Hermann Hinz (13 February 1916 – 21 December 2000) was a German archaeologist who was Professor and Head of the Institute for Prehistory and Protohistory at the

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Biography

Hermann Hinz was born in Wangerin,

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on 13 February 1916, the son of Wilhelm and Ida Hinz. After graduating from the gymnasium in

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in 1935, Hinz served in the and the

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. Since 1937, Hinz studied at

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. Hinz transferred to the

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in 1938, where he studied prehistory, anthropology, art history, history, geology, folklore and classical archaeology. From 1939 to 1941 he worked at

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for his doctorate. He gained his

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in archaeology at the

in 1941. Hinz served in the Wehrmacht during

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, and became a prisoner of war. He was released from captivity in 1945, and worked until 1948 as an elementary school teacher in Langenhorn. From 1949 to 1952 he worked conducted archaeological research in

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with a grant from the

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. From 1954 to 1965 Hinz held a variety of senior positions at the

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. Since 1965 Hinz was Associate Professor, and since 1969 Professor, at the University of Kiel. He was also the Director of the Institute for Prehistory and Protohistory at the University. Hinz retired from Kiel in 1981, and died in

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on 21 December 2000.

Selected works

* ''Die Ausgrabungen in der Alten reformierten Kirche Wuppertal-Elberfeld'', Wuppertal 1954 * ''Vorgeschichte des nordfriesischen Festlandes'', Neumünster, 1954 * ''Die Vorgeschichte der Kreise Dramburg und Neustettin'', Greifswald, 1957 * ''Xanten zur Römerzeit'', Th. Gesthuysen, Xanten 1960 * ''Kaster'', Bedburg/Erft, 1964 * ''Archäologische Funde und Denkmäler des Rheinlandes / Bd. 2. Kreis Bergheim'', 1969 * ''Das fränkische Gräberfeld von Eick'', Berlin, 1969 * ''Die Ausgrabungen auf dem Kirchberg in Morken, Kreis Bergheim (Erft)'', Düsseldorf : Rheinland-Verl., 1969 * ''Germania Romana / 3. Römisches Leben auf germanischem Boden'', 1970 * ''Ein frührömisches Gräberfeld auf dem Kirchhügel in Birten, Kreis Moers.'' In: ''Rheinische Ausgrabungen.'' 12. Rheinland-Verlag, Bonn 1973, S. 24–83. * ''Frühe Städte im westlichen Ostseeraum'', Kiel, 1973 * ''Siedlungsforschungen auf den dänischen Inseln und im westlichen Ostseeraum'', Kiel, 1980 * ''Motte und Donjon'', Rheinland-Verlag, Köln, 1981, * * ''Ländlicher Hausbau in Skandinavien vom 6. bis 14. Jahrhundert'', Rheinland-Verlag, Köln, 1989,

Selected works

* * Bernhard Hänsel und Karl W. Struve (Hrsg.): ''Festschrift Hermann Hinz zum 65. Geburtstag.'' (= Offa. Berichte und Mitteilungen zur Urgeschichte, Frühgeschichte und Mittelalterarchäologie, 37/1980), Wachholtz, Neumünster 1981, . 1916 births 2000 deaths 20th-century German archaeologists German Army personnel of World War II Germanic studies scholars University of Kiel alumni {{Germany-archaeologist-stub

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