Theodor Thenn

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Theodor Thenn (born January 28, 1842 in Augsburg , † November 4, 1919 in Beilngries ) was a German physician, local researcher and archaeologist .

Life

Thenn studied medicine in Erlangen and Berlin, received his doctorate in 1867 and worked as a general practitioner from 1868 and as a district doctor from 1889. From 1905 he held the title of "Medical Councilor", and in 1915 he retired. In 1904 he was made an honorary citizen of Beilngries for his services.

Services

Thenn was the typical case of a “home stag” who carried out archaeological excavations with great effort but without scientific methodology. Some of his publications were made anonymously or only from the estate. Despite these formal shortcomings, it achieved a great reputation and wide response. Initial criticism from scientific archeology was later put into perspective. Rather, his extensive finds were one reason why scientific archeology turned its attention to the landscape around Beilngries in the post-war period.

Works

  • (Anonymous.) The Judenburg near Beilngries. An old Germanic sacrificial site . (Series of articles) In: Beilngrieser Wochenblatt, Jg. 1899, No. 187, 195, 207, 215f., 227, 239, 247, 259, 275. Again, now with attribution: Beilngrieser Wochenblatt, 1921.
  • Historical reports about the Beilngries shooting society. After the city builder, tax and municipal bills, then the council and magistrate meeting minutes compiled by Medical Councilor Dr. Thenn. Beilngries: MW Bauer 1906
  • May 19, 1633. An episode in the history of the town of Beilngries during the Thirty Years' War. From the minutes of the Medical Council Dr. Thenn. In: Beilngrieser Wochenblatt, 1921.
  • The former district court of Hirschberg. From the minutes of the Medical Council Dr. Thenn. (Series of articles) In: Beilngrieser Wochenblatt, 1921.

literature

  • Walter Torbrügge : Theodor Thenn. In: Beilngries. Pre- and early history of a find landscape , Kallmünz 1964, pp. 20–30.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Honorary citizen of the city of Beilngries http://www.beilngries.de/ehrenbuerger/
  2. ↑ Stefanie Samida: Matthias Jung: “Heimathirsche” (review) http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/ojs/index.php/arch-inf/article/download/10167/4018
  3. ↑ WB (= Willy Bauer ) The Altmühltal, an ancient cultivated land. Dr. Thenn, a distinguished researcher. In: Bayerische Ostmark from December 22, 1937
  4. ↑ The investigations of the Beilngries Medical Council Dr. Theodor Thenn. Lecture at the 11th Niederbayerischen Archäologentagen http://www.vml.de/d/inhalt.php?ISBN=978-3-924734-57-2&print=1
personal data
SURNAME Thenn, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physician, local researcher and archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH augsburg
DATE OF DEATH November 4, 1919
Place of death Beilngries