Hans von Borries

This article is about the prehistorian. For the Prussian Major General of the same name, see Hans von Borries (Major General)

Hans von Borries

Hans Christian Bodo Karl Friedrich August von Borries (born August 11, 1819 on Gut Steinlake near Herford ; † May 12, 1901 in Halle (Saale) ) was a Prussian colonel and prehistoric .

Life

origin

Hans was the son of District Administrator Philipp von Borries (1778-1838) and his wife Luise, née von Bülow (1777-1861). His older brother Georg (1811-1870) was district administrator for the Herford district .

Career

Borries attended high school in Herford and then embarked on an officer career in the Prussian army . He initially served in the 7th Artillery Brigade in Munster . He later lived in Berlin and Danzig . In the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 he commanded the 2nd Division of the Lower Silesian Field Artillery Regiment No. 5 as a lieutenant colonel . Awarded the Iron Cross II. Class, he advanced to Colonel and retired from military service in 1872 for health reasons. Borries moved to Weißenfels , where he was involved as an honorary city councilor in founding several associations (beautification, antiquity, music and literary associations). In 1883 he became a curator for several scattered holdings, from which the provincial administration wanted to create a “Museum for local history and antiquity of the province of Saxony” (“Provincial Museum” for short). This museum, today's State Museum of Prehistory , was opened in 1884 in the east wing of the New Residence in Halle (Saale). On July 16, 1884, von Borries was appointed first director of the museum and moved his residence to Halle. In addition to organizing and increasing the museum holdings, he also carried out several excavations in Rössen , Kuckenburg , Giebichenstein , Döllingen , Schkölen and Hohen . Borries retired on July 1, 1890. Julius Schmidt was his successor as museum director .

family

Borries married Marie von Birckham (1838–1899) on December 6, 1859 in Essen. The following children were born from the marriage:

• Albert (1860–1921), Prussian captain and Knight of Honor of the Order of St. John
• Luise (* 1862)
• Rudolf (1863–1932), German major general
• Georg (* 1870), businessman

literature

• Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the noble houses. Old nobility and post office nobility. 1922. Sixteenth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1921, pp. 91–93.
• Oscar Förtsch : Hans von Borries. In: Annual publication for the prehistory of the Saxon-Thuringian countries. Volume 1, 1902, without page number ( online ).
• Dieter Kaufmann : The directors of the State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Saale). In: Annual journal for Central German Prehistory. Volume 67, 1984, pp. 40-41 ( online ).
• Brigitte Rüster : History of the museum from 1884 to 1912. In: Annual journal for Middle German Prehistory. Volume 67, 1984, pp. 72-86 ( online ).