Wolfgang Czysz

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Wolfgang Czysz [spoken Czech] (born March 25, 1949 in Wiesbaden ) is a German provincial Roman archaeologist . Czysz made significant contributions to research into Roman burial customs (Roman burial grounds of Schwabmünchen and Günzburg ), to settlement studies, especially to rural settlement, and to research into Roman ceramics and the Carolingian mill technology.

Career

Wolfgang Czysz, son of the pharmacist and local researcher Walter Czysz , first attended elementary school in Wiesbaden, then the humanistic dilthey high school . After graduation in 1967 he began to study classical archeology , prehistory and early history and Ancient History at the University of Mainz . In 1969 he moved to the University of Heidelberg in order Provincial Roman Archeology to study. He studied with Frank Brommer , German Hafner , Rafael von Uslar , Hans Ulrich Instinsky , Hans Klumbach , Hans Jürgen Hundt , Kurt Böhner and in Heidelberg with Vladimir Milojčić and Hans Schönberger .

1970 Czysz moved to the University of Oxford ( Balliol College ) and from the winter semester 1970/71 to the University of Munich . In addition to provincial Roman archeology, he also studied prehistory and osteology there . In 1975 he received his doctorate with a thesis on the geography of settlements and the history of the Roman era and the early manhood of the Nördlinger Ries under Günter Ulbert . From 1975 to 1977 he was employed by the State Office for Monument Preservation of Hesse in Wiesbaden as part of a project funded by the German Research Foundation to research the Roman castles of Heldenbergen . Afterwards, Czysz went to the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn as a scientific advisor and on November 1st, 1977 changed to the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation in Augsburg as the second advisor under Günther Krahe (regional department Bavarian Swabia). In 1979 he was appointed curator, in 1984 chief curator and in 1990 head of the Swabian archaeological branch. In the same year he became a lecturer at the University of Innsbruck . In 1996 he played a key role in the planning and relocation of this branch from Augsburg to the former Thierhaupten monastery . In 2000, Czysz was appointed chief curator. After the structural reform of the office in 2003, he headed the newly established regional department for Central Franconia and Swabia from Thierhaupten. In addition to this department, the head of the department and department, he was responsible for the archeology of the Roman Empire in Bavaria in the “Technical Issues” department. On January 25, 2002, Czysz received his habilitation at the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Innsbruck and he was granted the license to teach as a university lecturer in the subject of "Provincial Roman Archeology"; In 2011 he was appointed honorary professor. He retired on July 1, 2014. His successor in Thierhaupten was the prehistorian Walter Irlinger.

Czysz is a fully elected member of the Swabian Research Foundation in Augsburg and the Association of State Archaeologists in the Federal Republic of Germany. In 2001 he was elected a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute . In 2014 he received the Rainer Christlein Medal for services to Bavarian regional archeology.

His hobbies include drawing and painting. The illustrated volume Mit Seume nach Syrakus , published in 2001, was a result of this occupation . A literary journey through Italy in 1802 .

