Hildegund Gropengiesser

Hildegund Gropengiesser (born January 15, 1928 - † June 16, 2019 in Heidelberg ) was a German classical archaeologist .

Hildegund Gropengiesser, daughter of the Mannheim archaeologist and grammar school teacher Hermann Gropengießer , received her doctorate in the fall of 1958 with the thesis On the fragments of plant-based ornamental acroters of classical temples at the University of Heidelberg . In 1958/1959 she was able to travel to the Mediterranean as the holder of the travel grant from the German Archaeological Institute . In 1959/1960 she took part in the excavation campaign of the German Archaeological Institute in Olympia and worked on the finds together with Erika Götte afterwards. At Roland Hampe , she worked at the Archaeological Institute of Heidelberg University, where she was primarily responsible for the collection of antiquities . Until her retirement in 1992 she was custodian of the Antikensammlung and employee of the Heidelberg Collection of Antiquities , her successor being Hermann Pflug . Until her retirement, she was initially co-editor with Roland Hampe, then with Tonio Hölscher, of the catalogs of the collection of ancient cabaret at the Archaeological Institute of Heidelberg University . Gropengiesser was a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute and since 1982 a member of the Berlin Archaeological Society .

Fonts

• To the fragments of vegetable-ornamental acrotere of classical temples. Heidelberg 1958 (= unprinted dissertation).
• The vegetable akrotere of classical temples. , von Zabern, Mainz 1961.
• with Roland Hampe : From the collection of the Archaeological Institute of Heidelberg University. Springer, Berlin; Heidelberg; New York 1967 ( Works of Art in Heidelberg , Volume 2).
• Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum Germany . Volume 31. Heidelberg Volume 4. CH Beck, Munich 1970, ISBN 3-406-00931-X .

supporting documents

1. ↑ VIII. Report on the excavations in Olympia
2. ^ Research Center Heidelberg Collection of Antiquities