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Spaun, Anton Ritter von
© Copyright Anton Ritter* von Spaun, engraving Spaun, Anton Ritter* von, b. Linz (Upper Austria), May 31, 1790, d. Kremsmünster (Upper Austria), June 26, 1849, literary historian and folklorist. A main representative of Romanticism, established the scientific basis for folklore studies in Austria, belonged to the literary circle around E. von Feuchtersleben, A. Stifter and M. von Schwind; founder of the Museum of the Province of Upper Austria Francisco-Carolinum. Works: Heinrich v. Ofterdingen und das Nibelungenlied, 1840; Der gegenwärtige Stand der Forschung über den Dichter des Nibelungenliedes, 1842; Das ö. Volkslied, 1846. - Ed.: Ö. Volksweisen, 1845; Nibelungenklage, 1848.
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