page_title: Hermann Gundert
section_title: Years in Germany
hierarchical_section_title: Hermann Gundert / Years in Germany
caption_attribution_description: മലയാളം: തലശ്ശേരി സ്റ്റേഡിയത്തിനു സമീപമുള്ള ഗുണ്ടർട്ട് സ്മാരക പ്രതിമ
context_page_description: Rev. Dr. Hermann Gundert was a German missionary, scholar, and linguist, as well as the grandfather of German novelist and Nobel laureate Hermann Hesse. Gundert compiled a Malayalam grammar book, Malayalabhaasha Vyakaranam, in which he developed and constricted the grammar spoken by the Malayalis, nowadays; a Malayalam-English dictionary, and contributed to work on Bible translations into Malayalam. He worked primarily at Thalassery on the Malabar coast, in Kerala, India. Gundert also contributed to the fields of history, geography and astronomy.
context_section_description: Due to poor health Gundert had to leave India in 1859. In Calw, the Black Forest, he joined the Calw Publishing House and became its director in 1862. He published many books and articles as well as several magazines, including a children’s magazine.
  Julie Gundert died in Calw on 18 September 1885, and Hermann Gundert on 25 April 1893. Both were buried on the Calw cemetery, where the family grave still exists.
  Though Gundert came to Kerala as a missionary, he is remembered today mainly for his literary contributions. In the city of Thalassery (Tellicherry), he has been honored with a statue. The bungalow in which he used to live is now the home of the Nettur Technical Training Foundation (NTTF).
caption: Gundert's statue near Thalassery Stadium
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