Fonts

Monographs

  • A Bavarian row cemetery from the 7th century in Öxing . A contribution to Grafing's early history. Grafing 1973 ( Grafinger local history writings 7 ).
  • The Roman estate in Munich-Denning and the Roman settlement on the Munich gravel plain. Lassleben, Kallmünz 1974 ( catalogs of the Prehistoric State Collection Munich 16 ).
  • Settlement areas and history of the Roman era and early Manor land acquisition in the Nördlinger Ries in: Journal of the Historisches Verein für Schwaben , Volume 72, 1978, pp. 70-94, under the title: Situation types of Roman estates in the Nördlinger Ries . Himmer, Augsburg 1978, DNB 790989824 (Dissertation University of Munich, 12 - Philosophical Faculty, Department of Classical Studies and Cultural Studies, 1979, 25 pages excerpt ).
  • Bedaium . Seebruck in Roman times. (together with Erwin Keller). 1st edition Munich 1978; 2nd edition 1981
  • The Roman pottery from the Vicus Wimpfen in the valley (together with H. Kaiser / Michael Mackensen / Günter Ulbert ). Theiss, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-8062-0761-5 ( research and reports on the prehistory and early history of Baden-Württemberg 11 ).
  • Roman ceramics from the pottery settlement of Schwabmünchen in the Augsburg district. (together with S. Sommer). Lassleben, Kallmünz 1983, ISBN 3-7847-5122-9 ( catalogs of the Prehistoric State Collection Munich 22 )
  • Archeology and history of ceramics in Swabia. (together with W. Endres), Neusäß 1988 ( Neusäßer Schriften 6 ).
  • Steinguthfabrique Louisensruh . Archeology and history of a stoneware factory in the 19th century near Aystetten in Bavarian Swabia. Neusäß 1992, ISBN 3-8242-9970-4 ( Neusäßer Schriften 7 )
  • The Romans in Bavaria. (together with Karlheinz Dietz / Hans-Jörg Kellner / Thomas Fischer ) Stuttgart 1995, 2nd edition 2001; 3rd edition license edition. 2005, ISBN 3-8062-1058-6 .
  • The oldest watermills. Archaeological discoveries in the Paartal near Dasing. Thierhaupten 1998.
  • News from old Schwabmünchen. 20 years of excavations in the Roman pottery village. Booklet accompanying the special exhibition. Museum and gallery of the city of Schwabmünchen. Friedberg 1999
  • Death in the pot. Excavations in the Roman burial ground of Oberpeiching near Rain am Lech. Friedberg 1999.
  • With Seume to Syracuse. A literary journey through Italy in 1802. Friedberg 2001, ISBN 3-9807628-1-5 .
  • Gontia-Günzburg in Roman times. Archaeological discoveries on the Bavarian-Swabian Danube. Friedberg 2002, ISBN 39807628-2-3
  • Heroes mountains in the Wetterau. Camp, fort, vicus. Mainz 2003, ISBN 3-8053-2834-6 ( Limes research 27 ).
  • Mangoldstein Castle in Donauwörth. Archeology and history. Likias, Friedberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-9812181-3-8 ( Archeology in Bavarian Swabia 3 ).
  • Medieval millstone quarries in the Bavarian Inn Valley. Friedberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-9812181-9-0 .
  • Roman and early medieval water mills in the Paartal near Dasing. Studies on agriculture in the 1st millennium , Michael Laßleben, Kallmünz 2016.
  • Handbook of Provincial Roman Archeology I. Sources, methods, goals. Wiesbaden 2019, ISBN 978-3-95490-355-9 ( Munich Contributions to Provincial Roman Archeology, Supplementary Volume 1 ).

Articles (selection)

