Hermann Holder

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Hermann Hölder (born October 17, 1819 in Stuttgart ; † March 11, 1906 there ) was a German anthropologist .

Life

Hölder initially worked in Ulm. There he was involved in the completion of the Ulm Minster and was able to carry out archaeological excavations in the large Merovingian burial ground "on the Kienlesberg".

He was involved in the Württemberg state archeology and in 1871 founded the Württemberg Anthropological Association. As the first conservator in the Kingdom of Württemberg he established the state preservation of monuments .

Honors

In 1876 he was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina .

Fonts (selection)

  • Investigations into the skeletal finds in the pre-Roman barrows in Württemberg and Hohenzollern . In: Fundber. Schwaben 2, supplementary booklet, Stuttgart 1894
  • More recent skeleton finds from pre-Roman burial mounds . In: Fundber. Schwaben 3, 1895, pp. 31-37
  • Skeleton finds from Roman graves . In: Fundber. Schwaben 4, 1896, pp. 39-50

literature

  • H. Krins: The foundation of the state preservation of monuments in Baden and Württemberg . Monument plant Bad-Württ. 12, 1983, 34ff.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Member entry by Hermann von Hölder at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on November 26, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Holder, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German anthropologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 1906
Place of death Stuttgart