Hans Hermannstädter (6 February 1918 – 30 December 2006) was a

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

field handball Field handball (also known as outdoor handball or grass handball) is a soccer-like outdoor predecessor of what is now (indoor) handball. It was played at the Olympics once, at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. It was dominated by Germany, winn ...

player who competed in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

. A

Transylvanian Saxon The Transylvanian Saxons (; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjer Såksen'' or simply ''Soxen'', singularly ''Sox'' or ''Soax''; Transylvanian Landler: ''Soxn'' or ''Soxisch''; ; seldom ''sași ardeleni/transilvăneni/transilvani''; ) are a people ...

, Hermannstädter was born in Neustadt near

Kronstadt Kronstadt (, ) is a Russian administrative divisions of Saint Petersburg, port city in Kronshtadtsky District of the federal cities of Russia, federal city of Saint Petersburg, located on Kotlin Island, west of Saint Petersburg, near the head ...

, Burzenland. He was part of the Romanian field handball team, which finished fifth in the Olympic tournament. He played one match. He died in

Augsburg Augsburg ( , ; ; ) is a city in the Bavaria, Bavarian part of Swabia, Germany, around west of the Bavarian capital Munich. It is a College town, university town and the regional seat of the Swabia (administrative region), Swabia with a well ...

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External links

* Johann Steiner
"Geschichten rund um den Handball in Siebenbürgen" (XX)
in '' Siebenbürgische Zeitung'', February 2002 * Hannes Schuster
"Hans Hermannstädter: Leben im Dienst am Menschen und an der Gemeinschaft"
in '' Siebenbürgische Zeitung'', January 2007 1918 births 2006 deaths Field handball players at the 1936 Summer Olympics Romanian people of German descent Olympic handball players for Romania Romanian male handball players Transylvanian Saxon people Romanian emigrants to Germany Handball players from Brașov County 20th-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-handball-bio-stub