Hinrich Siuts

Christian Hinrich Siuts (born 21 July 1932) is a German folklorist.
Life.
Born in Stargard, Siuts studied folklore, history and German literature at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen and in Kiel. In 1956 he received his doctorate in ethnology from the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel.
After his studies, Siuts first worked at the Deutsches Volksliedarchiv, where he mainly recorded and archived traditional songs.
In 1962 he got a job as a research assistant at the Folklore Department of the University of Münster, where he habilitated in 1968 with a thesis on hymnal songs for the calendar festivals. In 1971 he was offered a chair at the Institute for Folklore at the University of Münster.