Hermann Winnefeld

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Hermann Winnefeld (born September 4, 1862 in Überlingen , † April 30, 1918 in Berlin ) was a German classical archaeologist .

Life

Hermann Winnefeld attended high school in Karlsruhe , where he passed his Abitur in autumn 1880. After a year of military service, he began studying classical philology and archeology at the University of Heidelberg in 1881 . Friedrich von Duhn was his most influential teacher in Heidelberg. In 1884 he moved to the University of Bonn , where he was influenced by the classical philologists Franz Bücheler and Hermann Usener as well as by the archaeologist Reinhard Kekulé von Stradonitz . As was customary at the time, Winnefeld was trained not only as an archaeologist, but also as a philologist, and in 1886 passed the state examination for the higher teaching post. He completed his traineeship at the Karlsruhe grammar school. From the summer of 1886 to mid-1887, he also worked as an assistant at the Karlsruhe museums, during which time he wrote a description of the vase collection published in 1887 and a pamphlet entitled Hypnos , which was intended as a commemorative publication for Kekulé von Stradonitz. The time in Karlsruhe was interrupted by another stay in Bonn in autumn 1886, where he was working on his dissertation. The doctorate took place in 1887 with a thesis on the subject of Sortes Sangallenses ineditae .

This was followed by two years from 1887 to 1889, during which Winnefeld traveled to Italy and Greece as a travel grant from the German Archaeological Institute . Shortly after his return in autumn 1890, he became a laborer at the Berlin museums . Five years later, in the fall of 1895, he was appointed associate professor at the University of Münster , but after only one year he returned to the Berlin sculpture collection as assistant to the director. Winnefeld remained in this position until his death, and since 1906 as deputy director of the collection. Since 1897 he also taught as a private lecturer at Berlin University . Winnefeld died unexpectedly at the age of 55. He was succeeded by Robert Zahn as deputy director of the Antikensammlung .

Hermann Winnefeld made a name for himself less through large excavations, important monographs or the formation of a scientific school, but rather through the completion of many works by other archaeologists, which for various reasons could not be completed by their actual authors. Thus Winnefeld often only appears next to other authors or not at all in the works he oversees. In some cases with great selflessness, he endeavored to keep a lot of work going and wherever he could, he helped other archaeologists with their work. Nevertheless, Winnefeld wrote his own writings, some of which are still considered exemplary today. His main works are his monograph on Villa Adriana in Tivoli from 1895 and the description of the friezes on the great altar of Pergamon . In an obituary he was described as follows: "Thorough knowledge, embarrassing loyalty to duty and reliability combined in him with rare selflessness, modesty and true kindness".

Fonts

  • Hadrian's villa near Tivoli. Recordings and examinations . Yearbook of the German Archaeological Institute, supplementary booklet 3. Reimer, Berlin 1895 full text
  • Ancient Greek bronze basin from Leontini , program for the Winckelmann Festival of the Archaeological Society of Berlin 59, Berlin 1899 full text
  • Hellenistic silver reliefs in the Antiquarium of the Royal Museums , program for the Winckelmann Festival of the Archaeological Society of Berlin 68, Berlin 1908 full text
  • Description of the friezes of the great altar of Pergamon , Reimer, Berlin 1910 full text
  • with Bruno Schulz: Baalbeck , Volume 1, Association of Scientific Publishers, Berlin 1921
  • with Daniel Krencker , Theodor von Lüpke : Baalbek , Volume 2, Association of Scientific Publishers, Berlin 1923

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  1. ^ Obituary o. A. in: Official reports from the Königliche Kunstsammlungen Berlin , 1939, No. 9, June 1918, p. 187
personal data
SURNAME Winnefeld, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 4, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Überlingen
DATE OF DEATH April 30, 1918
Place of death Berlin