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Gottfried Nägele
Gottfried Nägele (10 November 1841 – 27 January 1914) was a German Catholic priest, collector of shells, and a malacologist who described several new species. He came to be called the "snail priest" („Schneckenpfarrer“) because of his interests. Nägele was born in the farming family of Johann (1795–1843) and Ottilia née Morath (1807–1884) at the Kohlhalder Hof, Ebnet (Bonndorf im Schwarzwald). He grew up with older sisters who take care of him after the death of his father in 1843. After schooling at Sommerau and Ebnet he went to high school in Donaueschingen in 1860 and then to Konstanz four years later. Evenings were spent grazing the family cattle and he once noted a rare species of orchid in the meadows. He became interested in the plants of the Black Forest region. After studying theology at Freiburg im Breisgau he was ordained priest in 1868. He worked at Griessen, Neustadt and Waldshut before finally becoming parish administrator at Waltersweier near Offenbur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gottfried Naegele
Gottfried is a masculine German given name. It is derived from the Old High German name , recorded since the 7th century. The name is composed of the elements (conflated from the etyma for 'God' and 'good', and possibly further conflated with ) and ('peace, protection'). The German name was commonly Hypocorism, hypocoristically abbreviated as ''Götz'' from the late medieval period. ''Götz'' and variants (including ''Goethe (surname), Göthe, Göthke'' and ''Göpfert'') also came into use as German surnames. Gottfried is a common Jewish surname as well. Given name The given name ''Gottfried'' became extremely frequent in Germany in the High Middle Ages, to the point of eclipsing most other names in ''God-'' (such as ''Godabert, Gotahard, Godohelm, Godomar, Godwin (other), Goduin, Gotrat, Godulf'', etc.) The name was Latinisation of names, Latinised as ''Godefridus''. Medieval bearers of the name include: *Gotfrid, Duke of Alemannia and Raetia Curiensis, Raetia (d. 70 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
