Rainer Daehnhardt

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Rainer Daehnhardt (born December 7, 1941 in Vienna ) is a German-Portuguese historian, weapons collector and non-fiction author .

Life

Origin, youth and education

Some of his ancestors came to Portugal as early as 1706. His grandmother Annemarie geb. Wimmer came from a line from Sankt Annaberg in Lower Silesia and was born in Belas in 1889 . The grandfather Heinrich Daehnhardt (1876–1944) was born in Lisbon , was a professional diplomat and was seriously injured in the battle of Verdun during the First World War . His father Claus-Heinrich Daehnhardt (1913–1997) was born in the German embassy in Constantinople , was drafted as a German foreigner for military service during World War II , fought in the Caucasus and was taken prisoner by the Soviets . He managed to escape, reported for duty, was posted to the Western Front and was taken prisoner by the Americans in France.

Rainer Daehnhard came with his mother from Vienna first to Saxony, then to Hesse and attended the Annie Hamann School in Frankfurt am Main until March 20, 1953 . After 1957 the family emigrated to Belas . He studied in Germany and Portugal and wrote his thesis The Study of the Development of Man through the Weapon and its Use (Estudo da evolução do Homen atraves da arma e suza utilização).

Act

Rainer Daehnhard is President of the Portuguese Society for Ancient Weapons (Sociedade Portuguesa de Armas Antigas) and takes part in international congresses. He is an honorary member of the American Society of Arms Collectors (ASAC), a member of the Arms & Armor Society in London and the Society for Historical Arms and Costume Studies in Berlin. In his collection there are around 500,000 historical hand weapons , horse harness , armor , nautical instruments , nautical charts , coins , manuscripts etc. He wrote books and the like. a. About King Sebastian , the explorer, sailor and viceroy of India Vasco da Gama , the sailor and discoverer of the Strait of Magellan Ferdinand Magellan , who began the first circumnavigation , the Temple Order , Wilhelm Gustloff and the Portuguese horse breed Lusitano .

Fonts (selection)

  • Coleccionar armas antigas. Volume 1. sn, Lisboa 1970.
  • as editor with W. Keith Neal: César Fiosconi (di José Francisco Rodrigues), Jordan Guserio (di João Rodrigues): Espingarda perfeyta or the perfect gun. Sotheby Parke Bernet et al., London et al. 1974, ISBN 0-85667-014-6 .
  • Lusitanos. Quem somos? Catálogo da exposição histórica realizada no Amoreiros Shopping Center de Lisboa pela Sociedade Portuguesa de Armas Antigas. Sociedade Portugesa de Armas Antiguas, Lisbon 1987.
  • Alguns Segredos da História Luso-Alemã. = Some secrets of German-Portuguese history. Pesquisa Histórica, Lisbon 1990.
  • A Missão Templária nos Descobrimentos. Edições Nova Acrópole, Lisbon 1991, ISBN 972-9026-12-2 .
  • Páginas secretas da história de Portugal. 2 volumes. Edições Nova Acrópole, Lisbon 1993–1994, ISBN 972-9026-36-X (vol. 1), ISBN 972-9026-43-2 (vol. 2).
  • Espingarda feiticeira. A introdução da arma de fogo pelos portugueses no Extremo Oriente. = The bewitched gun. The introduction of the firearm in the Far East by the Portuguese. Texto Editores, Porto 1994, ISBN 972-47-0373-8 .
  • Potes de especiarias nas Naus das carreiras das Índias do séc. XV ao séc. XVIII. Grupo de Amigos do Museu de Marinha, Lisbon 1997.
  • Segredos da história luso-alemã. = Secrets of German-Portuguese history. Publicações Quipu, Lisbon 1998, ISBN 972-8408-07-2 .
  • Acerca da Viagem de Vasco da Gama. Publicações Quipu, Lisbon 1998, ISBN 972-8408-04-8 .
  • Acerca das armaduras de D. Sebastião. Publicações Quipu, Lisbon 1998, ISBN 972-8408-03-X .
  • Dos Açores à Antarctida. To dos grandes segredos do séc. XX. Publicações Quipu, Lisbon 1998, ISBN 972-8408-08-0 .
  • Mulheres de Armas e Coragem. Publicações Quipu, Lisbon 1999, ISBN 972-8408-12-9 .
  • Portugal ea Europe. Traídos e burlados. Publicações Quipu, Lisbon 1999, ISBN 972-8408-13-7 .
  • with Heinz Schön : Do céu ao inferno. Do Funchal ao Báltico, o maior desastre naval da história. = From heaven to hell. From the Island of Madeira to the Baltic, the biggest ever naval disaster. Publicações Quipu, Parede 2000, ISBN 972-8408-18-8 .
  • Nascimento, morte e renascimento do hini alemão. = Birth, death and resurrection of the Deutschlandlied. A collection of documents. Publicações Quipu, Parede 2003, ISBN 972-8408-50-1 .
  • I have enough. Examination of the symbols used on the identity card. Pesquisa Histórica, Lisboa 2004. (GND)
  • Portugal Cristianíssimo. Zéfiro, Corroios 2005, ISBN 972-8958-01-3 .
  • with George Collingridge and Richard H. Major: Segredos da Descoberta da Austrália pelos Portugueses. Zéfiro, Sintra 2009, ISBN 978-989-677-008-2 .
  • O Enigma Fernão de Magalhães. (Com textos de Latino Coelho e Caetano Alberto). Apeiron Edições, sl 2010, ISBN 978-989-8447-03-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ António Conceição jr .: Prof. Rainer Daehnhardt. Untold Stories of the Portuguese , accessed October 29, 2013 .
  2. ^ Rainer Daehnhardt: A Hanseatic half-timbered house in Portugal. Portuguese-Hanseatic Society , 2004, accessed October 29, 2013 .
  3. ↑ António Conceição jr .: Collection Rainer Daehnhardt. Bladesign , accessed October 29, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Daehnhardt, Rainer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Portuguese historian, weapons collector and non-fiction author
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna