Christian Leiber

Christian Leiber, 2017

Christian Leiber (born around 1952) is a German prehistoric archaeologist . He headed the district archeology of the district of Holzminden and the cultural center Weser Renaissance - Bevern Castle until 2018.

As a schoolboy Christian Leiber developed an interest in the medieval forest glassworks in Hils . He studied from around 1975 to 1981 at the Georg-August University of Göttingen and the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen . His subjects were prehistory and early history , hunting archeology, classical archeology and ethnology . Christian Leiber finished his studies with a dissertation on The Neolithic between Hildesheim Forest and Ith . Since 1982 he has been a district archaeologist for the Holzminden district, with the exception of the city of Holzminden. The main focus he worked by excavations on the theme of the glassworks and forest glass huts in Weserbergland , for example in the Waldglashutte under the Hilsborn and the glass factory Holzen . He also deals with castle complexes in the Weserbergland, such as the Polle castle ruins . At his place of employment in Bevern Castle , he was in charge of the local cultural center. On his retirement in 2018, he was appointed honorary professor at the Maria Curie Skłodowska University in Lublin .

Fonts (selection)

• History of the forest glassworks in Hils. In: 250 Years of the Green Plan 1744 - 1994. Alfeld 1994.
• 750 years of the city of Holzminden. Holzminden 1995.
• Treasures of the Ostrogoths. Stuttgart 1995.
• The eagle on the glass. In: Archeology in Lower Saxony . 2001, pp. 116-119.
• with Andrzej Kokowski: The vandals: the kings, the elites, the warriors, the craftsmen. Publication for the exhibition "The Vandals" in the Weser Renaissance Castle Bevern 2003, Nordstemmen 2003.
• Work and life in medieval and early modern glassworks in the Leine-Weser Bergland in southern Lower Saxony. In: E. Ring (Ed.): Glass culture in Lower Saxony. Tableware and household glass from the Middle Ages to the early modern period. Husum 2003.
• Preliminary report on the excavations of an early modern glassworks near Grünenplan in Hils. In: Peter Steppuhn (Ed.): Glashütten in conversation. Reports and materials from the 2nd International Symposium on Archaeological Research in Medieval and Early Modern Glassworks in Europe. Kulturkreis Glashütten eV, Lübeck 2003, ISBN 3-7950-0795-X , pp. 18-26.
• Studies on the prehistory and early history of the Upper Weser region (= contributions to archeology in Lower Saxony. Volume 9). Rahden 2000, ISBN 3-89646-929-0 (dissertation, Göttingen).
• A forest glassworks from the 17th century near Grünenplan in Hils In: Mamoun Fansa , Frank Both, Henning Haßmann (ed.): Archeology | Land | Lower Saxony. 400,000 years of history. Landesmuseum für Natur und Mensch, Oldenburg 2004, pp. 275–280.
• An old glass factory in Holzen am Ith In: Archeology in Lower Saxony. 8, 2005, pp. 88-91.
• From the Pottland into the world: a historic pottery region between the Weser and Leine. Publication for the exhibition "From the Pottland into the World" 2012 in the Duingen Pottery Museum and in the Weser Renaissance Castle Bevern, Holzminden 2012.
• Attack on a forest glassworks in Hils near Grünenplan during the Thirty Years' War. In: Tobias Gärtner, Sonja König (ed.): From the Weser to the world. Festschrift for Hans-Georg Stephan for his 65th birthday. Beier & Beran archaeological specialist literature, Langenweissbach 2015, ISBN 978-3-95741-035-1 .

Web links

Commons : Christian Leiber  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Leiber, Christian .  Publications in the bibliographic database of the Regesta Imperii .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Christian Leiber: The Neolithic between Hildesheim Forest and Ith. Attempt to interpret surface finds . Goettingen 1981, OCLC 834671128 .
2. ^ "Secret passage search" on the Poller castle ruins - shooting of the NDR on castle archeology in July 2008 at polle-weser.de
3. ↑ Pinboard of the Archaeological Commission for Lower Saxony