Weifert, Ladislas Michael
Dialect Researcher, Teacher & 1st chairman of the Association for Danube Swabian Teachers
Born 06/03/1894, Werschetz, Banat; died 12.10.1977.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/-N8zeROqJXdY/RRcujS7nABI/AAAAAAAAAKw/pUF9BsXVaE4/Die Deutsche Mundart Von Vrsac – Ladislaus Weifert – 1935.jpg
Attended high school and studied German, French and Hungarian in Budapest. Graduated in 1932 and habilitated in 1940 for German philology in Belgrade. Since 1943 associate professor at the university there. In addition to his duties as a university teacher, he participated in the establishment of German school autonomy in Banat, Serbia. After 1945 he became a lecturer in phonetics and dialectology at the University of Munich. In 1947 he was elected as the first chairman of the newly founded Donauschwäbischer teachers working group. His most important publications are “Weißkirchner surnames”, 1918; “The German dialect of Weißkirchen”, 1939; “The German settlements and dialects in the Southwest Banat”, 1941; “The dialects of the Banat communities Heufeld and Mastort”, 1962; “Banater nickname”, 1973.
Source: Petri, AP in Donauschwäbische Lehrerblätter 1965/65. (1974)
His main publications are “Weißkirchner family name”, 1918, “The German dialect of Weißkirchner,” 1939; “The German settlements and dialects in Südwestbanat,” 1941; “The dialects of the Banat municipalities Heufeld und Mastort,” 1962; “Banater Spitznamen” (Banat nickname) , 1973. In the years 1964 and 1965 published records of dialects of southern Germany, Switzerland, Alsace and the medium-such as Low German area.
Landsmannschaft der Donauschwaben in Baden-Württemberg, 1962
Die Deutsche Mundart von Vršac (Werschetz) Lautlehre
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