Hans Möbius

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the German chemist of the same name, see Hans-Heinrich Möbius (1929–2011).

Hans Möbius (born February 2, 1895 in Frankfurt am Main , † November 28, 1977 in Bad Homburg in front of the height ) was a German classical archaeologist .

Life

Hans Möbius came from an old family of scholars and was able to trace his ancestors back to Martin Luther . His mother was the cousin of Hans Dragendorff , who played a key role in Möbius' further path. He began his studies in 1913 at the University of Freiburg , where Ernst Fabricius , Eduard Schwartz and Hermann Thiersch became his teachers. Later he moved to the University of Berlin , where he a. a. heard from Eduard Meyer , Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff and Georg Loeschcke . His fellow students at this time included Gerhart Rodenwaldt , Bernhard Schweitzer , Valentin Müller and Gerhard Krahmer . The studies were interrupted by military service in the First World War. After military service, he finished his studies at the Philipps University in Marburg , where Paul Jacobsthal not only became a teacher but also a fatherly friend. The doctorate took place in 1916 with Jacobsthal with the work on form and meaning of the seated figure in the art of the Orient and the Greeks . Already in his philosophical dissertation he indicated his later abilities to grasp the entire area of ​​antiquity from the ancient Orient to late antiquity .

After graduating, Möbius went to Greece, where Ernst Buschor became his mentor and quickly made him his assistant at the German Archaeological Institute in Athens . During his time in Athens he made friends with Carl Blümel , Hans Diepolder , Emil Kunze , Walther Wrede and Christos Karusos . At that time he was mainly concerned with the ornaments on Greek grave stelae. After his return to Germany, Möbius was appointed curator at the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Kassel in 1928, succeeding Johannes Boehlau . Here he not only made outstanding contributions to the archaeological collection, but also dealt with prehistory , medals and coins of the 17th century and a painting from around 1600. However, he mainly researched ancient art from the archaic to the provincial Roman Time . His name is still particularly associated with the establishment of the antiquities collection in the Landgrave Museum in 1935. There he was able to present not only the Kassel antiquities holdings for a short time, but also parts of the antiquities collection of Prince Philip of Hesse from the Fasanerie hunting lodge .

Möbius completed his habilitation in 1929 at Jacobsthal in Marburg. In the winter semester of 1933/34 he represented the professorship of Margarete Bieber , who was removed from her position by the National Socialists, at the University of Giessen , before Walter-Herwig Schuchhardt took over the professorship in 1934. In addition, he has taught as a private lecturer in Marburg since his habilitation . After Jacobsthal emigrated to England in 1935, Möbius was particularly close to Gero von Merhart . In 1943 he was appointed to succeed Reinhard Herbig as a full professor for Classical Archeology at the University of Würzburg . Here he was also in charge of the antique collection of the Martin von Wagner Museum , which he directed , the largest archaeological teaching collection in Germany. In the Second World War was Moebius art protection officer in France and most recently a member of the Home Guard . After the war, as chairman of the seminar for classical archeology, with the support of his assistant Wolfgang Züchner , he devoted himself to the reconstruction of the Würzburg Institute and the Martin von Wagner Museum in Domerschulgasse 16. The museum was reopened in 1963, now in the Würzburg Residence become. There he also headed the newer department of the museum. During his time in Würzburg, Möbius continued to research Greek grave reliefs. Since 1946 he published Ernst Pfuhl's manuscripts on the East Greek grave reliefs on behalf of the German Archaeological Institute , but was only able to devote himself to this work since his retirement at his last residence in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe. Möbius died shortly before the completion of the second volume. In his last years he occupied himself more with the glyptics . He was chairman of the Dante Society in Würzburg.

Fonts

• The ornaments of the Greek grave stelae of the classical and post-classical period. Keller, Berlin 1929; 2nd edition increased by supplements and registers: Fink, Munich 1968.
• Ancient works of art from the Martin von Wagner Museum. Acquisitions 1945–1961. Martin von Wagner Museum / Wasmuth, Berlin / Würzburg 1962.
• Alexandria and Rome. Publishing house of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences / Beck, Munich 1964 (= treatises of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Philosophical-Historical Class, NF, H. 59).
• The reliefs of the Portland vase and the ancient three-figure image. Publishing house of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences / Beck, Munich 1965 (= treatises of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Philosophical-Historical Class, NF, H. 61).
• Published by Wolfgang Schiering : Studia varia. Essays on the art and culture of antiquity. With addenda. Steiner, Wiesbaden 1967.
• with Ernst Pfuhl : The East Greek grave reliefs. 2 volumes. von Zabern, Mainz 1977–1979.

literature

• Literature by and about Hans Möbius in the catalog of the German National Library
• Wolfgang Schiering : Hans Möbius 1895–1977. In: Reinhard Lullies , Wolfgang Schiering (Hrsg.): Archäologenbildnisse . Portraits and short biographies of classical archaeologists in the German language. von Zabern, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-8053-0971-6 , pp. 264-265.
• Wolfgang Schiering:  Möbius, Hans. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , pp. 604 f. ( Digitized version ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg: Lecture directory for the summer semester of 1948. University printing house H. Stürtz, Würzburg 1948, p. 17.