Reinhold Olesch

Reinhold Olesch
Born	(1910-09-24)September 24, 1910 Zalenze, Province of Silesia, German Empire
Died	June 23, 1990(1990-06-23) (aged 79) Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Academic background
Education	German Charles-Ferdinand University
Alma mater	FWU Berlin
Thesis	(1935)
Doctoral advisor	Max Vasmer
Influences	Nikolai Trubetzkoy
Academic work
Discipline	Linguistics
Sub-discipline	Slavic studies
Institutions	University of Greifswald University of Vienna
Main interests	Chakavian, Kashubian, Polabian, Silesian and Sorbian languages[1]

Reinhold Olesch (September 24, 1910 in Zalenze, Upper Silesia – June 23, 1990 in Brühl, Rhineland) was a linguist, Slavic studies Professor of University of Vienna. He researched the Slavonic dialects of Upper Silesia, which he recognized as his mother tongue.^[2] He published several works about them, including: "Die slawischen Dialekte Oberschlesiens" (Slavonic dialects of Upper Silesia) and "Beiträge zur oberschlesischen Dialektforschung – Die Mundart der Kobylorze".

References

1. "Biographie: Olesch, Reinhold". Kulturstiftung der deutschen Vertriebenen (in German). Retrieved 9 July 2025.
2. Joanna Rostropowicz: Śląski był jego językiem ojczystym [Reinhold Olesch, 1910-1990] in: Śląsk bogaty różnorodnością - kultur, narodów i wyznań. Historia lokalna na przykładzie wybranych powiatów, miast i gmin (ed. Krzysztof Kluczniok, Tomasz Zając), Urząd Gm. i M. Czerwionka-Leszczyny, Poland, Dom Współpracy Pol.-Niem., Czerwionka-Leszczyny 2004, ISBN 83-920458-5-8