Kindl studied German Studies,[2]Medieval Studies and Linguistics at the Universities of Venice, München and Ost-Berlin. In 1974, she graduated in foreign literature from Ca' Foscari in Venice. She stayed there and in December 1974 was offered a position as an assistant at the university's Institute for German Language and Literature.[3] At the same time, she deepened her German studies and worked on problems and methods of didactics.[1] Between 1978 and 1986, she studied at the Humboldt University in East Berlin and at the Institute for German as a Foreign Language at the University of Munich.[1]
Since 1980, her research has focused on the field of folkloristic narrative research, fairy tales and legends of the Alpine region, as well as the points of contact between folk and art fairy tales.
In 1986 Ulrike Kindl became associate professor of German Language and Literature at Ca' Foscari University.[1]
Märchen aus den Dolomiten, München: Diederichs, 1992, ISBN3-424-01094-4
Kritische Lektüre der Dolomitensagen von Karl Felix Wolff. Volume II: Legend Cycles - The Tales of the Kingdom of Fanes, St. Martin in Thurn: Istitut Ladin "Micurá de Rü", 1997, ISBN88-8171-003-X
with Alessandro Baccin (ed.): Der Codex Brandis. The castles in the Burggrafenamt, the Vinschgau and the Oberinntal. Tangram: Merano, Osiride: Rovereto 2018, ISBN 978-88-7498-288-2.
with Hannes Obermair, ed. (2020), The time in between. South Tyrol 1918-1922: From the end of the First World War to the Fascist regime / Il tempo sospeso. L'Alto Adige nel periodo tra la fine della Grande Guerra e l'ascesa del fascismo (1918-1922), Meran: Edizioni alphabeta Verlag, ISBN978-88-95523-16-3
List of publications
Patrick Rina, Paolo Anvidalfarei: Ulrike Kindl: Werke und Aufsätze / Opere e saggi / Publicazions y articuli. In: Leander Moroder, Hannes Obermair, Patrick Rina (eds.): Lektüren und Relektüren - Leggere, riflettere e rileggere - Nrescides letereres y letures critiches. Studia Prof. Ulrike Kindl septuagenariae die XVI mensis Oct. anni MMXXI dicata. Istitut Ladin "Micurá de Rü", San Martin de Tor 2021, ISBN 978-88-8171-141-3, pp. 59–68.
Leander Moroder, Hannes Obermair, Patrick Rina (eds.): Lektüren und Relektüren - Leggere, riflettere e rileggere - Nrescides letereres y letures critiches. Studia Prof. Ulrike Kindl septuagenariae die XVI mensis Oct. anni MMXXI dicata. Istitut Ladin "Micurá de Rü", San Martin de Tor 2021, ISBN 978-88-8171-141-3.
