Heinz Klingenberg (philologist)

Heinz Klingenberg (9 October 1934 – 4 March 2018 ) was a German philologist who specialized in Old Norse studies.

Biography
Heinz Klingenberg was born in Nauen, Germany on 9 October 1934. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Freiburg in 1959, where he completed his habilitation in 1970. He was appointed an associate professor there in 1973. From 1979 until his retirement in 2000, Klingenberg was Professor of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Freiburg.

Selected works

 * Festschrift Siegfried Gutenbrunner. 1972
 * Runenschrift, Schriftdenken, Runeninschriften. 1973
 * Edda, Sammlung und Dichtung. 1974
 * Festschrift Otmar Werner. 1997
 * Heidnisches Altertum und nordisches Mittelalter. Strukturbildende Perspektiven des Snorri Sturluson. 1999