Axel Klausmeier
Axel Klausmeier (* 1965 in Essen ) is a German art and architecture historian and has been the director of the Berlin Wall Foundation since January 1, 2009 .
Career
Axel Klausmeier first studied art history , modern and medieval history in Bochum , Munich and Berlin . The subject of his dissertation was a biography of the English architect Thomas Ripley .
From 1999 to 2001 he volunteered as a research assistant at the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg . He then worked as an assistant at the Chair of Monument Preservation at the Brandenburg Technical University in Cottbus . During this time, on behalf of the Berlin Senate, together with the chair holder Leo Schmidt , he researched the structural remains of the inner-city border in Berlin and published the results in a book in 2004.
In 2006 Klausmeier moved to the Institute for Monument Preservation at the ETH Zurich as a senior assistant . There he worked in science management. However, he left this position just one year later to take part as a research associate in the research project The Berlin Wall as a Symbol of the Cold War: from the instrument of SED domestic policy to the German Research Foundation 's monument of international standing .
In November 2008 Klausmeier was elected as the new director by the Board of Trustees of the Berlin Wall Foundation. On January 1, 2009, he officially took up the position. Since then, the extension of the Berlin Wall Memorial has been completed under his direction . In November 2012, the Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus appointed Klausmeier as honorary professor . He represents the field of "Historical Cultural and Remembrance Landscapes".
Publications (selection)
As an author
- Thomas Ripley, architect. Case study of a career in the Royal Office of the King's Works in the Age of Neopalladianism. Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2000, ISBN 3-631-35867-9 (dissertation, University of Bochum, 1999).
- with Leo Schmidt : Wall remains - wall traces. Westkreuz, Bad Münstereifel 2004, ISBN 3-929592-50-9 .
- "Behind the wall". To the military and structural infrastructure of the Central Border Command. Links, Berlin 2012.
As editor
- Fürst-Pückler-Park cultural landscape. Westkreuz, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-929592-89-4 .
- with John Schofield and Louise Purbrick: Re-mapping the field: New Approaches in Conflict Archeology. Westkreuz, Berlin 2006.
- with Thomas Drachenberg , Ralph Paschke, Michael Rohde : Preservation of monuments and society. Detlef Karg on his 65th birthday. Hinstorff, Rostock 2010.
- with Günter Schlusche: Preservation of monuments for the Berlin Wall. The preservation of an uncomfortable monument. Left, Berlin 2011.
- with Günter Schlusche, Verena Pfeiffer-Kloss, Gabi Dolff-Bonekämper : Urban development in double Berlin. Contemporaries and places of remembrance . Left, Berlin 2014.
- The Berlin Wall. Exhibition catalog of the Berlin Wall Memorial . Left, Berlin 2015.
Web links
- Literature by and about Axel Klausmeier in the catalog of the German National Library
- Portrait on the Berlin Wall Memorial site
- The "face of the Berlin Wall" comes from Cottbus , Science Information Service
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Klausmeier, Axel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art and architecture historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | eat |