Hermann Hinz (13 February 1916 – 21 December 2000) was a German archaeologist who was Professor and Head of the Institute for Prehistory and Protohistory at the
University of Kiel.
Biography
Hermann Hinz was born in
Wangerin,
German Empire
The German Empire (),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people. The term literally denotes an empire – particularly a hereditary ...
on 13 February 1916, the son of Wilhelm and Ida Hinz. After graduating from the gymnasium in
Köslin in 1935, Hinz served in the and the
Wehrmacht. Since 1937, Hinz studied at
Lauenburg. Hinz transferred to the
University of Freiburg in 1938, where he studied prehistory, anthropology, art history, history, geology, folklore and
classical archaeology
Classical archaeology is the archaeological investigation of the Mediterranean civilizations of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Nineteenth-century archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann were drawn to study the societies they had read about i ...
. From 1939 to 1941 he worked at
Greifswald for his doctorate. He gained his
Ph.D. in archaeology at the
University of Kiel in 1941.
Hinz served in the Wehrmacht during
World War II, and became a prisoner of war. He was released from captivity in 1945, and worked until 1948 as an elementary school teacher in
Langenhorn. From 1949 to 1952 he worked conducted archaeological research in
Schleswig-Holstein with a grant from the
German Research Foundation
The German Research Foundation (german: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ; DFG ) is a German research funding organization, which functions as a self-governing institution for the promotion of science and research in the Federal Republic of Germ ...
. From 1954 to 1965 Hinz held a variety of senior positions at the
Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn
The Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, or LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn, is a museum in Bonn, Germany, run by the Rhineland Landscape Association. It is one of the oldest museums in the country. In 2003 it completed an extensive renovation. The museum has a n ...
.
Since 1965 Hinz was Associate Professor, and since 1969 Professor, at the University of Kiel. He was also the Director of the Institute for Prehistory and Protohistory at the University.
Hinz retired from Kiel in 1981, and died in
Bad Krozingen on 21 December 2000.
Selected works
* ''Die Ausgrabungen in der Alten reformierten Kirche Wuppertal-Elberfeld'', Wuppertal 1954
* ''Vorgeschichte des nordfriesischen Festlandes'', Neumünster, 1954
* ''Die Vorgeschichte der Kreise Dramburg und Neustettin'', Greifswald, 1957
* ''Xanten zur Römerzeit'', Th. Gesthuysen, Xanten 1960
* ''Kaster'', Bedburg/Erft, 1964
* ''Archäologische Funde und Denkmäler des Rheinlandes / Bd. 2. Kreis Bergheim'', 1969
* ''Das fränkische Gräberfeld von Eick'', Berlin, 1969
* ''Die Ausgrabungen auf dem Kirchberg in Morken, Kreis Bergheim (Erft)'', Düsseldorf : Rheinland-Verl., 1969
* ''Germania Romana / 3. Römisches Leben auf germanischem Boden'', 1970
* ''Ein frührömisches Gräberfeld auf dem Kirchhügel in Birten, Kreis Moers.'' In: ''Rheinische Ausgrabungen.'' 12. Rheinland-Verlag, Bonn 1973, S. 24–83.
* ''Frühe Städte im westlichen Ostseeraum'', Kiel, 1973
* ''Siedlungsforschungen auf den dänischen Inseln und im westlichen Ostseeraum'', Kiel, 1980
* ''Motte und Donjon'', Rheinland-Verlag, Köln, 1981,
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* ''Ländlicher Hausbau in Skandinavien vom 6. bis 14. Jahrhundert'', Rheinland-Verlag, Köln, 1989,
See also
*
Herbert Jankuhn
Selected works
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* Bernhard Hänsel und Karl W. Struve (Hrsg.): ''Festschrift Hermann Hinz zum 65. Geburtstag.'' (= Offa. Berichte und Mitteilungen zur Urgeschichte, Frühgeschichte und Mittelalterarchäologie, 37/1980), Wachholtz, Neumünster 1981, .
1916 births
2000 deaths
German archaeologists
German military personnel of World War II
Germanic studies scholars
University of Kiel alumni
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