Ignaz Vincenz Zingerle
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Ignaz Vincenz Zingerle Austrian poet and scholar, was born, the son of the Roman Catholic theologian and orientalist Pius Zingerle (1801-1881), at Meran on the 6th of June 1825. He began his studies at Trento
, and entered for a while the Benedictine
monastery at Marienberg
. Abandoning the clerical profession, he returned to Innsbruck
, where, in 1848, he became teacher in the gymnasium, and in 1859 professor of German language
and literature at the university. He died at Innsbruck in September 1892.
Zingerle is known as author through his Zeitgedichte (Innsbruck, 1848); Von den Alpen (1850); Die Müllerin, a village tale (1853); Der Bauer von Longfall (1874); and Erzählungen aus dem Burg-grafenamte (1884). His ethnographical writings and literary studies, dealing especially with Tirol, have, however, rendered him more famous. Among them may be mentioned his editions of König Laurin (1859), of the legend, Von den heyligen drei Kiinigen (1855); Sagen aus Tirol (1850, 2nd ed. 1891); Tirol Natur, Geschichte und Sage im Spiegel deutscher Dichtung (1851); Die Personen- und Taufnamen Tirols (1855); Sitten, Bräuche und Meinungen des Tiroler-Volkes (2nd ed. 1871); Das deutsche Kinder-spiel im Mittelalter (2nd ed. 1873); Schildereien aus Tirol (1877, new series, 1888). With E. Inama-Sternegg, he edited Tirolische Weistiimer (5 vols., 1875-1891).
Trento
Trento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the capital of Trentino...
, and entered for a while the Benedictine
Benedictine
Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...
monastery at Marienberg
Marienberg
Marienberg can refer to:*Marienberg, Saxony, the capital of the Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis district of the German state of Saxony*Bad Marienberg, a town in the Westerwaldkreis of Rhineland-Palatinate...
. Abandoning the clerical profession, he returned to Innsbruck
Innsbruck
- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
, where, in 1848, he became teacher in the gymnasium, and in 1859 professor of German language
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
and literature at the university. He died at Innsbruck in September 1892.
Zingerle is known as author through his Zeitgedichte (Innsbruck, 1848); Von den Alpen (1850); Die Müllerin, a village tale (1853); Der Bauer von Longfall (1874); and Erzählungen aus dem Burg-grafenamte (1884). His ethnographical writings and literary studies, dealing especially with Tirol, have, however, rendered him more famous. Among them may be mentioned his editions of König Laurin (1859), of the legend, Von den heyligen drei Kiinigen (1855); Sagen aus Tirol (1850, 2nd ed. 1891); Tirol Natur, Geschichte und Sage im Spiegel deutscher Dichtung (1851); Die Personen- und Taufnamen Tirols (1855); Sitten, Bräuche und Meinungen des Tiroler-Volkes (2nd ed. 1871); Das deutsche Kinder-spiel im Mittelalter (2nd ed. 1873); Schildereien aus Tirol (1877, new series, 1888). With E. Inama-Sternegg, he edited Tirolische Weistiimer (5 vols., 1875-1891).