Hans Hahne (prehistoric)

Hans Hahne (born March 18, 1875 in Piesdorf , † February 2, 1935 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German physician and prehistorian .

Life

Hans Hahne was born the son of a sugar factory owner. He attended schools in Artern and, after moving in 1885, to Berlin and Magdeburg , where he graduated from the Domgymnasium with the Abitur in 1894 . At the universities of Jena , Munich and Leipzig , he studied natural sciences and medicine and received his doctorate in 1899 for Dr. med. This was followed by specialist training in Bern , Berlin and Leipzig. In 1902 Hahne settled in Magdeburg as an internist and neurologist, but closed his practice again in 1905 in order to be able to devote himself to prehistory and early history .

From 1905 to 1907, Hahne studied prehistory with Gustaf Kossinna at Berlin University . From 1907 an assistant at the Provincial Museum in Hanover followed , where he was appointed director's assistant in 1908. At the same time he was a private lecturer at the TH Hannover . In 1912 Hahne was appointed director of the Provincial Museum in Halle . During the First World War he was exempted from military service due to a heart and liver disease. At the University of Halle doctorate he in February 1918 his work The geological storage of the bog bodies and bog bridges to contribute to the research of the geological processes of post-glacial to Dr. phil. ; he received the title of professor in May and completed his habilitation in November 1918 at the Technical University of Hanover for the subject of prehistory (prehistoric archeology). In 1921 Hahne was appointed associate professor , in November 1933 full professor; shortly afterwards he was appointed rector of the University of Halle. As a national scientist, he also built anthroposophical influences into his theories. Before 1933 Hahne joined the Nazi party and became deputy Gaukulturwart, trainer for racial education in the district of Central Germany the Race and Settlement Office of the SS . In February 1934, Hahne suffered a severe stroke with left-sided paralysis, which handicapped him so severely that he had to hand over most of the tasks to colleagues.

Hans Hahne died in Halle on February 2, 1935.

Hahnes research focus was moor archeology and moor corpses , like the man from Bernuthsfeld .

Fonts (selection)

The geological storage of bog corpses and bog bridges as a contribution to research into geological processes of the post-ice age . Halle (Saale) 1918 ( archive.org - dissertation).
Prehistoric Europe. Cultures, peoples and races . Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld / Leipzig 1935.

literature

Irene Ziehe: Hans Hahne (1875–1935), his life and work. Biography of a national scientist . State Museum for Prehistory, Halle (Saale) 1996, ISBN 3-910010-21-0 (phil. Dissertation).
Michael Grüttner : Biographical lexicon on National Socialist science policy. Synchron - Wissenschaftsverlag der authors, Heidelberg 2004, p. 69 f. ISBN 3-935025-68-8 ( Studies on the History of Science and University. 6).
Rosemarie Müller: Hahne, Hans. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 13, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1999, ISBN 3-11-016315-2 , pp. 359-361.
Hans Hahne in memory (= Publications State Institute for folkhood customer . No. 8 ). Halle (Saale) 1937.
Andreas Mettenleiter : Testimonials, memories, diaries and letters from German-speaking doctors. Supplements and supplements II (A – H). In: Würzburg medical history reports. 21, 2002, pp. 490-518; P. 511

Web links

Literature by and about Hans Hahne in the catalog of the German National Library
Entry on Hans Hahne in the Catalogus Professorum Halensis

Individual evidence

↑ Peter Staudenmaier: The German Spirit at the Crossroads: Anthroposophists in Confrontation with Völkischer Movement and National Socialism. In: Uwe Puschner , Clemens Vollnhals (ed.): The ethnic-religious movement in National Socialism. A history of relationships and conflicts (= writings of the Hannah Arendt Institute for Research on Totalitarianism. 47). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen et al. 2012, ISBN 978-3-525-36996-8 , pp. 473-490, here p. 475.

personal data
SURNAME	Hahne, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German physician and prehistorian
DATE OF BIRTH	March 18, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH	Piesdorf
DATE OF DEATH	February 2, 1935
Place of death	Halle (Saale)

[1] Peter Staudenmaier: The German Spirit at the Crossroads: Anthroposophists in Confrontation with Völkischer Movement and National Socialism. In: Uwe Puschner , Clemens Vollnhals (ed.): The ethnic-religious movement in National Socialism. A history of relationships and conflicts (= writings of the Hannah Arendt Institute for Research on Totalitarianism. 47). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen et al. 2012, ISBN 978-3-525-36996-8 , pp. 473-490, here p. 475.