Alexander Kaufmann

Alexander Kaufmann.

Alexander Kaufmann (14 May 1817 – 1 May 1893) was a German poet and folklorist from Bonn.

Biography[]

Kaufmann came from a prominent local family, whose members had served in both the city government and service of the former Elector of Cologne. He was also related to the painters Andreas Müller and .

At the University of Bonn, he studied law, languages, and history. In 1844, Kaufmann was appointed to teach Prince Karl von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, who made him keeper of the Wertheim archives in 1850. Kaufmann would retain this post until his death.

Works[]

Poetry collections[]

• Gedichte (1852)
• Mainsagen (1853)
• Unter den Reben (1871)

Research and folklore[]

• Research for Karl Simrock's Legends of the Rhine
• Collected local legends of the Main
• Mythoterpe, ein Mythen-, Sagen- und Legendenbuch with poet Georg Friedrich Daumer;
• Researched information for Cæsarius von Heisterbach
• Translated Wunderbare Geschichten aus den Werken des Cæsarius von Heisterbach
• Biographie des belgischen Dominikaners Thomas von Chantimpre (posthumous)

References[]

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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