Friedrich Wagenfeld (January 3, 1810 – August 26, 1846) was a German

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as th ...

and author born in

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...

Life

Wegenfeld was born in Bremen in 1810.Wikisource
translated biography @

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From 1829 to 1832 Wegenfeld studied

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Göttingen Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, t ...

, and subsequently spent several years serving as a tutor in

Brinkum Brinkum is a municipality in the district of Leer, in Lower Saxony, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and th ...

. He lived and worked as a writer in Bremen, where he died on August 26, 1846 at the age of 36. Wagenfeld was the author a popular collection of Bremen folk tales titled ''Bremer Volkssagen'' (1844–45). In 1837 he published what purportedly was the entire text of

Philo of Byblos Philo of Byblos ( grc, Φίλων Βύβλιος, ''Phílōn Býblios''; la, Philo Byblius; – 141), also known as Herennius Philon, was an antiquarian writer of grammatical, lexical and historical works in Greek. He is chiefly known for ...

' ''

Sanchoniathon Sanchuniathon (; Ancient Greek: ; probably from Phoenician: , "Sakon has given"), also known as Sanchoniatho the Berytian, was a Phoenician author. His three works, originally written in the Phoenician language, survive only in partial paraphras ...

'', allegedly found in the Portuguese convent of Santa Maria de Merinhão. This publication, however, was soon afterwards proven by several scholars to be a fabrication. Today there is a street named Lazy Street and the

House of the Seven Lazy Brothers The House of the Seven Lazy Brothers (german: Haus der Sieben Faulen) is a historic building in Bremen, Germany, completed in 1927. With a name based on a local legend, the building located in Böttcherstraße in the old town was built by the pr ...

in Bremen which celebrate Wagenfeld's work and in particular his story of the Seven Lazy brothers.Bremen legends
Bremen tourism, retrieved 5 February 2014

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