Heinrich Tiefenbach (born 17 September 1944) is a German philologist who specialized 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 tex ...

Biography

Heinrich Tiefenbach was born in

Orsoy, Germany Orsoy, till 1974 an independent town in the Moers (district), district of Moers, is today a municipal district of the Lower Rhine town of Rheinberg on the Rhine. The word Orsoy, pronounced ''Oschau'' means "horse pasture" (Rossaue). Orsoy itself wa ...

on 17 September 1944. He received his

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at the

University of Bonn The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (german: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the ( en, Rhine U ...

in 1970, and completed his

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at the

University of Münster The University of Münster (german: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, WWU) is a public university, public research university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. With more than 43,000 students and over ...

in 1984. Until his retirement, Tiefenbach was Professor of

German Philology German studies is the field of humanities that researches, documents and disseminates German language and literature in both its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies often include classes on German culture, German hi ...

at the Institute for Germanic Studies at the

University of Regensburg The University of Regensburg (german: link=no, Universität Regensburg) is a public research university located in the medieval city of Regensburg, Bavaria, a city that is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university was founded on 18 ...

Selected works

* ''Studien zu Wörtern volkssprachiger Herkunft in karolingischen Königsurkunden. Ein Beitrag zum Wortschatz der Diplome Lothars I. und Lothars II.'' Dissertation. Wilhelm Fink, München 1973. * ''Xanten, Essen, Köln. Untersuchungen zur Nordgrenze des Althochdeutschen an niederrheinischen Personennamen des 9.-11. Jahrhunderts''. Habilitationsschrift. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1984. * ''Altsächsisches Handwörterbuch = A concise old saxon dictionary''. de Gruyter, Berlin/ New York 2010.

Sources

* ''Kürschners Deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender 2013. Bio- bibliographisches Verzeichnis deutschsprachiger Wissenschaftler der Gegenwart''. 1. Teilband, 25. Ausgabe. De Gruyter, Berlin/ Boston 2013, . (Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften) * Arend Quak: 'Levensbericht Heinrich Tiefenbach'. In: ''Jaarboek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde 2021-2022'', pag. 244-250 1944 births German philologists Germanists Germanic studies scholars Linguists of Germanic languages Living people Academic staff of the University of Regensburg University of Bonn alumni {{Philologist-stub