Heinrich Pröhle

Christoph Ferdinand Heinrich Pröhle (June 4, 1822 – May 28, 1895) was a German literary historian, teacher (), writer, and folk tale—fairy tale collector (a successor of the Brothers Grimm).

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:

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