Andreas Heege

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Andreas Heege (* 1957 in Wattenscheid ) is a medieval and modern archaeologist . He has both German and Swiss citizenship and lives in Switzerland.

Life

education

Heege completed an apprenticeship as a prehistorian with a focus on the Neolithic , Metal Ages , early and high Middle Ages at the Universities of Cologne and Bonn under Gernot Jacob-Friesen , Jens Lüning , Gerhard Bosinski , Hermann Schwabedissen , Wolfgang Taute and Volker Bierbrauer . In his master's thesis he dealt with the subject of the grave finds from the Merovingian era from Heidenheim-Großkuchen . His dissertation is entitled Hambach 500. Villa rustica and early to high medieval settlement of Wüstweiler (Niederzier municipality), Düren district.

Professional activity

After graduating, he worked as an assistant at the seminar for prehistory and early history at the Georg-August University in Göttingen and as a city archaeologist in Einbeck , Lower Saxony. As a result of his work there, an exhibition and the publication “Einbeck in the Middle Ages. An archaeological-historical search for traces ”.

Since 2002 Andreas Heege has been working as a freelance archaeologist and scientific author for the company "Archäo-Service" in Zug , as well as for Archeology Switzerland , the Canton Archeology Schaffhausen, the Canton Archeology Zug and the municipality Bäriswil . He worked as a research assistant and editor in the Archaeological Service of the Canton of Bern.

Langnau ceramics : wedding bowl or show dinner, around 1800

From 2011 to 2014 Heege was a research assistant at the State Archeology of the Principality of Liechtenstein, where he was responsible for evaluating the finds from the “Kirchhügel Bendern ” excavation , which have now been published. Between January 1, 2014 and September 21, 2017, he and Andreas Kistler from Bäriswil supervised the documentation and evaluation project " Langnau Ceramics " on behalf of the municipality of Langnau im Emmental . In 2015, an evaluation of the medieval and modern ceramics of the bathing district of Baden in Aargau followed on behalf of the Canton Archeology of Aargau. In 2015/2016 he worked on the entire inventory of Swiss-German ceramics in the Musée Ariana in Geneva as the basis for the exhibition "Schnaps et Rösti". Since June 2017 he has been evaluating ceramics from the Lötscher pottery in St. Antönien in Prättigau , Canton of Graubünden . The research results will appear in April 2018 on the occasion of an exhibition in the Rätisches Museum Chur .

On the occasion of his 60th birthday, Andreas Heege received a commemorative publication in 2017 with the title “From a find to a book - Archeology through the ages”. The publication appeared in two forms as a printed book and as a special volume in the online journal Historische Archäologie der Universität Kiel.

Since April 2018 Andreas Heege has taken over the project CERAMICA CH - National Ceramic Inventory of Switzerland (1500-1950) and is currently preparing a free, internet-based image database, which was activated on December 1, 2019. It will initially include the cantons NE, SO, VD and GR. In addition, all ceramics from Bäriswil BE, Langnau BE and St. Antönien GR that are in public collections will be activated.

Research priorities

Heege's main research interests include material culture from the early Middle Ages to the 20th century. There is particular interest in research into the pottery , pottery ovens and ceramics in Germany and Switzerland. In addition, he is interested in researching everyday life and material culture in the Middle Ages and modern times. He has a particular interest in the linking of archival and archaeological information in the sense of historical archeology . His hobbies include researching tobacco pipes (clay pipes) in Germany and Switzerland , collecting photos with vinegar bottles made of stoneware and ceramics from Bäriswil , Langnau and St. Antönien in Prättigau. Andreas Heege has long been associated with the International Ceramic Research Working Group .

Publications (selection)

