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Richard Heinzel

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Richard Heinzel
Born(1878-01-17)17 January 1878
Died3 November 1938(1938-11-03) (aged 33)
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
NationalityAustrian
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic advisors
Academic work
DisciplineGermanic studies
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Institutions
  • University Vienna
Notable students
Main interests

Richard Heinzel (3 November 1838, in Capodistira – 4 April 1905, in Vienna) was an Austrian philologist who specialized in Germanic studies.

Biography

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Richard Heinzel studied classical and German philology at the University of Vienna, where his instructors were Franz Pfeiffer and Johannes Vahlen. From 1860 to 1864 he worked as a school teacher at gymnasiums in Trieste, Linz and Vienna, and in 1868 became a professor at the University of Graz. In 1873 he succeeded Wilhelm Scherer as professor of German language and literature at the University of Vienna. In 1874 he became a member of the Vienna Academy of Sciences.[1][2]

Selected works

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  • Heinrich von Melk (as editor, 1867) – On Heinrich von Melk.
  • Geschichte der niederfränkischen geschäftssprache, 1874 – History of the Lower Franconian language.
  • Wortschatz und Sprachformen der wiener Notker-Handschrift, 1875 – Vocabulary and language forms of the Viennese Notker manuscript.
  • Über den stil der altgermanischen poesie, 1875 – On the style of Old German poetry.
  • Notkers Psalmen nach der Wiener handschrift, with Wilhelm Scherer, 1876 – Notker's psalms; according to the Viennese manuscript.
  • Über die endsilben der altnordsichen sprache, 1877 – On the final syllables of Old Norse language.
  • Ueber die Hervararsaga, 1877 – On the Hervarar saga.
  • Beschreibung der isländischen Saga, 1881 – Description of the Icelandic saga.
  • Ueber die Walthersage, 1889 – On the Walther saga.
  • Über die ostgothische Heldensage, 1889 – On the East Gothic hero saga.
  • Deutsche studien. I. und II, with Wilhelm Scherer (2nd edition, 1891) – German studies.
  • Über die französischen Gralromane, 1891 – On the French grail novel.
  • Über Wolframs von Eschenbach Parzival, 1893 – On Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival.
  • Beschreibung des geistlichen Schauspiels im deutschen Mittelalter, 1898 – Description of the spiritual drama in the German Middle Ages.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Heinzel, Richard In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3, S. 450.
  2. ^ Heinzel, Richard Austria-Forum
  3. ^ HathiTrust Digital Library (published works)