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Georg Schambach (9 January 1811 in Göttingen
Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the capital of the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, the population was 118,911.
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– 15 April 1879 in Einbeck) was a German educator and folklorist.
After finishing his studies, he worked as a schoolteacher in his hometown of Göttingen, later being appointed rector
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at the ''Progymnasiums'' in Einbeck.
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Wilhelm Konrad Hermann Müller, he was co-author of a book on Lower Saxon legends and fairy tales, titled ''"Niedersächsische Sagen und Märchen"'' (1855). The book contained 261 folk tales and 34 fairy tales, which, for the most part, were collected by Schambach on interviews taken while travelling through the former principalities of Göttingen
Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the capital of the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, the population was 118,911.
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and Grubenhagen.
Published works
* ''Die plattdeutschen Sprichwörter der fürstenthümer Göttingen und Grubenhagen'', 1851 – Low German proverbs of the principalities of Göttingen and Grubenhagen. * ''Niedersächsische Sagen und Märchen'', (with Wilhelm Konrad Hermann Müller), 1855 – Lower Saxon legends and fairy tales. * ''Wörterbuch der niederdeutschen Mundart der fürstenthümer Göttingen und Grubenhagen, oder, Göttingisch-Grubenhagen'sches Idiotikon'', 1858 – Dictionary of the Low German dialect of the principalities of Grubenhagen and Göttingen. * ''Niederdeutsche Sprichwörter der Fürstenthümer Göttingen und Grubenhagen'', 1863 – Low German proverbs of the principalities of Göttingen and Grubenhagen, (Second collection).list of published works
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Schambach, Georg 1811 births 1879 deaths Writers from Göttingen German folklorists German male non-fiction writers