Heinz Klingenberg (philologist)

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Heinz Klingenberg (9 October 1934 – 4 March 2018) was a German philologist who specialized in Old Norse studies.

Heinz Klingenberg
Born	(1934-10-09)9 October 1934 Nauen, Germany
Died	4 March 2018(2018-03-04) (aged 83) Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Nationality	German
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Freiburg
Academic advisors	Siegfried Gutenbrunner
Academic work
Discipline	Germanic studies
Sub-discipline	Old Norse studies
Institutions	University of Freiburg
Main interests	Old Norse literature Runology

Biography

Heinz Klingenberg was born in Nauen, Germany on 9 October 1934. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Freiburg in 1959, where he completed his habilitation in 1970. He was appointed an associate professor there in 1973. From 1979 until his retirement in 2000, Klingenberg was Professor of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Freiburg.

See also

• Elmer H. Antonsen
• Heinrich Beck
• Rudolf Simek
• Robert Nedoma
• Klaus Böldl

Selected works

• Festschrift Siegfried Gutenbrunner. 1972
• Runenschrift, Schriftdenken, Runeninschriften. 1973
• Edda, Sammlung und Dichtung. 1974
• Festschrift Otmar Werner. 1997
• Heidnisches Altertum und nordisches Mittelalter. Strukturbildende Perspektiven des Snorri Sturluson. 1999

Sources

• Kürschners Deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender 2013. Bio- bibliographisches Verzeichnis deutschsprachiger Wissenschaftler der Gegenwart. 2. Teilband, De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston (25. Ausgabe) 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-027421-9. (Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften)
• Bela Brogyanyi (Hrsg.): Germanisches Altertum und christliches Mittelalter. Festschrift für Heinz Klingenberg zum 65. Geburtstag. Kovač, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-8300-0387-0