Hermann Dannheimer

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Hermann Dannheimer (born December 9, 1929 in Markt Taschendorf , Middle Franconia ; † July 2, 2020 ) was a German medieval archeologist who particularly researched the archeology of the early Middle Ages in Bavaria.

Life and professional history

Hermann Dannheimer was born in Middle Franconia as the son of the local researcher Wilhelm Dannheimer , who is nationally known as the “ Scherbelepfarrer ” , and thus came into contact with archaeological issues at an early age. After graduating from high school, he studied Prehistory and Early History as well as Geography and Ancient History at the Friedrich Alexander University in Erlangen and the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . In 1957 he received his doctorate from the early medieval archeologist Joachim Werner ; his dissertation was entitled "The Germanic finds of the late Imperial Era and the early Middle Ages in Middle Franconia". He then worked briefly at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation . In 1958/1959 he received a travel grant from the German Archaeological Institute .

After completing the scholarship, Dannheimer received a position at the Prehistoric State Collection in Munich in 1960 , where he initially took care of the archaeological collection, succeeding Hermann Müller-Karpe . Later he became the representative of the head of the department, where he was entrusted with the organization and inventory of the depot , with archaeological excavations, the photographic documentation of the work and the administration of the branch museums of the State Collection. He was also the clerk responsible for the Early Middle Ages department . During these years he was appointed Museum Assessor (1961), Conservator (1962), Senior Conservator (1965) and State Conservator (1970). From 1984 until his retirement at the end of 1994 he was director of the State Prehistoric Collection. One focus of his tenure was the establishment of state archaeological branch museums in Passau , Neuburg an der Donau , Bad Königshofen im Grabfeld , Aichach ( Wittelsbacher Museum Aichach ), Amberg and Mindelheim ( South Swabian Archaeological Museum Mindelheim ). The planning has started for the branch museums in Landau an der Isar ( Lower Bavarian Archaeological Museum ) and Neu-Ulm . In addition to his tasks in the museum, he was also involved in various excavations.

Hermann Dannheimer, who worked intensively until the end on the final publication of the results of the research on the Herrenchiemsee Monastery , died in early July 2020 at the age of 90 and found his final resting place in the Söcking cemetery .

Scientific work

A focus of his scientific work was on researching early medieval settlements in Bavaria. He published excavation reports and investigations on the early history of the places Lauterhofen , Aschheim , Garching near Munich , Kirchheim near Munich , Pähl and Wielenbach as well as on the early medieval settlement, church and cemetery findings near Epolding - Mühltal . In addition, the monasteries of the early Middle Ages were repeatedly at the center of his research, especially the Sandau monastery and the Fraueninsel as well as the Herreninsel on the Chiemsee . In addition, he turned his interest to the row grave field time and published a monograph on the cemetery of Munich-Aubing . This row grave field from the 5th to 7th centuries was excavated about one kilometer northeast of the center of Aubing and contained 862 graves in which 881 people were buried. It is one of the largest burial grounds in Bavaria from the period of change between the end of Roman rule and the first recorded mentions of the Bavarians .

Publications (selection)

  • with Walter Torbrügge : Prehistory and early history in the district of Ebersberg (= catalogs of the Prehistoric State Collection. Volume 4). 1961.
  • The Germanic finds of the late imperial period and the early Middle Ages in Middle Franconia (= Germanic monuments of the migration period. Volume A 7). 1962.
  • Epolding-Mühltal. Settlements, cemeteries and church of the early Middle Ages (= Munich contributions to prehistory and early history. Volume 13). 1968.
  • with Roman Fink: Location Bavaria. Report from the previous history. 1968.
  • with Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann : Rothenburg oT catalog on prehistory and early history in the city and district (= catalogs of the Prehistoric State Collection. Volume 11). 1968.
  • Lauterhofen in the early Middle Ages. Row grave field, Martinskirche and Königshof (= material booklets on Bavarian prehistory. Volume 22). 1968.
  • Medieval ceramics from Bavaria (= catalogs of the Prehistoric State Collection. Volume 15). 1973.
  • Prehistoric State Collection Munich. The finds from Bavaria (= Great Art Guide. Volume 67/68). 1976. 2nd revised edition 1980.
  • Stone carvings from the Carolingian era. New finds from old Bavarian monasteries 1953–1980 (= exhibition catalogs of the Prehistoric State Collection. Volume 6). 1980.
  • Gate hall on Frauenchiemsee (= Great Art Guide. Volume 83). 1980. 2nd revised and expanded edition 1981; 3rd expanded edition 1983; 4th revised edition 1995.
  • On the trail of the Bavarians. Archeology in the early Middle Ages in Old Bavaria. Excavations - finds - findings. 1987.
  • Aschheim in the early Middle Ages. Part 1: Archaeological finds and findings (= Munich contributions to prehistory and early history. Volume 32). 1988.
  • The choir barriers of Ilmmünster (= Great Art Guide. Volume 140). 1989.
  • The Bavarian burial ground of Aubing, City of Munich (= monographs of the Prehistoric State Collection. Volume 1). 1998.
  • Sandau. Archeology in the area of ​​an old Bavarian monastery of the early Middle Ages (= Munich contributions to prehistory and early history. Volume 55). 2003.
  • Frauenwörth. Archaeological building blocks for the history of the monastery on the Fraueninsel in the Chiemsee (= Bavarian Academy of Sciences. Philosophical-historical class. Treatises. New series, issue 126). 2006.
  • Frauenwörth. Duke Tassilo's monastery in Chiemsee. Abbey - Church - Gate Hall. 2008.

Awards

Web links

literature

  • Jan Filip : Encyclopedic manual on the prehistory and early history of Europe. Volume 1. Academia, Prague / W. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 1966, p. 270.
  • Dedicatio. Hermann Dannheimer's 70th birthday (= catalogs of the Prehistoric State Collection. Supplement 5). Michael Lassleben, Kallmünz (Opf.) 1999, ISBN 3-7847-5185-7 (with biographical appraisal on p. 7-10 and complete bibliography up to 1999 on p. 11-20).
  • Rupert Gebhard et al. (Hrsg.): Festschrift for Hermann Dannheimer for his 80th birthday (= Bavarian prehistory sheets. Volume 75). CH Beck, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-406-11080-1 (with additions to the bibliography up to 2009).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hermann Dannheimer's obituaries | trauer.merkur.de. Retrieved on July 7, 2020 (German).
  2. ↑ For the early career see Ludwig Wamser : Hermann Dannheimer for his 70th birthday. In: Dedicatio. Hermann Dannheimer's 70th birthday. Michael Lassleben, Kallmünz (Opf.) 1999, ISBN 3-7847-5185-7 , p. 7-10, here p. 7 f.
  3. ↑ On Ludwig Wamser's professional stations and main areas of work: Hermann Dannheimer on his 70th birthday. In: Dedicatio. Hermann Dannheimer's 70th birthday. Michael Lassleben, Kallmünz (Opf.) 1999, ISBN 3-7847-5185-7 , pp. 7-10, here p. 8.
  4. ↑ Andrea Lorentzen: The Archaeological Museum in Ulm. In: Dedicatio. Hermann Dannheimer's 70th birthday. Michael Lassleben, Kallmünz (Opf.) 1999, ISBN 3-7847-5185-7 , pp. 249-253, here p. 249.
personal data
SURNAME Dannheimer, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medieval archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Taschendorf , Middle Franconia
DATE OF DEATH 2nd July 2020