  • The grave of a Roman painter from Nida-Heddernheim . (together with Hans-Gert Bachmann). In: Germania 55, 1977, 85-107.
  • The Middle Roman finds from the excavations near Ortisei and Afra. In: Joachim Werner (ed.): The excavations in St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg 1961–1968. Munich 1977, pp. 453–456 ( Munich Contributions to Pre- and Early History 23 )
  • Archaeological follow-up examination at the Neuwirtshaus small fort near Hanau. In: Neues Magazin für Hanauische Geschichte 6, 1977, pp. 121–128.
  • A Roman estate on site 77/132 in the Hambach Forest. In: Excavations in the Rhineland '77, 1978, pp. 118–127 ( Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, special issue )
  • Situation types of Roman manors in the Nördlinger Ries. Excerpt from: Settlement geography and history of the Roman era and the early man's land acquisition in the Nördlinger Ries. Inaugural dissertation at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (1975). Magazine Hist. Ver. Schwaben 72, 1978, pp. 70-94.
  • Excavations in the Kesselstadt fort in Hanau, Main-Kinzig district. In: Fund reports Hessen 17/18, 1977/78 (Wiesbaden 1980), pp. 165-181.
  • The Romans in the Ries. In: H. Frei / G. Krahe (ed.): Archaeological walks in the Ries. (1979), pp. 73-87 ( Guide to archaeological monuments Bavaria, Swabia, vol. 2 ).
  • A new Raetian sigillata factory near Schwabmünchen, district of Augsburg. In: Annual Report of the Bavarian Heritage Monument Care 21, 1980, pp. 155–174.
  • The Sigillata crockery find from Cambodunum-Kempten. A contribution to the technology and commercial knowledge of ceramics from the Middle Imperial period. In: Ber. RGK 63, 1982, pp. 281-348.
  • Roman forts Kesselstadt and Salisberg; Roman military camp and Vicus Nidderau-Heldenbergen; The Neuwirtshaus small fort. In: Dietwulf Baatz / Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann (eds.): Die Römer in Hessen (1st edition 1982), pp. 334–337; 337-340; 450-455.
  • Roman pottery waste from the Keckwiese in Kempten. To the Roman pottery of Kempten- Cambodunum . (together with M. Mackensen). In: Bavarian History Leaflets 48, 1983, pp. 129-164.
  • For the production of Roman picture lamps. In: Germania 62, 1984, pp. 67-73.
  • The late Roman pottery and brickworks of Rohrbach in the Aichach-Friedberg district. (together with M. Maggetti / G. Galetti / H. Schwander). In: Bavarian History Leaves 49, 1984, pp. 215-256.
  • The Roman pottery village of Rapis and the terra sigillata factory near Schwabegg. 10 years of excavations of the Bavarian. State Office for Monument Preservation 1978–1988 in the city of Schwabmünchen, Augsburg district, Swabia. In: The archaeological year in Bavaria 1987 (1988), pp. 123–132.
  • Roman state road via Claudia Augusta. The northern section between the foot of the Alps and the Danube. In: La Venetia nell'area Padano-Danubiana. Le vie di comunicazione. Padua 1990. pp. 253-283.
  • The Roman estate in the Maienbachtal near Holheim. In: Rüdiger Krause : From Ipf to Goldberg. Archaeological hikes on the western edge of the Ries. (1992), pp. 129-136 ( Guide to archaeological monuments Baden-Württemberg 16 )
  • A Bavarian watermill in the Paartal near Dasing. In: Antike Welt 25, 1994, pp. 152-154.
  • Bad Wörishofen-Schlingen, Late Antique street post (137–138); Buchenberg-Eschach, Large and Small "Schwedenschanze" (147–149); Dirlewang, The Roman manor on the Galgenberg (154–157); Füssen, The Roman state road Via Claudia Augusta (163–167); Füssen, late Roman fort on the "Schloßberg" (167–168); Heimenkirch-Dreiheiligen, Burgus (177–179); together with W. Schmidt: Immenstadt, early modern dam fortification (181–184); Marktoberdorf-Rieder, A depot of Roman bronze bells (198–201); Schwangau, Roman Villa (224–226); Türkheim, prehistoric and early historical fortifications on the Goldberg (234–237). In: W. Czysz / H. Dietrich / G. Weber (ed.): Kempten and the Allgäu. Theiss, Stuttgart 1995 ( Guide to Archaeological Monuments in Germany, Vol. 30 ).
  • The area around Augsburg in the Roman Empire. In: W. Pötzl / O. Schneider (Ed.): Pre- and early history, archeology of a landscape. The district of Augsburg vol. 2. Augsburg 1996, pp. 203-266.
