Archaeological Society of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck
The Archaeological Society of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck is a registered association based in Lübeck , which is committed to the protection of archaeological monuments and their research.
History of origin
It was founded on April 23, 1996 and has the status of a non-profit association. It has meanwhile become a subsidiary of the Society for the Promotion of Charitable Activities ("Die Gemeinnützige") in Lübeck. The number of members has grown from a little over 50 in the year it was founded to almost 200 (as of March 2014).
In addition to full-time archaeologists, the society also includes many citizens from Lübeck and the surrounding area who are interested in archeology . The chairman of the society is the archaeologist Alfred Falk.
tasks
The association is dedicated to the protection of archaeological monuments and their research through lectures and excursions. In addition, she supports the archeology department of the city administration of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck with personnel and finances. In addition to flyers for brief information on archaeologically significant sites in Lübeck, it also publishes an annual report that reports on the state of archaeological research in Lübeck. The annual publication is to be supplemented with supplements in the future.
One of the greatest successes so far has been the establishment of an archaeological museum in 2005 in the confessional house of the castle monastery in Lübeck . This museum was closed again in 2011. Its work is only partially continued by the European Hanseatic Museum, which opened in 2015 .
Annual publications
So far the following annual publications have been published:
- Volume 6: Confessional, gym, studio and museum - a building and its history (2011)
- Volume 5: Curiosa Archaeologica - Unusual Insights into Archeology (2004)
- Volume 4: Facts and Visions - Lübeck Archeology in the Last Decade (2002)
- Volumes 2–3: With Gugel, Pritschholz and Trippe - Everyday Life in Medieval Lübeck (1999)
- Volume 1: History of Lübeck Archeology (1997)