Helvig Conrad Engelhardt

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Helvig Conrad Engelhardt

Helvig Conrad Engelhardt (born September 20, 1825 in Copenhagen ; † November 11, 1881 there ) was a Danish archaeologist .

Life

Engelhardt was born in Copenhagen in 1825 as the son of the shipbroker Andreas Daniel Engelhardt and his wife Oline Marie Aagaard. It was not until he was 23 that he graduated from high school. He then studied languages ​​and art history at the University of Copenhagen . In 1851 he became a high school teacher for English, French and art history at the Flensburg School of Academics. On July 27, 1852, he married Laura Dorothea Eleonore Petersen (born October 31, 1825 in Copenhagen † January 13, 1908, daughter of Peter Petersen and Caroline Marie Holm) in the Copenhagen Frauenkirche . Engelhardt played a decisive role in the expansion of the Flensburg Prehistory Museum and its archaeological collection, of which he was director from 1851 to 1864. The collection consisted of around 2000 exhibits from fishing , Sundeved , Als , Ærø and the city of Schleswig. Other important finds came from the Thorsberger Moor , which Engelhart excavated from 1859, as well as the Nydam ship from the Nydam Moor , which he excavated from 1859 to 1863 during the school holidays. The German-Danish War forced him to stop the excavation work in 1864. Engelhardt hid the collection from the Prussian authorities. As part of the peace treaty, the collection finally fell to Germany in 1867 and was awarded to the Kiel Museum. In the same year Engelhardt moved to Copenhagen and worked as a teacher again. As an assistant at the National Museum , he was responsible for the management of the collection and led further excavations and processing of the finds from Kragehul and Vimose . In 1869 he was appointed honorary professor and in 1879 received an honorary doctorate from the University of Copenhagen. In 1858 he was awarded the Medal of Merit of the Kingdom of Denmark in gold, in 1862 he became a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog appointed and received in 1876 the Medal of Merit of the Order of the Dannebrog (Dannebrogordenens Hæderstegn). He died in Copenhagen in 1881.

Services

His most important works were his excavations in the Thorsberger Moor near Süderbrarup ( Schleswig-Holstein ) 1858–1861 and the excavations in the Nydam Moor near Sønderborg 1859–1863, which he carried out in a manner that was progressive for his time. His publications are still considered standard works on the Germanic sacrificial sites and material culture of the first centuries, which were reissued even a century later.

Fonts (selection)

  • Thorsbjerg Mosefund. Description of the oldsager, which was published in Aaren 1858–61 before Thorsbjerg Mose ved Sønder-Brarup i Angel. Et samlet Fund, Henhørende til den Aeldre Jernalder og Bevaret i den Kongelige Samling af Nordiske Oldsager i Flensborg (= Sønderjydske Mosefund. 1). Gad, Copenhagen 1863.
  • Nydam Mosefund 1859–1863 (= Sønderjydske Mosefund. 2). Gad, Copenhagen 1865.
  • Kragehul Mosefund 1751–1865 et overgangsfund mellem den aeldre Jernalder og Mellem-Jernalderen (= Fynske Mosefund. 1). Gad, Copenhagen 1867.
  • Vimose found. (= Fynske Mosefund. 2). Copenhagen 1869, ( digitized ).
  • The Nordic Antiquities Museum in Copenhagen. Guide for visitors. Thiele, Copenhagen 1872.
  • Sønderjydske and fynske mosefund. 3 volumes (Vol. 1: Thorsbjerg mosefund. Vol. 2: Nydam mosefund. Vol. 3: Kragehul og Vimosefunde. ). Med forord af Mogens Ørsnes. Zac, Copenhagen 1969-1970.

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SURNAME Engelhardt, Helvig Conrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 20, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH November 11, 1881
Place of death Copenhagen