Heinrich Jacobi (archaeologist)

Heinrich Christian Jacobi (2 July 1866 – 3 March 1946) was a German architect and archaeologist, specialising in the Roman Empire.

He designed a Protestant Gedächtniskirche on the Weberstraße in the Kirdorf district of Bad Homburg – this opened on 18 August 1913.

[3] His first marriage to Henriette Louise was childless, though they adopted a daughter, Hildegard, nicknamed Hilde.

[4] In 1915, he was put in command of a battalion of the 83rd Reserve Infantry Regiment in Homburg[5] After the end of the First World War he resumed his duties as director of the Saalburgmuseum.

He held his post as director until 1936, well past the usual age limit, and took on the role again from 1945 to 1946.