Heinrich Christian Jacobi (2 July 1866 – 3 March 1946) was a German architect and archaeologist, specialising in the
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post-Roman Republic, Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings aro ...
. He was born and died in
Homburg vor der Höhe.
Life
The son of
Louis Jacobi (another archaeologist of the Roman Empire) and his wife Henriette Will. He studied architecture from 1886 to 1891 at the
Technischen Hochschule Charlottenburg – during his studies he belonged to the Landsmannschaft Normannia fraternity. From 1895 to 1896 he led excavations in
Adamclisi
Adamclisi () is a commune in Constanța County, in the Dobrogea region of Romania.
History
In ancient times, a Roman castrum named Civitas Tropaensium was settled here and in 109 AD a monument named Tropaeum Traiani was built to commemorate t ...
in Romania and travelled to see excavations of Roman sites in north Africa.
[ Egon Schallmayer: ''Hundert Jahre Saalburg.'' Zabern, Mainz 1997, , S. 32.] He was later ''Regierungsbauführer'' (
referendary Referendary is the English form of a number of administrative positions, of various rank, in chanceries and other official organizations in Europe.
Pre-modern history
The office of ' (plural: ', from the Latin ', "I inform") existed at the Byzan ...
) in
Marburg
Marburg ( or ) is a university town in the German federal state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district (''Landkreis''). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has a population of approximate ...
, where in 1896 he became ''Regierungsbaumeister'' (
Assessor). In 1899 the Prussian government gave him a job in Homburg vor der Höhe. There he became a member of the Royal Buildings Council (Königlichen Baurat) and State Building Inspector (Landesbauinspektor), both in 1911. The following year he succeeded his father as director of the
Saalburgmuseum. He also collaborated with his father on the restoration of the
Saalburg. He designed a Protestant Gedächtniskirche on the Weberstraße in the Kirdorf district of Bad Homburg – this opened on 18 August 1913.
His first marriage to Henriette Louise was childless, though they adopted a daughter, Hildegard, nicknamed Hilde. In autumn 1914 he became a
Hauptmann
is a German word usually translated as captain when it is used as an officer's rank in the German, Austrian, and Swiss armies. While in contemporary German means 'main', it also has and originally had the meaning of 'head', i.e. ' litera ...
of the
Landwehr
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in the Ersatz-Bataillon of the 80th Fusilier Regiment in
Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden () is a city in central western Germany and the capital of the state of Hesse. , it had 290,955 inhabitants, plus approximately 21,000 United States citizens (mostly associated with the United States Army). The Wiesbaden urban area ...
. In 1915 he was put in command of a battalion of the 83rd Reserve Infantry Regiment in Homburg
[ ''Kriegsbericht II der Landsmannschaft Normannia Berlin.'' Berlin, April 1915] After the end of the
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighti ...
he resumed his duties as director of the Saalburgmuseum. After his first wife's death in 1925 he remarried in 1926 to Henriette Louise Johanna Trapp, daughter of
Eduard Christian Trapp. 1926 also saw him receive an honorary doctorate. He held his post as director until 1936, well past the usual age limit, and took on the role again from 1945 to 1946.
Awards
* Date unknown –
Order of the Red Eagle
The Order of the Red Eagle (german: Roter Adlerorden) was an order of chivalry of the Kingdom of Prussia. It was awarded to both military personnel and civilians, to recognize valor in combat, excellence in military leadership, long and faithful se ...
, 4th class
* 1915 –
Iron Cross
The Iron Cross (german: link=no, Eisernes Kreuz, , abbreviated EK) was a military decoration in the Kingdom of Prussia, and later in the German Empire (1871–1918) and Nazi Germany (1933–1945). King Frederick William III of Prussia e ...
, 2nd class
* 1916 –
Hessische Tapferkeits-Medaille
* 1917 –
Order of Franz Joseph
The Imperial Austrian Order of Franz Joseph (german: Kaiserlich-Österreichischer Franz-Joseph-Orden) was founded by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria on 2 December 1849, on the first anniversary of his accession to the imperial throne.
Classes
...
, officer's cross with war decoration, personally presented by
Charles I of Austria
Charles I or Karl I (german: Karl Franz Josef Ludwig Hubert Georg Otto Maria, hu, Károly Ferenc József Lajos Hubert György Ottó Mária; 17 August 18871 April 1922) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary (as Charles IV, ), King of Croatia, ...
[ ''Kriegsbericht VI der Landsmannschaft Normannia Berlin.'' Berlin, Juni 1917]
* 1917 –
Order of Saint Alexander, officer's cross with swords
[ ''Kriegsbericht VII der Landsmannschaft Normannia Berlin.'' Berlin, July 1918]
* 1918 – Bulgarian Medal for Science and Art
* 1918 – Service Cross for War Assistance
Works
* ''Das Erdkastell der Saalburg.'' Sonderdruck aus dem ''Saalburg Jahrbuch.'' Bericht des Saalburgmuseums VI. 1914/1924. Frankfurt 1924.
* ''Führer durch das Römerkastell Saalburg und Homburg vor der Höhe.'' Schudt, Homburg 1905. 7. Auflage 1913.
* ''Kleiner Führer durch die Saalburg und ihre Sammlungen.'' Taunusbote, Bad Homburg 1918.
* ''Führer durch die Saalburg und ihre Sammlungen.'' Taunusbote, Bad Homburg 1921. 27. Auflage 1927.
* ''Die Saalburg: Führer durch das Kastell und seine Sammlungen.'' Taunusbote, Bad Homburg 1929. 13. Auflage 1936.
* ''Die Homburger Eisenbahn und ihre Vorläufer.'' Sonderdruck des Taunusboten, Bad Homburg 1938.
Bibliography
* Dieter Planck, Andreas Thiel (ed.s): ''Das Limes-Lexikon. Roms Grenzen von A bis Z.'' Beck, München 2009, , S. 64.
References
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Archaeologists from Hesse
19th-century German architects
20th-century German architects
German classical scholars
People from Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
1866 births
1946 deaths
Directors of museums in Germany
Recipients of the Order of Franz Joseph
Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914), 2nd class
Classical archaeologists