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unusual facts about German studies



Adolf Muschg

Adolf Muschg studied German studies, English studies and philosophy at the universities of Zürich and Cambridge and earned his doctoral degree with a work about Ernst Barlach.

Bönnsch dialect

In German studies, the German dialects are characterized and compared to each other by means of the so-called Wenker sentences.

Edward Schröder

Born in Witzenhausen and educated in Kassel, Schröder studied German studies at the Universities of Strasbourg and Berlin and was a docent at the University of Göttingen and then at Berlin.

Stephen Bronner

Stephen Eric Bronner (born 19 August 1949) is a noted political philosopher and Professor (II) of Political Science, Comparative Literature, and German Studies at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, and a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.


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Hannah Margaret Mary Closs

She married August Closs, an Austrian-born professor of German Studies, in 1931.

Hans Herbert Fiedler

Fiedler studied Germanistics (German Studies) and acting at the University of Graz.