundation ) dedicated a commemorative publication to him on the occasion of his 60th birthday in 1957.

Works (selection)

• Christiane: The art of living and humanity in Goethe's marriage , Weimar 1953.
• Goethe in Thuringia: Places of his life and work , Rudolstadt 1955.
• Together with Wolfgang Huschke : Park around Weimar , Weimar 1958.
• Walther Wolfgang von Goethe and his grandfather's estate: from archival sources , Weimar 1963.
• The Goethepark in Weimar , Weimar 1975.

literature

• National Research and Memorial Centers for Classical German Literature (Ed.): Festschrift for Wolfgang Vulpius on his 60th birthday on November 27, 1957 , Weimar 1957.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry in www.bundesarchiv.de
2. ^ Gitta Günther , Wolfram Huschke , Walter Steiner (eds.): Weimar. Lexicon on city history. Hermann Böhlaus successor, Weimar 1998, ISBN 978-3-7400-0807-9 , p. 473.
3. ↑ National Research and Memorial Centers for Classical German Literature (ed.): Festschrift for Wolfgang Vulpius on his 60th birthday on November 27, 1957 , Weimar 1957.