Hajo Hayen

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Hajo Hayen (born March 6, 1923 in Idafehn , † November 8, 1991 in Varel ) was a German prehistoric and moor archaeologist . Hayen initially worked as a district archaeologist in the 1970s and then worked at the Oldenburg State Museum for Nature and Man .

Life

Hajo Hayen was born in Idafehn, a district of Ostrhauderfehn . He completed his school education in Oldenburg. From 1940 to 1945 he did his military service . After the war , Hayen studied pedagogy , biology and geography at the Pedagogical Academy in Oldenburg, where he taught at various elementary and secondary schools after completing his studies. In his spare time, Hayen explored the surrounding moors with the support of the Oldenburg Museum and published his research results, for which he was awarded the sponsorship prize of the then Oldenburg Foundation in 1963 . Due to his intensive research activities, Hayen had to take leave of absence from teaching more and more often, and finally a post for peatland research was set up at the museum , which Hajo Hayen took over. In 1970 he was one of the founding members of the Archaeological Commission for Lower Saxony . In the winter semester 1981/82 he was given a teaching position at the University of Osnabrück , and from 1982 to 1986 he was in charge of a large-scale research assignment supported by the Volkswagenwerk Foundation . Until his retirement, Hayen worked at the Oldenburg Museum, where he resigned as chief curator in 1988 .

Services

Hayen developed together with Reinhard Schneider improved excavation techniques in Mooren, especially when detecting bog bodies and timber objects. In his work, Hayen always sought interdisciplinary cooperation with other scientific departments and other scientific institutions throughout Europe in order to be able to evaluate finds as comprehensively as possible. The numerous wood finds he has handed over to the University of Cologne made it possible to create a complete dendrochronological calendar for the region. He paid special attention to the research of prehistoric plank paths , historical transport and the archaeological bog finds.

In 1985 he received the Brothers Grimm Medal .

Fonts

  • The boy's moor body from the Kayhausen moor . In: Oldenburger Landesverein für Geschichte, Natur- und Heimatkunde e. V. (Ed.): Oldenburg Yearbook . tape 63 , 1964, ISSN  0340-4447 , p. 19-42 .
  • Bog and peat . Holzberg, Oldenburg 1968.
  • Moore as a source of history. Possibilities and demands of moor archeology . In: Negotiations German Commissioner for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management . tape 18 , 1968.
  • The Bohlenweg VI (PR) in the large moor on the Dümmer . Lax, Hildesheim 1979, ISBN 3-7848-1515-4 .
  • Thoughts on the protection of bog residues . Ed .: Oldenburg landscape. Holzberg, Oldenburg 1980, ISBN 3-87358-122-1 .
  • Individual examinations for the Feddersen Wierde . Steiner, Wiesbaden 1981, ISBN 3-515-03411-0 .
  • Plank paths - bridges over the moors . In: Emsländischer Heimatbund (Hrsg.): From spearheads and stone graves. Prehistory and early history in the Emsland . Sögel 1982, ISBN 3-88077-104-X  ( formally incorrect ) . .
  • 2 hours in the Museum am Damm / Staatl. Museum of Natural History a. Prehistory Oldenburg . Ed .: Karl Otto Meyer. Isensee, Oldenburg 1986, ISBN 3-920557-65-4 .
  • The moor - its use then and now: For the special exhibition from September 2 to October 31, 1977 . Ed .: Rosemarie Pohl-Weber. Focke-Museum, Bremen 1977 (also 1986).
  • The bog bodies in the museum on the dam . In: Publications of the State Museum for Natural History and Prehistory Oldenburg . tape 6 . Isensee, Oldenburg 1987, ISBN 3-920557-73-5 .
  • Construction and function of the wooden moor paths. Some facts and conclusions . In: Herbert Jankuhn (ed.): The traffic: traffic routes, means of transport, organization; Report on the Colloquia of the Commission for Classical Studies in Central and Northern Europe from 1980 to 1983 . Vandenhoeck u. Ruprecht, Göttingen 1989, ISBN 3-525-82464-5 , pp. 11-62 .
  • Bog archeology . In: Karlhans Göttlich (ed.): Moor and peat science. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagbuchhandlung, Stuttgart, 1990, ISBN 3-510-65139-1 .
  • The district of Oldenburg . Holzberg, Oldenburg 1992, ISBN 3-87358-381-X .

In addition, between 1952 and 1976, Hayen wrote numerous articles in the Oldenburger Jahrbuch , published by the Oldenburger Landesverein für Geschichte, Natur- und Heimatkunde e. V.

Honors

The Hamburg Nature Conservation Foundation and the Loki Schmidt Foundation awarded Hajo Hayen the Loki Schmidt silver plant in 1983 for his initiatives to protect nature and the environment, especially the moors. Hajo Hayen was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Cologne in 1985 for his long-term research work. For its historical research, the country awarded him Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities , the Brothers Grimm medal and in March 1988 he received an honorary gift of Oldenburg landscape.

literature

  • Mamoun Fansa : Obituary for Hajo Hayen . In: Archaeological Communications from Northwest Germany . tape 15 , 1992, ISSN  0170-5776 , pp. 195-196 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Mamoun Fansa : Obituary for Hajo Hayen . In: Archaeological Communications from Northwest Germany . tape 15 , 1992, ISSN  0170-5776 , pp. 195-196 .
  2. ↑ Silver Plants Prize Winner ( Memento from June 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Hayen, Hajo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German prehistorian
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Idafehn
DATE OF DEATH November 8, 1991
Place of death Varel