Friedrich Hess (local history researcher)

Friedrich Hess (also Friedrich Heß ; * December 5, 1883 in Vienna ; † January 27, 1945 in Horn ) was a Lower Austrian homeland researcher .

Hess was a Swiss citizen through his father . Professionally he worked as a chemist. From 1931 to 1945 he lived in Thunau am Kamp . During this time he created the basis for the prehistory collection of the local history museum of the market in Gars am Kamp, founded in 1898 . Of the numerous finds, the extensive flint inventory of a late Paleolithic hunting lodge is of particular importance. Hess discovered this evidence of a cultural stage on the Stranitzberg near Zitternberg, which is rarely documented in Lower Austria . The investigation and evaluation of this location are still ongoing. Hess also found a late Neolithic , 8.9 cm long sickle knife from Baiersdorfer Platten- Hornstein , which he was able to secure on the Stranitzberg in the Goling corridor. Copper Age sickles are rare in Lower Austria.

Fonts

• The sewing needle. From the bone needle of the early Stone Age to today's large-scale operations. Gars 1926.

literature

• Hermann Maurer , Anton Stummer : Gars am Kamp . In: Find reports from Austria. Volume 40, 2001, p. 549.
• Hermann Maurer, Anton Stummer: An epipalaeolithic hunting station on the Stranitzberg near Gars am Kamp. In: Our home, magazine for regional studies of Lower Austria. Volume 79, 2008, pp. 171ff.
• Hermann Maurer, A late Neolithic sickle from Baiersdorfer Plattenhornstein from Zitternberg near Gars am Kamp, Lower Austria. Horner writings on prehistory and early history 15, 2018, 8 pages.

Web links

• Literature by and about Friedrich Hess in the catalog of the German National Library