Hans-Adolf Schultz

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Hans-Adolf Schultz (born August 27, 1909 in Braunschweig ; † January 24, 1990 there ) was a German archaeologist and historian.

Life

Hans-Adolf Schultz was the son of the Braunschweig secondary school teacher Karl Georg Adolf Schultz and his wife Ida Anna Schultz, nee. Sahr. After graduating from high school in 1930 at the Martino-Katharineum Braunschweig , he studied prehistory , history, art history , English and German at the universities of Jena , Munich and Halle . In 1934 he obtained his doctorate in Jena on prehistoric stone implements in the Braunschweig region . In 1935 he became an assistant at the Görlitz city administration and from 1936 headed the prehistory department of the municipal art and antiquity collections. In 1937 he took over the newly created Oberlausitz district office of the Silesian State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments, which was subordinate to the Upper Presidium of the Province of Silesia in Wroclaw . During this time he was involved in the excavation of the imperial burial ground in Liebstein near Görlitz. In the Second World War he was drafted into military service. After American and French prisoners of war , he returned in 1948 to his native Braunschweig, where he earned with non-professional activities for a living. In 1952 he was employed by the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum and later got a position as a research assistant in the regional history department. In 1965 he got a civil servant position and was custodian and later until his retirement in 1974 chief curator. Schultz was a member of the board of the Braunschweigisches Landesverein for many years .

In the area of ​​regional history, he carried out intensive archaeological field research and dealt with the recording of sources as well as the inventory development. His work focused on medieval castles and church buildings in the Braunschweiger Land, which he also examined archaeologically. In 1954 he carried out an excavation on the ruins of the Jakobskirche in Braunschweig. His other excavations included the monastery church of St. Ludgeri in Helmstedt, Lichtenberg Castle and Warburg Castle . He regularly published his local history , especially in the magazine Braunschweigische Heimat . In addition to publishing, he communicated his regional historical research results to the public through lectures, guided tours, excursions and teaching assignments.

Fonts (selection)

  • The Neolithic rock tools of the state of Braunschweig and the neighboring areas , 1936 (dissertation)
  • Local castle wall settlement from the earlier Iron Age: excavation results in Nieder-Neundorf O.-L. , 1937
  • The prehistoric and early historical settlement of the Görlitz district , 1939–1940
  • Castles and palaces of the Braunschweiger Land , Braunschweig 1980
  • Castles, palaces and mansions in the Gifhorn-Wolfsburg area , Gifhorn 1985

literature

personal data
SURNAME Schultz, Hans-Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archaeologist and historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 1990
Place of death Braunschweig