Hermann Reichert (born 7 April 1944) is an Austrian philologist at the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (, ) is a public university, public research university in Vienna, Austria. Founded by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, Duke Rudolph IV in 1365, it is the oldest university in the German-speaking world and among the largest ...

who specializes in

Germanic studies Germanic philology is the philological study of the Germanic languages, particularly from a comparative or historical perspective. The beginnings of research into the Germanic languages began in the 16th century, with the discovery of literary te ...

Biography

Hermann Reichert was born in Pernitz, Austria, on 7 April 1944. He received his

PhD A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ...

Germanic philology Germanic philology is the philology, philological study of the Germanic languages, particularly from a Comparative method, comparative or historical perspective. The beginnings of research into the Germanic languages began in the 16th century, wi ...

at the

in 1971. His dissertation was supervised by

Otto Höfler Otto Eduard Gottfried Ernst Höfler (10 May 1901 – 25 August 1987) was an Austrian philologist who specialized in Germanic studies. A student of Rudolf Much, Höfler was Professor and Chair of German Language and Old German Literature at the Un ...

. He completed his habilitation in Old

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and Nordic philology at the University of Vienna in 1984 under the supervision of

Helmut Birkhan Helmut Birkhan (born 1 February 1938) is an Austrian philologist who is Professor Emeritus of Old High German Language and Literature and the former Managing Director of the Institute for Germanic Studies at the University of Vienna. Having stud ...

. Until his retirement in 2009, Reichert was associate professor at the Institute for German Studies at the University of Vienna, where he continues to teach and research.

Research

Reicherts research focuses on

Middle High German Middle High German (MHG; or ; , shortened as ''Mhdt.'' or ''Mhd.'') is the term for the form of High German, High German language, German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High ...

and

Old Norse literature Old Norse literature refers to the vernacular literature of the Scandinavian people up to c. 1350. It mainly consists of Icelandic writings. In Britain From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Vikings and Norse settlers and their descendants colon ...

Germanic name Germanic given names are traditionally dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements ( stems), by joining a prefix and a suffix. For example, King Æþelred's name was derived from ', meaning "noble", and ', meaning "counsel". The i ...

runology Runology is the study of the runic alphabets, runic inscriptions, and their history. Runology forms a specialized branch of Germanic linguistics. History Runology was initiated by Johannes Bureus (1568–1652), who was interested in the ling ...

and

early Germanic culture Early Germanic culture was the culture of the early Germanic peoples. The Germanic culture started to exist in the Jastorf culture located along the central part of the Elbe River in central Germany. From there it spread north to the ocean, ...

. He is a known authority on the

Nibelungenlied The (, or ; or ), translated as ''The Song of the Nibelungs'', is an epic poetry, epic poem written around 1200 in Middle High German. Its anonymous poet was likely from the region of Passau. The is based on an oral tradition of Germanic hero ...

. His 1984 habilitation, ', is considered the standard reference work on Germanic names. Reichert has written a large number of books and articles, and was formerly an editor of '. Reichert wrote many articles for the second edition of the ''

Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde ''Germanische Altertumskunde Online'', formerly called ''Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde'', is a German encyclopedia of the study of Germanic history and cultures, as well as the cultures that were in close contact with them. The first ...

'', of which he was co-editor.

Selected works

* ''Wiedergabe der wulfilanischen Medien und Tenuen im späten Ostgermanischen'', 1971 * ''Nibelungenlied und Nibelungensage'', 1985 * ''Lexikon der Altgermanischen Personennamen'', 1987 * ''Walther von der Vogelweide für Anfänger'', 2009 * ''Heldensage und Rekonstruktion: Untersuchungen zur Thidrekssaga'', 1992 * ''Das Nibelungenlied. Nach der St. Galler Handschrift'', 2005 * ''Konkordanz zum Nibelungenlied nach der St. Galler Handschrift'', 2006 * ''Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival für Anfänger'', 2017 * ''Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival. Band 1: Text'', 2019 * ''Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival. Band 2: Untersuchungen'', 2019 * ''Nibelungenlied-Lehrwerk'', 2019 * ''Minne. Eine Vorlesung'', 2020

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External links

Hermann Reichert
at the website of the

1944 births Austrian editors Austrian non-fiction writers Austrian philologists Austrian Germanists Germanic studies scholars Linguists of Germanic languages Living people Old Norse studies scholars People from Wiener Neustadt-Land District University of Vienna alumni Academic staff of the University of Vienna {{Philologist-stub

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Selected works

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