Elisabeth Roth

Elisabeth Roth (30 November 1920 Hösbach – 4 May 2010) was a German folklorist. In 1984, she was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class.[1][2] In 1991, she was awarded the Aventinus Medal of the Association of Bavarian History Associations. In 1991, she was awarded the Culture Prize of the Upper Franconia Foundation.[3]

Elisabeth Roth
Born30 November 1920 Edit this on Wikidata
Hösbach Edit this on Wikidata
Died4 May 2010 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 89)
Educationdoctorate Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationEthnologist, folklorist Edit this on Wikidata
Awards
  • Aventinus medal (1991) Edit this on Wikidata

Career

In 1970, Roth was appointed associate professor at the University of Bamberg . From 1971 until 1989, she was full professor of local history and folklore. As the founding rector, she was instrumental in setting up the newly founded Bamberg University school of Applied Sciences .[4][5][6][7]

Works
  • Roth, Elisabeth (1982). Gotische Wandmalerei in Oberfranken : Zeugnis der Kunst des Glaubens. Würzburg: Echter. ISBN 3-429-00780-1. OCLC 10751946.
  • Roth, Elisabeth (1990). Volkskultur in Franken / 1 Kult und Kunst. Klaus Guth, Otto Meyer, Historischer Verein Bamberg für die Pflege der Geschichte des Ehemaligen Fürstbistums. Bamberg: Historischer Verein. ISBN 3-87735-116-6. OCLC 165562247. [8]

References
  1. "Markt Hösbach - mit seinen Ortsteilen Feldkahl, Rottenberg, Wenighösbach und Winzenhohl". www.hoesbach.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-03-27.
  2. "Orden und Auszeichnungen - Preise und Auszeichnungen". www.uni-bamberg.de. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
  3. "Volksschullehrerin und Professorin". main-echo.de. 2010-05-06. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
  4. "Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Roth verstorben" (PDF). uni-bamberg.de/. 2015-11-25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-25. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
  5. "A8 Folklore is a science with interdisciplinary profile". aurelius-belz.ch. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
  6. "Elisabeth Roth - Persönlichkeiten". www.uni-bamberg.de. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
  7. "Frau Professor Dr. Elisabeth Roth zum 80. geburtstag" (PDF). frankenland.franconica.uni-wuerzburg.de.
  8. Analecta bollandiana (in French). Société des Bollandistes. 1993.
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