Alexander Zieseniss (1899-1945) - Indologist

The Indologist Dr. habil. Alexander Zieseniss was born on March 11, 1899 in Börnsen (Lauenburg), west of Hamburg. He studied oriental studies at the universities of Heidelberg, Freiburg, Hamburg, Tübingen and Berlin. In Hamburg he received his doctorate in 1928 with a dissertation on the Rama legend among the Malays. It was there that he habilitated in 1936 with a study on the history of post-Puranic Shivaism.

A. Zieseniss was the first German Indologist who dealt in detail with the history of Indian texts and Indian legends of salvation on Java. Through this and through his investigations into the history of the dogmatics of Shivaism, he occupies an important position among German Indologists. His research results were also respected in the Netherlands and in India.

Heinrich Zieseniss (18..-19..) - innkeeper in Badenstedt

 
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Friedrich Zieseniss (18..-19..) - official masonry master, building contractor and local mayor in Badenstedt

 
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Heinrich Zieseniss (18..-19..) - building contractor in Badenstedt

 
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