{"id":7848,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/1970\/01\/01\/maksimilian-lamberc\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:52:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:52:50","slug":"maksimilian-lamberc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/1970\/01\/01\/maksimilian-lamberc\/","title":{"rendered":"Maksimilian Lamberc"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Maximilian Lamber<\/span>t<\/span>z (1882–1963), an Aus<\/span>t<\/span>rian linguis<\/span>t<\/span>, professor, and <\/span>Albanologis<\/span>t<\/span>, passed away in Vienna. He focused ex<\/span>t<\/span>ensively on <\/span>t<\/span>he s<\/span>t<\/span>udy of Arbëresh dialec<\/span>t<\/span>s, <\/span>t<\/span>he dialec<\/span>t<\/span>al division of Albanian, and <\/span>t<\/span>he folklore and popular cul<\/span>t<\/span>ure of Albania. During<\/span> World War I, Lamber<\/span>t<\/span>z under<\/span>t<\/span>ook a s<\/span>t<\/span>udy <\/span>t<\/span>rip <\/span>t<\/span>o Albania, where he collec<\/span>t<\/span>ed folklore and dialec<\/span>t<\/span> ma<\/span>t<\/span>erials and <\/span>par<\/span>t<\/span>icipa<\/span>t<\/span>ed<\/span> in <\/span>t<\/span>he Albanian Li<\/span>t<\/span>erary Commission’s work, con<\/span>t<\/span>ribu<\/span>t<\/span>ing <\/span>t<\/span>o discussions on <\/span>t<\/span>he forma<\/span>t<\/span>ion of a unified Albanian li<\/span>t<\/span>erary language. H<\/span>is significan<\/span>t<\/span> publica<\/span>t<\/span>ions in popular cul<\/span>t<\/span>ure include “Die <\/span>Volkspoesie<\/span> der <\/span>Albaner<\/span>” (1917) (“Albanian Folk Poe<\/span>t<\/span>ry”), “<\/span>Albanische<\/span> Märchen<\/span> und <\/span>andere<\/span> T<\/span>ex<\/span>t<\/span>e <\/span>zur<\/span> albanischen<\/span> Volkskunde<\/span>” (1922) (“Albanian Fairy <\/span>T<\/span>ales and O<\/span>t<\/span>her <\/span>T<\/span>ex<\/span>t<\/span>s from Albanian Folklore”), “<\/span>Albanien<\/span> erzhäl<\/span>t<\/span>” (1956) (“Albania <\/span>T<\/span>ells”), and “Die <\/span>Volksepik<\/span> der <\/span>Albaner<\/span>” (1958) (“Albanian Folk Epic”), which provided a de<\/span>t<\/span>ailed s<\/span>t<\/span>udy of <\/span>t<\/span>he Albanian <\/span>Kreshniks<\/span> cycle. In <\/span>t<\/span>he field of syn<\/span>t<\/span>ax, he published a monograph <\/span>t<\/span>i<\/span>t<\/span>led “Die <\/span>hypo<\/span>t<\/span>he<\/span>t<\/span>ische<\/span> Periode<\/span> i<\/span>m<\/span> Albanischen<\/span>” (1914) on <\/span>t<\/span>he hypo<\/span>t<\/span>he<\/span>t<\/span>ical mood in Albanian. Following World War II, Lamber<\/span>t<\/span>z se<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>led in <\/span>t<\/span>he German Democra<\/span>t<\/span>ic Republic, where he <\/span>t<\/span>augh<\/span>t<\/span> Albanian language courses a<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he Universi<\/span>t<\/span>y of Leipzig. He au<\/span>t<\/span>hored a varie<\/span>t<\/span>y of learning ma<\/span>t<\/span>erials, inc<\/span>luding an an<\/span>t<\/span>hology of Albanian li<\/span>t<\/span>era<\/span>t<\/span>ure wi<\/span>t<\/span>h German <\/span>t<\/span>ransla<\/span>t<\/span>ions and an in<\/span>t<\/span>roduc<\/span>t<\/span>ory course in Albanian (1948, <\/span>t<\/span>wo volumes), as well as a <\/span>t<\/span>hree-volume course on <\/span>t<\/span>he Albanian language <\/span>t<\/span>ha<\/span>t<\/span> included an <\/span>Albanian-German<\/span> dic<\/span>t<\/span>ionary, an an<\/span>t<\/span>hology, and grammar<\/span> (1954, 1955, 1959). Addi<\/span>t<\/span>ionally, he published papers on Albanian syn<\/span>t<\/span>ax and con<\/span>t<\/span>ribu<\/span>t<\/span>ed ar<\/span>t<\/span>icles and reviews <\/span>t<\/span>o Albanian language and li<\/span>t<\/span>erary publica<\/span>t<\/span>ions. He <\/span>t<\/span>ransla<\/span>t<\/span>ed and published <\/span>t<\/span>he comple<\/span>t<\/span>e German version of Gjergj <\/span>Fish<\/span>t<\/span>a’s<\/span> “<\/span>Lahu<\/span>t<\/span>a<\/span> e <\/span>Malësisë<\/span>” (“<\/span>T<\/span>he Highland Lu<\/span>t<\/span>e”) and <\/span>t<\/span>he drama “<\/span>T<\/span>oka <\/span>jonë<\/span>” (“Our Land”) by Kola <\/span>Jakovo<\/span>. For his con<\/span>t<\/span>ribu<\/span>t<\/span>ions <\/span>t<\/span>o Albanian s<\/span>t<\/span>udies, Lamber<\/span>t<\/span>z was awarded <\/span>t<\/span>he “Order of <\/span>t<\/span>he Flag.” <\/span><\/span>(In <\/em><\/span>t<\/span>he pho<\/span>t<\/span>o: Maksimilian <\/span>Lamberc<\/span><\/em>)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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T<\/span>ex<\/span>t<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span> Albanian encyclopedic dic<\/span>t<\/span>ionary – Vol. 2<\/span><\/span>, Academy<\/span> of Sciences of Albania, “Kris<\/span>t<\/span>alina-KH”, <\/span>T<\/span>irana, 2008, page 1455.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pho<\/span>t<\/span><\/strong>o<\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>© h<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>p:\/\/www.albanianpho<\/span>t<\/span>ography.ne<\/span>t<\/span>\/lamber<\/span>t<\/span>z\/index_al.h<\/span>t<\/span>m<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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