Hermann Zinn

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Hermann Konrad Zinn (born March 1, 1941 in Quedlinburg ; † November 6, 2011 in Darmstadt ) was a German sociologist . In his work, he primarily examined the effects of the living environment on social relationships and the living and play needs of children.

Life and work

Zinn studied sociology , psychology , history and political science in Marburg and Berlin . In 1967 he published his diploma thesis entitled “The German nudist culture as a social movement”.

Since the late 1960s he worked for the Swiss planning company Metron , which at the time was considered to be left-wing alternative . In 1970/71 he was also a visiting lecturer in the architecture department at ETH Zurich . However, the university management under Hans H. Hauri found that sociological questions should not be taught in architecture and did not extend the contract with Zinn and two of his colleagues. The students protested against this decision.

Zinn later worked at the Institute for Housing and Environment in Darmstadt .

Publications (selection)

  • Relationships between interior design and social life . Metron, Brugg 1968.
  • Planning, building and using rental apartments as a social process . Federal Housing Office, Bern 1970.
  • More publicity in urban planning? 1970.
  • with Rolf Baumann: Child-friendly apartments for families . Federal Housing Office, Bern 1973.
  • with Eberhard Mühlich, Wolfgang Kröning, Ilona Mühlich-Klinger: Relationship between the built environment and social behavior in living and living environment . Bonn 1978.
  • with Katrin Zapf, Gert Grönning: Child-friendly environment . Bonn 1980.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hermann Zinn's obituaries. In: vrm-trauer.de. Retrieved June 26, 2020 (German).
  2. ↑ Norbert Staub: "University in Small": "Metron. Planning and Building 1965–2003 ”. In: ETH Life. December 3, 2003, accessed on June 26, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
  3. ↑ Christian John Huber: Revolt and Reform - The Experiment. In: ETHeritage. August 30, 2019, accessed on June 26, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
personal data
SURNAME Tin, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zinn, Hermann Konrad (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Quedlinburg
DATE OF DEATH November 6, 2011
Place of death Darmstadt