Friedrich Heinrich von der Hagen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German philologist
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Place of Birth: AngermĂĽnde, Brandenburg, Germany
About Friedrich Heinrich von der Hagen
- Friedrich Heinrich von der Hagen (February 19, 1780 – June 11, 1856) was a German philologist, chiefly distinguished for his researches in Old German literature. He was born at Angermünde-Schmiedeberg in the Uckermark region of the Margraviate of Brandenburg.
- After studying law at the University of Halle, he obtained a legal appointment in the state service at Berlin, but in 1806 resigned in order to devote himself exclusively to letters.
- In 1810 he was appointed professor extraordinarius of German literature at the University of Berlin.
- In the following year he was transferred in a similar capacity to the University of Breslau, and in 1821 returned to Berlin as professor ordinarius.
- Although von der Hagen's critical work is now entirely out of date, he is credited with awakening an interest in old German poetry. Principal publications: the Nibelungenlied, of which he issued four editions, the first in 1810 and the last in 1842 the Minnesinger (Leipzig, 1838-1856, 4 vols.
- in 5 parts) Lieder der altern Edda (Berlin, 1812) Gottfried von Strassburg (Berlin, 1823) a collection of Old German tales under the title Gesammtabenteuer (Stuttgart, 1850, 3 vol.) Das Heldenbuch (Leipzig, 1855). Die Thidrekssaga. Hundert Deutsche Erzählungen (includes Der Busant, 1850; republished 1961)He also published Über die ältesten Darstellungen der Faustsage (Berlin, 1844); and from 1835 he edited Das neue Jahrbuch der Berlinischen Gesellschaft der deutsche Sprache und Altertumskunde.
- His correspondence with Christian Gottlob Heyne and Georg Friedrich Benecke was published by K.
- Dziatzko (Leipzig, 1893).
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