Henning Hassmann

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Henning Haßmann (2011)

Henning Haßmann (born April 12, 1963 in Osnabrück ) is a German prehistorian and state archaeologist for Lower Saxony . He heads the archeology department of the Lower Saxony State Office for Monument Preservation in Hanover .

Life

After graduating from the Hannah-Arendt-Gymnasium in Lengerich in 1982, Henning Haßmann completed his military service in the German Navy . In 1983 he took up the study of pre- and early history , geology , classical archeology and art history at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster on. In 1985 he moved to the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel , where he graduated in 1994 with a dissertation on “The stone artifacts of the fortified Neolithic settlement of Büdelsdorf“ PhD (see: Erdwerk von Büdelsdorf ) .

Interview at the excavation of the Roman marcher at Wilkenburg

From 1994 to 2001 he worked at the State Office for Archeology Saxony with the State Museum for Prehistory in Dresden . Until 1997 he held the position of area officer (district archaeologist). The main focus of his work was prehistory and early history as well as city , castle and mining archeology . At the end of 1997, Henning Haßmann became department head of the central specialist services of his authority. He was responsible for the inventory of monuments , the editing of publications and the archaeological restoration. He also organized events such as exhibitions, conferences and training courses for the State Office.

From 1999 to 2003 he was deputy chairman of the German Society for Prehistory and Early History .

In October 2001 Henning Haßmann started the position of state archaeologist for Lower Saxony, which had been vacant for almost five years in Hanover. In this function, he has since been head of the archeology department at the Lower Saxony State Office for Monument Preservation and was deputy head of the authorities for many years.

Haßmann has been part of the Harzhorn research project on the Harzhorn event since 2008 . The research team was formed after the first findings to coordinate the further procedure.

His main research areas include moor archeology , cultural landscape research, early peasant cultures, the Bronze Age , Romans and Germanic peoples as well as the research history of the first half of the 20th century.

In addition to his professional activity, he has particularly devoted himself to the subject of archeology and research into early history during the National Socialist era . Henning Haßmann is married and lives in Altwarmbüchen .

Fonts

  • with Detlef Jantzen : "The German Prehistory - A National Science." The Kiel Museum of Prehistoric Antiquities in the Third Reich. In: Offa . 51, 1994, pp. 9-23.
  • Surprise in Crimmitschau - house construction around 1300. In: Archeology currently in the Free State of Saxony. 3, 1995, ISSN  0947-4803 , pp. 127-131.
  • with Uta Böddiker: City center excavations in Werdau an der Pleiße. In: Archeology currently in the Free State of Saxony. 3, 1995, pp. 132-137.
  • The trail of the stones ... the Neolithic earthworks of Büdelsdorf. In: Werner Budesheim, Horst Kieling (ed.): On the younger Stone Age in Northern Germany. Insights into the life of the first farmers (= contributions to science and culture. 2). Wachholtz Verlag GmbH, Neumünster 1996, ISBN 3-529-02054-0 , pp. 19-30.
  • Labyrinths under West Saxon cities. In: Archeology currently in the Free State of Saxony. 4, 1996, pp. 149-154.
  • The stone artifacts of the fortified Neolithic settlement of Büdelsdorf, Rendsburg-Eckernförde district (= university research on prehistoric archeology. 62). Bonn, Habelt 2000, ISBN 3-7749-2665-4 (also: Kiel, Universität, Dissertation, 1994).
  • Archeology and Youth in the “Third Reich”. In: Achim Leube (Ed.): Prehistory and National Socialism. Research on prehistory and early history in Central and Eastern Europe in the years 1933–1945 (= studies on the history of science and universities. 2). Synchron, Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-935025-08-4 , pp. 107-146.
  • Assumption of national history in the Third Reich using the example of "Henry the Lion". In: Reports on the preservation of monuments in Lower Saxony . Vol. 26, No. 1, 2006, pp. 21-25.
  • Cult places of prehistory in the time of National Socialism. Lecture on October 6, 2006 in Bremen. Short version. Unpublished manuscript.
  • The area of ​​the Reichserntedankfeste on the Bückeberg as a cultural monument and its surroundings as a designed cultural landscape. In: Stefan Winghart (ed.): The Reichserntedankfeste on the Bückeberg near Hameln. Discussion about a central site for National Socialist self-staging (= workbooks on the preservation of monuments in Lower Saxony. 36). Niemeyer, Hameln 2010, ISBN 978-3-8271-8036-0 , pp. 30-41.
Editorships

literature

  • Hans-Wilhelm Heine : Personnel: Hennig Haßmann new state archaeologist for Lower Saxony. In: Reports on the preservation of monuments in Lower Saxony. Vol. 21, No. 4, 2001, p. 169.

Web links

Commons : Henning Haßmann  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Roman battlefield on the Harzhorn near Northeim on geschkult.fu-berlin.de
  2. ↑ Short vita in: Unter der GrasNarbe. Design of open spaces in Lower Saxony during the Nazi dictatorship as a monument preservation theme , Hanover conference, 26. – 29. March 2014, p. 44 ( Online , pdf)
personal data
SURNAME Hassmann, Henning
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Osnabrück