Friedrich Schlette

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Friedrich Schlette (born October 18, 1915 in Königsberg , † August 7, 2003 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German prehistoric scientist .

Life

Friedrich Schlette passed his Abitur in 1934 and then began studying prehistory and early history at the University of Breslau and later went to the universities of Munich , Göttingen and Halle . In 1935 he joined the NSDAP with membership number 2,370,100 and took part in World War II from 1939 . In 1946 he became a research assistant at the Institute for Prehistory and Protohistory at the MLU in Halle. Schlette received his doctorate there in November 1948, the subject of the dissertation was Neolithic fortifications in Central Europe . In 1950 he joined the NDPD . The habilitation took place in September 1955 with the text The oldest house and settlement forms of humans based on the Stone Age finds of Europe and ethnological comparisons , experts were Martin Jahn , Friedrich Behn and Hans Haussherr . In the same month Schlette was appointed lecturer for prehistory and early history, in March 1959 professor with teaching assignment. From 1959 to 1966 he was director of the Institute for Prehistory and Early History in Halle, and since February 1963 he has taught as a full professor. Schlette was also vice dean of the Philosophical Faculty from 1963 to 1968 and a member of the People's Chamber for the NDPD from 1963 to 1967 . Between September 1966 and 1986 he was a professor of a chair for prehistory and early history in Halle and at the same time director of the department and later of the research area of ​​prehistory and early history of the Oriental and Classical Studies section of the MLU. In 1986 Schlette retired, but was also a member of the Presidium of the Historians' Society of the GDR .

Schlette dealt with broad areas of prehistory and early history, from the Neolithic to the archeology of the Celts and Teutons . Many of his popular scientific publications were widely distributed in the GDR and were published several times, some books were also translated into other languages. In 1964 he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze , in 1980 Schlette received the award in silver. Since 1982 he has been honorary chairman of the GDR Historian Society.

Fonts

  • The oldest house and settlement forms of humans based on the Stone Age finds in Europe and ethnological comparisons , DVW, Berlin 1958 (Ethnographic-Archaeological Research, Vol. 5).
  • The Function of Prehistory and Early History Research in the System of Socialist Education , Academy, Berlin 1966.
  • Teutons between Thorsberg and Ravenna. Cultural history of the Germanic tribes up to the end of the migration , Urania, Leipzig a. a. 1972.
  • Paths to dating and chronology of prehistory (ed.), Academy, Berlin 1975 (Scientific contributions from the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 1974, 4; prehistoric and early historical contributions 10).
  • Celts between Alesia and Pergamon. A cultural history of the Celts , Urania, Leipzig a. a. 1976.
  • as editor: The Origin of Man and Human Society. Berlin 1980.
  • In the footsteps of our ancestors. Celts - Germans - Slavs - Germans , New Life, Berlin 1982.
  • The art of the Hallstatt period , Seemann, Leipzig 1984 (Seemann contributions to art history).
  • Archaeological secrets of our homeland , New Life, Berlin 1985.
  • From Lucy to Cleopatra. The woman in early history , New Life, Berlin 1988 ISBN 3-355-00607-6 .

literature

  • Joachim Preuss : Friedrich Schlette 1915-2003. In: Annual journal for Central German Prehistory. Volume 89, 2003, pp. 481-494.
  • Joachim Preuss: Symbolae praehistoricae. Festschrift for Friedrich Schlette's 60th birthday. Academy, Berlin 1975 ( Scientific contributions from the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg 1975, 1, L: Prehistoric and early historical contributions 11, ISSN  0441-621X ).
  • Lothar Mertens : Lexicon of the GDR historians. Biographies and bibliographies on the historians from the German Democratic Republic. Saur, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-598-11673-X , p. 535.

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personal data
SURNAME Schlette, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German prehistorian and MdV (NDPD)
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Koenigsberg
DATE OF DEATH August 7, 2003
Place of death Halle (Saale)