Hans Lehner (archaeologist)

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Hans Lehner (born June 3, 1865 in Sigmaringen , † February 21, 1938 in Bonn ) was a German provincial Roman archaeologist .

Life

Hans Lehner received his doctorate in 1889 at the University of Strasbourg with the dissertation on the Athenian treasury registers of the fourth century . Then he was a high school teacher in Strasbourg. In 1892 he became deputy director of the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier and in 1898 provisional director of the Wiesbaden Museum of Antiquities as successor to Ludwig Pallat . From April 1, 1899 to 1930, Lehner was director of the Provincial Museum in Bonn . As such he was also honorary professor for Rhenish archeology at the University of Bonn . On " Winckelmannstag " (December 9th) 1899 he was appointed a full member of the German Archaeological Institute .

As route commissioner of the Reichs-Limeskommission (RLK) he was entrusted with the excavations at the Kemel fort and the small fort "Auf dem Pohl bei Kemel" . His long (1905–1914 and 1925–1930) excavations in the legionary camp Vetera I near Xanten were significant for the Roman provincial archeology of the Rhineland .

Fonts (selection)

  • On the fourth century Athenian treasury registers . Georgi, Bonn 1890.
  • Guide through the Provincial Museum in Trier . Lintz, Trier 1897.
  • The Kemel fort (= The Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes of the Roman Empire , Section B, Vol. 1, Fort No. 7). Petters, Heidelberg 1901.
  • The ancient stone monuments of the Provincial Museum in Bonn . Cohen, Bonn 1918 ( digitized version ).
  • The Roman camp Vetera near Xanten. A guide through the excavations of the Bonn Provincial Museum . Röhrscheid, Bonn 1926.
  • Vetera. The results of the excavations at the Bonn Provincial Museum up to 1929 . De Gruyter, Berlin & Leipzig 1930 ( digitized version ).
  • Vetera at Xanten . Schwann, Düsseldorf 1936.

literature

  • Franz Oelmann : In memory of Hans Lehner . In: Bonner Jahrbücher 143/144, 1938/39, pp. 304-311 (with list of publications).
  • Trier biographical lexicon . Koblenz 2000, pp. 254-255.

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personal data
SURNAME Lehner, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German provincial Roman archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Sigmaringen
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 1938
Place of death Bonn