Society for German Language and Literature in Zürich

The Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache und Literatur in Zürich (Society for German Language and Literature in Zürich) is a Swiss learned society founded in 1894 as the Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache in Zürich. At its constitutive meeting on 20 January 1894, the society resolved to cultivate interest in the correct and pure usage of the New High German written language in school and life, without prejudice to the dialect, by organizing monthly lectures and discussions. Its field of interest was probably extended to literature around 1920, and the society has since carried the broader name Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache und Literatur in Zürich. Among the better-known founding members were Albert Bachmann, Eduard Hoffmann, Hugo Blümner, Hermann Bodmer, Jakob Bosshart, Adolf Fick, Ernst Fiedler, Friedrich Fritschi and Friedrich Staub. Besides a large number of teachers from cantonal grammar schools and universities, the membership also included poets and writers such as Meinrad Lienert, Nanny von Escher, Konrad Bänninger and Edzard Schaper. The society thus functioned as a meeting point for Zürich's Germanist academic and literary circles. In 2010 the society was affiliated with the German Seminar of the University of Zurich as the official alumni organization of Zürich Germanists, making it part of UZH Alumni, the umbrella organization of the University of Zurich's alumni organizations. Since 2021, while retaining its previous name, it has been converted into a chapter of UZH Alumni. The society's archive is held by the UZH Archiv under the signature PA.050. Its official website is hosted on the University of Zurich domain.

The Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache und Literatur in Zürich was founded in 1894 as the Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache in Zürich. At the constitutive meeting on 20 January 1894, the society resolved as its purpose to cultivate interest in the correct and pure usage of the New High German written language in school and life, without prejudice to the dialect, by organizing monthly lectures and discussions. Its field of interest was probably extended to literature around 1920. Among the better-known founding members were Albert Bachmann, Eduard Hoffmann, Hugo Blümner, Hermann Bodmer, Jakob Bosshart, Adolf Fick, Ernst Fiedler, Friedrich Fritschi and Friedrich Staub. Besides a large number of teachers from cantonal grammar schools and universities, the membership also included poets and writers such as Meinrad Lienert, Nanny von Escher, Konrad Bänninger and Edzard Schaper. In 2010 the society was affiliated with the German Seminar of the University of Zurich as the official alumni organization of Zürich Germanists, making it part of UZH Alumni, the umbrella organization of the University of Zurich's alumni organizations. Since 2021, while retaining its previous name, it has been converted into a chapter of UZH Alumni. The society's archive is held by the UZH Archiv under the signature PA.050. A history of the society's first forty years was published by Ida Suter in the Zürcher Monats-Chronik in 1934.

• 2021

  Converted into a chapter of UZH Alumni while retaining its previous name.

• 2010

  Affiliated with the German Seminar of the University of Zurich as the official alumni organization of Zürich Germanists, becoming part of UZH Alumni.

• 1934

  Ida Suter publishes a history of the society's first forty years in Zürcher Monats-Chronik.

• 1920

  Field of interest probably extended to literature.

• 1894

  Founded as Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache in Zürich at the constitutive meeting on 20 January 1894.

A learned society and alumni organization dedicated to the cultivation of standard German language and literature in Zürich, affiliated with the University of Zurich.

• Monthly lectures and discussions

  Regular events organized to cultivate interest in correct and pure usage of standard German.

• Alumni organization of the German Seminar of the University of Zurich

  Official alumni organization of Zürich Germanists since 2010.

• UZH Alumni chapter

  Chapter of UZH Alumni since 2021.

1. 1Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache und Literatur in Zürich – Wikipediade.wikipedia.org
2. 2Society for german language and literature in Zürich – Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Offizielle Website der Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache und Literatur in Zürichds.uzh.ch