  • An early imperial trading center on the Via Claudia Augusta in the Lechtal near Dietringen. In: E. Walde (Ed.): Via Claudia. New research. Innsbruck 1998, pp. 285-307.
  • Gunzburg. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 13, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1999, ISBN 3-11-016315-2 , pp. 154-158.
  • State archeology in Bavarian Swabia. (together with H. Dietrich) In: P. Fassl (Hrsg.): History, renovation and current use of the Thierhaupten Monastery. Augsburg 2000, pp. 159-167.
  • Via Claudia Augusta. On a Roman state road through history. In: Kulturberichte aus Tirol 55, 2001, pp. 140–146.
  • Craft structures in the Roman pottery village of Schwabmünchen and in the Sigillata factory near Schwabegg. In: Research on the Roman ceramic industry. Production, legal and distribution structures. Mainz 2000, pp. 55-88 ( Trier historical research 42 ).
  • The Romans in Swabia. (together with K. Dietz). In: History of Swabia up to the end of the 18th century. Handb. Bayer. History (Ed. M. Spindler) III Teilbd. 2, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-406-39452-3 , pp. 46-95.
  • The Roman manor. Agriculture on a large scale. In: people, times, spaces. Archeology in Germany. Berlin / Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8062-1596-0 / 3-88906-467-7, pp. 274-280.
  • Banquet with gods. In: Archeology in Germany 3, 2003, pp. 34–35.
  • 350 miles from the Po to the Danube. In: Archeology in Germany 4, 2003, pp. 36–39.
  • Coins for Mithras. In: Archeology in Germany 4, 2003, p. 43.
  • The Roman estate of Nördlingen-Holheim, Donau-Ries district. (together with Andrea Faber and others). In: Report of the Bavarian Heritage Monument Care 45/46, 2004/2005, pp. 45–172.
  • Wooden witnesses of time. In: Archeology in Germany 1, 2006, pp. 30–31.
  • Sunken gods. In: Archeology in Germany 1, 2006, pp. 45–46.
  • Archeology in the carp pond. News from the Roman vicus of Dambach. In: New research on the Limes. (Ed. Andreas Thiel ). 4th specialist colloquium of the German Limes Commission 27./28. February 2007 in Osterburken. Stuttgart 2008, pp. 173-181 ( Contributions to the Limes World Heritage, Vol. 3 ).
  • (together with Frank Herzig) New dendrodata from the Limes Palisade in Raetia. In: New research on the Limes. (Ed. Andreas Thiel). 4th specialist colloquium of the German Limes Commission 27./28. February 2007 in Osterburken. Stuttgart 2008, pp. 183–195 ( Contributions to the Limes World Heritage, Vol. 3 ).
  • (together with Andrea Faber) The villa rustica at the Kühstallweiher near Marktoberdorf-Kohlhunden. (with contributions by F. Herzig, R. Holzer, H. Obermaier, M. Scholz) 2008, pp. 227–365 ( reports from Bayerische Bodendenkmalpflege 49 ).
  • Between town and country - shape and character of the Roman vici in the province of Raetien. In: Alexander Heising (Ed.): New research on small civilian settlements (vici) in the Roman north-west provinces. Files from the Lahr conference October 21-23, 2010. Habelt, Bonn 2013, ISBN 978-3-7749-3759-8 , pp. 261–377.
  • (together with W. Schmid and contributions by J. Hense, K. Panagiotopoulos, F. Schäbitz, K. Schittek, A. Scharf and F. Herzig): The Roman road in the Unterzeller Bachtal near Dasing in the district of Aichach-Friedberg. A study of the history of the landscape in the foothills of the Alps. In: Ber. Bayer. Ground monument care 54, 2013, pp. 9–44.
  • The Roman pottery wheels from Speicher, Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm. Ergological studies for the construction and reconstruction of an ancient machine. Trier magazine 82, 2019, 9–55.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Römerforscher retires , Augsburger Allgemeine July 3, 2014, accessed on October 9, 2014.
  2. ^ With Seume to Syracuse. A literary journey through Italy in 1802 . Likias, Friedberg 2001, ISBN 3-9807628-1-5 .
personal data
SURNAME Czysz, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German provincial Roman archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiesbaden