Hellmut Hannes

Hellmut Hannes (born March 3, 1925 in Swinemünde ) is a German industrial physicist and historical researcher . As a historian, he is primarily concerned with the history of Pomerania .

Life

Hellmut Hannes passed his Abitur in 1943 at the Tirpitzschule, a reform high school in Swinoujscie. After three months with the Reich Labor Service in Barth , he was drafted into military service. He was deployed on the Balkan Peninsula and spent three months as a prisoner of war in the US Army . After the end of the war he went to West Germany. In 1947 he began studying mathematics and physics at the University of Tübingen , which he continued in 1950 at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau . In 1952 he made his diploma as a physicist. With geology as a third study in 1955 he became a PhD . He specialized in physical optics and, after one and a half years as a research assistant, worked in Leverkusen in the chemical industry from 1957 to 1985 . In his field he published 35 articles, 3 of them in manuals. Hannes lives in Beedenbostel .

In addition to his professional activity, Hellmut Hannes deals with the history of Pomerania and in particular with the genealogy of the Greifenhaus and the history of his hometown Swinoujscie and the island of Usedom . At the end of 1976 he became a member of the Society for Pomeranian History, Archeology and Art and was its chairman from 1986 to 1993. He is also a member of the Historical Commission for Pomerania . He published several writings on Pomeranian history in the Baltic Studies as well as in independent publications.

In addition, Hannes makes music and composes. Some of his settings of sacred texts have been published as Beedenbostel choir booklet . In 2004 Hellmut Hannes received the Federal Cross of Merit . He is the brother of the painter Ilse Hannes-Schmidt .

Fonts (selection)

• The application of the interference refractor in glass technology . Dissertation, Freiburg i. Br. 1955
• In the footsteps of the griffin dukes in Pomerania: a report from our day . In: Society for Pomeranian History and Archeology (Hrsg): Baltic studies . New series, Vol. 67, NG Elwert, Marburg 1981, pp. 7-25 ( digitized version ).
• Medieval village churches on the island of Usedom . In: Society for Pomeranian History and Archeology (Hrsg): Baltic studies . New series vol. 68, NG Elwert, Marburg 1982, pp. 25-44 ( digitized version ).
• On the trail of the griffin dynasty in Denmark: monuments tell of the connections between the Pomeranian and Danish dynasties . In: Society for Pomeranian History and Archeology (Hrsg): Baltic studies . New series, Vol. 74, NG Elwert, Marburg 1988, pp. 48-91 ( digitized version ).
• Historical views of Swinoujscie and the Golm . Thomas Helms Verlag Schwerin 2001, ISBN 3-931185-92-3 .
• Julie Gadebusch's diary from Swinoujscie . Thomas Helms Verlag Schwerin 2005, ISBN 3-935749-31-7 .
• From the beginnings of the Świnoujście lighthouse . In: Usedom-Wolliner Blätter . No. 10, Störr, Usedom 2006, ISBN 3-937040-14-5 .
• Images from the history of the Swin Estuary . In: Usedom-Wolliner Blätter . No. 10, Störr, Usedom 2006, ISBN 3-937040-16-1 .
• On the trail of Theodor Fontane in Swinoujscie. Thomas Helms Verlag Schwerin 2009, ISBN 978-3-940207-24-1 .
• Beedenbosteler choir booklet . VIVACELLE Musikverlag, ISMN M-50090-316-1.

literature

• Ludwig Biewer :  Dr. Hellmut Hannes honorary member of the Society for Pomeranian History, Archeology and Art . In: Society for Pomeranian History and Archeology (Hrsg): Baltic studies . New series, Vol. 81, NG Elwert, Marburg 1995, pp. 112-114 ( digitized version ).
• Elsbeth Vahlefeld : Yes, Swinoujscie was wonderful. For Hellmut Hannes' 85th birthday. In: Pomerania. Journal of Culture and History. Issue 1/2010, ISSN  0032-4167 , p. 43.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Directory of members on the website of the Historical Commission .
2. ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany . In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 56, No. 177, September 18, 2004.

Web links

• Literature by and about Hellmut Hannes in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by Hellmut Hannes in the state bibliography MV