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Ernst Wilhelm Förstemann

Ernst Wilhelm Förstemann

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17 featured booksErnst Wilhelm Förstemann

[Deutsch] Ernst Wilhelm Förstemann (* 1822 in Danzig; † 1906 in Charlottenburg) war ein deutscher Archivar, Bibliothekar und Historiker, Direktor der Sächsischen Landesbibliothek in Dresden. Er ist bekannt als Begründer der deutschen Namenforschung und der systematischen deutschen Ortsnamenkunde, durch zahlreiche sprachwissenschaftliche Aufsätze und den von ihm geprägten Begriff der „Volksetymologie“. Er veröffentlichte weiterhin Schriften auf dem Gebiet des Bibliothekswesens sowie der Mayaforschung. [English] Ernst Wilhelm Förstemann (1822 at Danzig – 1906 at Charlottenburg) was a German archivist, librarian and historian, director of the Sächsische Landesbibliothek (Saxon State Library) in Dresden. He is known as a founder of onomastics and folk etymology studies in Germany, and also for his seminal contributions made in the early years of Mayanist research, towards the decipherment and understanding of calendrical elements in the pre-Columbian Maya script.

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  • Altdeutsches Namenbuch

    Representative edition published 1983

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  • Geschichte des deutschen Sprachstammes

    Representative edition published 1966

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  • Commentary on the Maya Manuscript in the Royal Public Library of Dresden

    Representative edition published 1906

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  • Erläuterungen zur Mayahandschrift der Königlichen Öffentlichen Bibliothek zu Dresden

    Representative edition published 1886

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  • Die Gräflich Stolbergische bibliothek zu Wernigerode

    Representative edition published 1866

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  • Die deutschen Ortsnamen

    Representative edition published 1988

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  • Commentary on the Madrid Maya manuscript (Codex Tro-Cortesianus)

    Representative edition published 1960

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  • Commentar zur Pariser Mayahandschrift (Codex Peresianus)

    Representative edition published 1903

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  • Commentary on the Paris Maya manuscript (Codex peresianus)

    Representative edition published 1903

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  • Commentar zur Madrider Mayahandscrift

    Representative edition published 1902

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  • Aus dem alten Danzig, 1820-1840

    Representative edition published 1900

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  • Die Tagegötter der Mayas

    Representative edition published 1898

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  • Die Zeitperioden der Mayas

    Representative edition published 1893

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  • Die Maya-handschrift der Königlichen öffentlichen bibliothek zu Dresden

    Representative edition published 1892

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  • Zur entzifferung der Mayahandschriften

    Representative edition published 1887

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  • Die bibliotheksdiener

    Representative edition published 1886

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  • Die Mayahandschrift der Königlichen Öffentlichen Bibliothek zu Dresden

    Representative edition published 1880

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