  • with Armand Baeriswyl: Gassengeschichten. The excavations in the Markt-, Kram- and Gerechtigkeitsgasse of Bern (= booklets on archeology in the canton of Bern. Volume 5). Archaeological Service of the Canton of Bern, Bern 2019, ISBN 978-3-9524659-8-1 .
  • Pottery from St. Antönien. The history of the Lötscher pottery and its products (1804-1898) (= Archeology Graubünden. Special issue 7). 2 volumes, Somedia-Buchverlag, Glarus / Chur 2019, ISBN 978-3-907095-01-0 .
  • with Andreas Kistler: Ceramics from Langnau. On the history of the most important land havings in the canton of Bern (= writings of the Bernisches Historisches Museum. Volume 13). 2 volumes, Bernisches Historisches Museum, Bern 2017, ISBN 978-3-9524783-0-1 .
  • with Andreas Kistler: Poteries décorées de Suisse alémanique, 17e-19e siècles - Collections du Musée Ariana, Genève / Keramik der Deutschschweiz, 17.-19. Century - The collection of the Musée Ariana, Geneva. 5 Continents Edition, Milan 2017, ISBN 978-88-7439-769-3 .
  • The excavations on the church hill of Bendern, Gamprin municipality, Principality of Liechtenstein. Volumes 2 + 3: Tableware from the 12th to the 20th century. Office for Culture, Principality of Liechtenstein, Archeology, Vaduz 2016, ISBN 978-3-9522933-8-6 .
  • with Andreas Kistler and Walter Thut: ceramics from Bäriswil . On the history of an important farmyard in the canton of Bern (= writings of the Bernisches Historisches Museum. 10). Bernisches Historisches Museum, Bern 2011, ISBN 978-3-9523269-6-1 .
  • Hohenklingen ob Stein am Rhein. Volume 2: Castle, Hochwacht, Kuranstalt. Research on material culture from the 12th to the 20th century (= Schaffhauser Archeology. Volume 9). Building Department of the Canton of Schaffhausen, Cantonal Archeology, Schaffhausen 2010, ISBN 978-3-9523689-2-3 .
  • Pottery around 1800. The historically dated kitchen and tableware from Bern, Brunngasshalde. Rub Media, Bern 2010.
  • Stoneware in Switzerland (14th – 20th centuries). An overview of the finds in the canton of Bern and the state of research on German, French and English stoneware in Switzerland. Rub Media, Bern 2009.
  • Pottery kilns - Pottery kilns - Four de potiers. Research into early medieval to modern pottery kilns (6th – 20th centuries) in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Switzerland (= Basler Hefte zur Aräologie. Volume 4). Archäologie-Verlag, Basel 2007 (2008).
  • Einbeck in the Middle Ages. An archaeological-historical search for traces (= studies on Einbeck's history. Volume 17). Isensee, Oldenburg 2002, ISBN 3-89598-836-7 .
  • Hambach 500. Villa rustica and early to high medieval settlement (= Rhenish excavations. Volume 41). Rudolf Habelt, Cologne / Bonn 1998.
  • The ceramics of the early and high Middle Ages from the Rhineland. State of research - typology, chronology, types of goods (= archaeological reports. Volume 5). Holos, Bonn 1995, ISBN 3-86097-138-7 ( online ).
  • Grave finds from the Merovingian period from Heidenheim-Grosskuchen (= material booklets on prehistory and early history in Baden-Württemberg. Volume 9). Theiss, Stuttgart 1987.

literature

  • Eva Roth Heege: Andreas Heege - a researcher with many facets. In: Historical archeology. Special volume 2017. pp. 19–36 ( online , with list of publications).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Grave finds from the Merovingian era from Heidenheim-Großkuchen. (Material booklets on prehistory and early history in Baden-Württemberg 9), Stuttgart 1987.
  2. ↑ Hambach 500. Villa rustica and early to high medieval settlement Wüstweiler (Niederzier community), Düren district. (Rhenish excavations 41), Cologne / Bonn 1997.
  3. ^ Page of the seminar for prehistory and early history
  4. ↑ http://www.academia.edu/1501063/Einbeck_im_Mittelalter._Eine_arch%C3%A4ologischer-historische_Spurensuche
  5. ↑ https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/heege2002
  6. ^ Cantonal archeology in the Canton of Schaffhausen
  7. ↑ Canton archeology, Zug
  8. ^ Archaeological service of the canton of Bern
  9. ↑ http://www.llv.li/#/1809/archaologie Archeology at the Liechtenstein State Administration
  10. ↑ http://www.neo1.ch/programm/aktuell/550-jahre-marktrecht-langnau.html
  11. ↑ Cantonal Archeology Aargau
  12. ↑ Schnapps & hash browns
  13. ^ The Hafner Lötscher in St. Antönien. On the important ceramic production of the 19th century. in a Walser settlement in the Prättigau
  14. ↑ http://www.habelt.de
  15. ↑ Special volume 1: From the archaeological find to the book. Archeology through the ages. Festschrift for Andreas Heege.
  16. ↑ Middle Ages and Modern Times, an introduction to the basics. 2010. Link to the PDF ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.erz.be.ch
  17. ↑ KnasterKOPF - specialist magazine for clay pipes and historical tobacco consumption
  18. ↑ Andreas Heege, smoke signals over Helvetia. On the status of clay pipe research in Switzerland with special consideration of the Canton of Bern, in: Journal of the Academie internationale de La Pipe 4, 2011, 15–38.
  19. ↑ Andreas Heege, Essigsäuli-Essigfässchen-baril à vinaigre-vinaigrier. A special Alsatian ceramic shape made of stoneware "Westerwälder Art", in: Harald Siebenmorgen, looking west. Pottery in Baden and Alsace. 45th International Symposium on Ceramic Research Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, August 24-28, 2012, Karlsruhe 2013, 99-105.
personal data
SURNAME Heege, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss-German medieval and modern archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Wattenscheid