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

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

  • 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

References

  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)
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