Wilhelm Reusch

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Wilhelm Reusch

Wilhelm Reusch (born January 19, 1908 in Cologne , † August 19, 1995 in Trier ) was a German archaeologist .

Life

Wilhelm Reusch was a son of Karl Reusch and his wife Christine, née Remmertz, from Cologne. After his time spent in Cologne youth and school years, he studied from 1927 to 1931 at the University of Cologne History , Classical Studies and Geography 1931 he at John Hasebroek with the ancient history thesis "The historical value of Caracallavita in the Scriptores Historiae Augustae " doctorate . In 1933 he became a member of the NSDAP .

Although Reusch's studies were oriented towards ancient philology and history, in the following years he worked at archaeological museums and in the preservation of monuments. His first activity took him as a scientific assistant from 1934 to 1936 to the Roman-Germanic Commission in Frankfurt am Main and to the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn . In 1937 he got a job as assistant director at the Roman-Germanic Museum in Cologne. Since Reusch did not have to serve as a soldier in World War II , he worked from 1941 as the scientific director of the State Monument Preservation in the German-occupied Lorraine district in Metz . There he was responsible for excavations in the late antique church building of Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains and in the Merovingian burial ground of Ennery . His pronounced Francophilia stems from this time and brought him permanent contacts, such as with his French colleague Marcel Lutz (1908-2000).

After the end of the war he became a temporary advisor for the museums at the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Culture in Koblenz on July 1, 1948 . This was followed in 1949 by his transfer to the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier as a member of the government and deputy director . From 1963 he temporarily took over the vacant position of director Hans Eiden until this was taken over by Reinhard Schindler in 1965 . In 1973 he retired from the museum. From 1962 to 1978 he accepted a teaching position at the University of Saarbrücken for archeology and history of the Roman Rhineland, which earned him the title of honorary professor in 1971 . From 1973 to 1978 he took on another teaching position in the subject of ancient history at the new University of Trier . From the mid-1960s to 1985, Reusch was managing director of the Society for Useful Research in Trier .

A focus of his scientific work was the management of the excavations in the Constantine Basilica in Trier, which was destroyed in the war, as well as the supervision of the reconstruction of the basilica from 1950 to 1955. His next research focus was archaeological investigations on the western part of the Trier Imperial Baths from 1960 to 1966, their posthumous publication in Year 2012.

Awards

Publications (selection)

For a complete list of publications see Jürgen Merten: Bibliography Wilhelm Reusch . In: Trier Zeitschrift 51, 1988, pp. 23-28.

  • The historical value of the Caracallavita in the Scriptores Historiae Augustae (= Klio supplement 24). Dieterich'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Leipzig 1931 (= dissertation, digitized version ).
  • The Cologne coin treasure trove from 1909 (= writings of the Roman and Germanic departments of the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum of the City of Cologne, issue 1). Dieterich'sche Verlagbuchhandlung, Leipzig 1935.
  • (Ed.): From the treasury of ancient Trier. New research and excavations. The Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Society for Useful Research, 1801–1951 . Paulinus-Verlag, Trier 1951; 2nd revised edition Trier 1959.
  • Augusta Treverorum. Tour through the Roman city of Trier . Paulinus-Verlag, Trier 1954, 13th edition 1985.
    • English: Treveris, a guide through Roman Trier . 1959; French: Trèves, cité romaine. Guide illustré . Trier 1959.
  • The Kaiserthermen in Trier (= guide sheets of the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier N.F. No. 3). Trier 1954.
  • (Ed.): The basilica in Trier. Festschrift for the Restoration Dec. 9, 1956 . Mainz 1956.
  • with Theodor Konrad Kempf (ed.): Early Christian evidence in the catchment area of ​​the Rhine and Moselle . Trier 1965.
  • Trier, Kaiserthermen (= leader of the administration of the state palaces of Rhineland-Palatinate, issue 1). State Office for the Preservation of Monuments of Rhineland-Palatinate, Administration of the State Palaces, Mainz 1976.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Reusch at the German National Library .
  2. ↑ Structure and teaching program of the subject Ancient History, Prof. h. c. Dr. Wilhelm Reusch, p. 33, University of Trier, Center for Classical Studies (ZAT), In: Uni-Trier (pdf) .
  3. ^ Wilhelm Reusch (†), Marcel Lutz (†), Hans-Peter Kuhnen: The excavations in the western part of the Trier Imperial Baths 1960–1966. The city palace of the financial procurator of the provinces of Belgica, Upper and Lower Germany . Verlag Marie Leidorf, Rahden / Westfalen 2012, ISBN 978-3-86757-651-2 .
personal data
SURNAME Reusch, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH August 19, 1995
Place of death trier