Hans-Volkmar Herrmann
Hans-Volkmar Herrmann (born February 18, 1922 in Rostock , † December 23, 1998 in Cologne ) was a German classical archaeologist .
After four years of military service and studying classical archeology, classical philology and ancient history , he received his doctorate in 1951 under Max Wegner at the University of Münster. Since 1952 he worked on the Olympic excavation. In 1953 he found the dedication inscription on a helmet fragment discovered in 1940 during a German Olympic excavation : MILTIADES ANETHEKEN TOI DI = Miltiades dedicated (this helmet) to Zeus. In 1953/54 he received a travel grant from the German Archaeological Institute , from 1956 to 1959 he was a consultant at the German Archaeological Institute in Athens, then assistant in Tübingen. In 1964 he received his habilitation there. In 1969 he became a professor in Regensburg, 1973 in Cologne, where he taught until his retirement in 1987. Until his death he continued to write numerous essays and contributions in compilations and encyclopedias as well as reviews.
Hans-Volkmar Herrmann was buried in the Junkersdorf cemetery in Cologne . Herrmann's estate is in the Cologne University Archives .
Fonts (selection)
- Omphalos (= Orbis antiquus. 13, ISSN 0078-5555 ). Aschendorff, Münster 1959, (At the same time: Münster, university, dissertation, 1951: Omphalos, grave and altar. ).
- The cauldrons of the orientalizing time. Volume 1: Kesselattaschen and relief bases (= Olympic research. 6, ISSN 0474-1242 ). de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 1966.
- The cauldrons of the orientalizing time. Volume 2: Kettle protomes and tripods (= Olympic research. 11). de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 1979, ISBN 3-11-007209-2 .
- Olympia. Sanctuary and competition site. Hirmer, Munich 1972, ISBN 3-7774-2480-3 .
literature
- Werner Gauer : Hans-Volkmar Herrmann † . In: Gnomon , Volume 72 (2000), pp. 188-189.
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans-Volkmar Herrmann in the catalog of the German National Library
Chair (until 1983 professor): Hans-Volkmar Herrmann (1969–1973) | Werner Gauer (1974–1983) | Burkhardt Wesenberg (1985-2006) | Christian Kunze (since 2006)
Professorship: Dieter Salzmann (1991–1994) | Dietrich Boschung (1995–1996) | Christoph Reusser (1998–2007) | Dirk Steueragel (since 2010)
1. Professorship (Classical Archeology): Andreas Rumpf (1928–1960) | Heinz Kähler (1960–1973) | Hans-Volkmar Herrmann (1973–1987) | Henner von Hesberg (1988-2006) | Michael Heinzelmann (since 2008)
2. Professorship (Classical Archeology): Tobias Dohrn (1960–1976) | Henning Wrede (1978–1994) | Dietrich Boschung (since 1996)
3rd professorship (until 1988 Near Eastern Archeology, since 1992 Provincial Roman Archeology): Wolfram Nagel (1972–1988) | Thomas Fischer (1992–2015) | Eckhard Deschler-Erb (since 2016)
Professorship for Archaeological Informatics: Eleftheria Paliou (since 2016)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herrmann, Hans-Volkmar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | classical archaeologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rostock |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 23, 1998 |
| Place of death | Cologne |