Franz Messerschmidt

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Franz Messerschmidt (born April 13, 1902 in Eisleben ; † missing April 13, 1945 ) was a German classical archaeologist .

Franz Messerschmidt attended high school in Halle (Saale) and studied since the winter semester 1920/21 at the University of Halle first theology , then Classical Archeology. After further studies in Heidelberg and Leipzig he received his doctorate in 1926 under Georg Karo in Halle with a thesis on the subject of contributions to the chronology of Etruscan wall painting . The expert in Etruscan antiquity researched mainly on the Etruscan necropolis , for example in Tarquinia or together with Armin von Gerkan zu Vulci . In 1930 he completed his habilitation at the University of Breslau , where he also temporarily represented the archaeological chair. In 1934 he was appointed a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute . From the winter semester 1937/38 he taught as an associate professor at the University of Königsberg , succeeding Guido Kaschnitz von Weinberg . Messerschmidt was considered a willing National Socialist, so several trips took him to the Baltic States , where he also met Alfred Rosenberg . In April 1945 he died near Halle (Saale) as a result of the Second World War .

Fonts

  • Contributions to the chronology of Etruscan wall painting , Eschhagen, Ohlau in Schlesien 1926 (= dissertation).
  • Necropolis of Vulci , de Gruyter, Berlin 1930 ( Yearbook of the German Archaeological Institute , supplement 12).
  • Bronze Age and Early Iron Age in Italy. Stilt house, Terramare, Villanova , de Gruyter, Berlin, Leipzig 1935.
  • Art around Phidas , Kanter, Königsberg 1943.
  • Olympia , Kanter, Koenigsberg 1944.

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personal data
SURNAME Messerschmidt, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical archaeologist and Etruscanologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Eisleben
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1945