Heinrich Pröhle


Christoph Ferdinand Heinrich Pröhle was a German literary historian, teacher, writer, and folk tale—fairy tale collector.

Disambiguation of Heinrich

The given name "Heinrich" occurs in several cases among the relatives of the writer in question.
As far as it is known, all the Pröhle are relatives, whether the family name is written with short Germanic umlaut, or long Hungarian umlaut.
He became well known as a collector and publisher of German folk-tales and folk-legends. He was a German literary historian as well.
His intellectual heritage was recognised several ways: