Heinrich Janke

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Heinrich Janke in front of the plaster model of his equestrian statue of Augustus, 2007

Heinrich Janke (born July 4, 1930 in Graudenz , West Prussia ) is a German designer and sculptor .

Life

Heinrich Janke grew up in Graudenz in West Prussia and attended the local elementary school . In December 1944, fled the family to Celle , where he continued his schooling at the secondary school continued and in 1947 with the GCSE ended. After a carpenter apprenticeship and a few other stations came Janke to Hanover, where he attended the University of Applied Sciences , a study of sculpture and design resumed. After his state examination, he became a master student under Hermann Scheuertstuhl and also gained experience in the studio of the Düsseldorf sculptor Ewald Mataré , which shaped him so deeply that he can still be called a "Mataré student" today. After 1949 he came into contact with another well-known Mataré student, the sculptor Joseph Beuys .

In 1954, Janke joined the Wetzlar- based optics company Ernst Leitz as a designer, where he became head designer. At the same time he taught art and design for 14 years at the adult education center and 6 years at the Goetheschule in Wetzlar, the latter also on behalf of his company. In 1964 he was one of the founding members of the Wetzlarer Kunstverein.

After his retirement in 1989, Janke devoted himself intensively to his various interests, which also included archeology; he had meanwhile become a volunteer district monument curator for the Lahn-Dill district . Which range includes his activities here, evidenced by the fact that he as that of a student - Association of Bad Homburg carried out research into a medieval race furnace anleitete in Weilburg, but also the famous replica of the equestrian statue of Augustus on the Roman Forum in Waldgirmes created. In the artistic field he made several exhibitions.

In 1986 Heinrich Janke received the Letter of Honor from the State of Hesse for his diverse activities . In 2001, Federal President Johannes Rau awarded him the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon and in 2007 he was awarded the "Honorary Award for Exemplary Commitment in Monument Preservation" by the State Office for Monument Preservation Hesse .

Heinrich Janke is married and has one daughter.

Publications (selection)

  • Inventory of the prehistoric and early historical monuments of Hesse , ed. from the State Archeology of Hesse, Wiesbaden, Volume II: The Biedenkopf District , arr. by Heinrich Janke, with an appendix by Hans Nettlau (Bonn 1973).
  • Prehistory of the district of Wetzlar : 8 booklets from the Paleolithic to the Franconian-Merovingian period (Wetzlar 1973 ff.)
  • A cult place of the youngest Bronze Age near Dornholzhausen , in: Mitteilungen des Wetzlarer Geschichtsverein , 31, 1985, pp. 12-20.
  • Burial mound finds from the vicinity of Wetzlar. Findings from various periods from a private collection , in: Fundberichte aus Hessen 37/38, 2001, pp. 39–127.
  • Investigation of the way of wearing and the casting of closed neck rings of the late Hallstatt period , in: Find reports from Hessen 42/43, 2002/2003 (2007)
  • An iron smelting plant near Braunfels-Philippstein. Medieval and prehistoric finds , in: Mitteilungen des Wetzlarer Geschichtsverein 42, 2004, pp. 27–37.
  • A Upper Palaeolithic site near Braunfels , in: Denkmalpflege und Kulturgeschichte 4/2006, pages 22–23.
  • Investigation of endangered relics near Braunfels-Philipstein ("Anscheid") , in: Mitteilungen des Wetzlarer Geschichtsverein 43, 2007, pp. 1–5.

literature

  • Heinrich Janke. Plastic (Wetzlar n.d. - before 1989).

Web links

Commons : Heinrich Janke  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated August 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Page 16. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wetzlar.de
  2. ↑ "digging and digging in the service of science", in: Taunuszeitung of 28 September 2000
  3. ↑ Example: "Heinrich Janke: Sculptural Works", exhibition from June 18 to August 30, 2008 in the Wetzlar City and Industry Museum
personal data
SURNAME Janke, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German designer and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Graudenz , West Prussia