Rudolf Naumann

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Rudolf Naumann (born July 18, 1910 in Fichtenau near Berlin, † April 24, 1996 in Ludwigsburg ) was a German archaeologist and building researcher .

Life

Rudolf Naumann, brother of the sociologist Hans Naumann , studied architecture at the Technical University of Berlin under Heinrich Tessenow . Here he became a student of Daniel Krencker and received his doctorate in 1935 with a thesis on the building history of the Roman spring district of Nîmes . From 1935 to 1937 he received a travel grant from the German Archaeological Institute and became Armin von Gerkan's assistant at Olympia . It was here that he met the excavation photographer Irene Mavrogordato and was a scientific consultant at the Istanbul Department of the German Archaeological Institute until 1945 .

In 1948 he completed his habilitation with a thesis on The Roman Agora of Smyrna and its buildings at the Technical University of Hanover , where he was initially a private lecturer, in 1949 a lecturer and in 1953 an extraordinary professor for building history. The handbook Architecture Minor Asia from its beginnings to the end of the Hittite period , published in 1955, comprised the knowledge gained from working with Friedrich Karl Dörner , Max von Oppenheim and Kurt Bittel .

As 2nd director of the Rome department of the German Archaeological Institute from 1954 to 1960, Naumann researched urban settlements in southern Italy. From 1961 to 1975 Naumann was director of the Istanbul department of the DAI. He also taught at the University of Istanbul , established the Ankara branch of the DAI , which has since been abandoned, and dealt with central fire sanctuaries in Iran for further exploration of the greater Asia Minor area .

Most recently, the focus of his excavations was the exploration of the ancient city of Aizanoi with its well-preserved temple, theater, thermal baths and stadium.

Excavations

  • Greece
Olympia (1936)
Palinuro (1955-1958)
Rusellae (1955-1958)
Tacht-e Suleiman (1959–1975)
Hattuša (1937-1958)
Aizanoi (1962-1984)
Didyma (1962-1984)
Eflatun Pinar
Istanbul
Euphemia Church at the Hippodrome (1942)
Myrelaion (1962-1967)
Izmir
Agora
Nemrut Dağı

literature

  • Catalogus professorum. Festschrift for the 150th anniversary of the University of Hannover 2, Stuttgart u. a. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart a. a. 1981, ISBN 3-17-007321-4 , p. 355
  • Cornelius Steckner, Friederike Steckner , Friedrich C. Steckner: List of publications for Rudolf Naumann on his 80th birthday in 1990 . Verlag Rudolf Habelt, Bonn 1990, ISBN 3-7749-2457-0 .
  • Klaus Rheidt : A life dedicated to building research. On the death of Rudolf Naumann . In: Antike Welt 27, 1996, ISSN  0003-570X , p. 252.
  • Wolfram Kleiss : In memoriam Rudolf Naumann, July 18, 1910 - April 24, 1996 . In: Istanbuler Mitteilungen 47, 1997, pp. 5-7.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ With Roland Hampe and Ulf Jantzen .
  2. ^ Rudolf Naumann: Armin von Gerkan †. In: Gnomon. Volume 43, 1971, pp. 841-842; Rudolf Naumann, Armin von Gerkan, in: Reinhard Lullies / Wolfgang Schiering, archaeological portraits. Portraits and short biographies of classical archaeologists in the German language, Mainz 1988, pp. 226–227.
  3. ↑ http://www.uni-muenster.de/Rektorat/Forschungsberichte-1997-1998/fo07dc06.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.orientarch.uni-halle.de/teach/archit/feuer.htm
  5. ^ Rudolf Naumann, Hans Belting: The Euphemia Church at the Hippodrome in Istanbul and its frescoes. Mann, Berlin 1966
personal data
SURNAME Naumann, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German building researcher
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Fichtenau
DATE OF DEATH April 24, 1996
Place of death Ludwigsburg