Dieter Bischop

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Dieter Bischop (born May 12, 1966 in Rhede ) is a German archaeologist whose area of ​​responsibility extends to Bremen and Bremerhaven .

Life

Dieter Bischop was born in Rhede. After graduating from high school at St. Josef-Gymnasium in Bocholt , he studied prehistory, early history, classical archeology, ancient history and ethnology at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster between 1986 and 1992 . Afterwards, Bischop first worked as an archaeologist in the Diepholz district , later he was employed at the Institute for Monument Preservation in Hanover . In 1988 in Oman and in 1992 and 1993 in Assos, Turkey, he was responsible for the local management of various excavation campaigns.

In 1998 he received his doctorate with a dissertation on the subject of "The Roman Empire and the Early Migration Period between Weser and Hunte", supervised by Torsten Capelle . After completing his dissertation, he became a research assistant at the State Archaeologist Bremen . Since 2001 he has been responsible as an archaeologist for the Bremen city center, which also includes the UNESCO World Heritage Site around the town hall and Roland , and Bremerhaven . At the same time, he was appointed honorary officer for the preservation of monuments in the Diepholz district. Between February 2007 ( Manfred Rech retired ) and March 2008 ( Uta Halle assumed office ) he was also acting state archaeologist in Bremen. As such, Bischop was the editor of the seventh volume of the Bremer Archäologische Blätter .

As an archaeologist in the state of Bremen, among other things, he was responsible for an excavation in the Dionysius Church in Bremerhaven-Wulsdorf in 2002 , which unearthed an important coin treasure. In 2007, during investigations during the construction of the Beluga Shipping company headquarters, he discovered a 17th century Weser barge identified as the Eke type , under which two further wrecks were later found. In 2009, Bischop unearthed the oldest archaeological finds in Bremen in the city center, which were dated to the year 829. In 2020 he was involved in investigations at the mesolithic site in Bremen , which is around 10,000 years old and is the oldest site in Bremen.

Dieter Bischop is married and has a son and a daughter.

Publications (selection)

  • as editor with Nicola Borger-Keweloh and Dieter Riemer : Burg und Kirche in Wulsdorf (= special publications of the Heimatbund der Männer vom Morgenstern. NR 51 = publications of the Bremerhaven City Archives. 23). Men from Morgenstern, Bremerhaven 2014, ISBN 978-3-931771-00-3 .
  • The seat of the diocese of Bremen in the late 8th and 9th centuries. In: Rainer-Maria Weiss, Anne Klammt (ed.): Myth Hammaburg. Archaeological discoveries at the beginnings of Hamburg (= publication of the Helms Museum, Archaeological Museum Hamburg, Stadtmuseum Harburg. 107). Archaeological Museum Hamburg, Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-931429-27-0 , pp. 417-433.
  • The Bremer Belge in the early Middle Ages. In: Settlement and coastal research in the southern North Sea area. 24, 2011, ISSN  1867-2744 , pp. 359-378.
  • The good news from the sewer, religious finds from Bremen. In: Religiosity in the Middle Ages and Modern Times (= communications of the German Society for Archeology of the Middle Ages and the Modern Age. 23, ISSN  1619-1439 ). German Society for Archeology of the Middle Ages and Modern Times eV, Paderborn 2011, pp. 51–62, ( digitized version (PDF; 1.8 MB) ).
  • Medieval luxury in Bremen. In: Manfred glasses (ed.): Lübeck colloquium on urban archeology in the Hanseatic region. 6: Luxury and Lifestyle. Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 2008, ISBN 978-3-7950-1289-2 , pp. 185-206.
  • Early stone buildings on the Bremen Schlachte. In: Michael James Hurst, Bruno Switala, Bodo Zehm (eds.): Stone works - a building type of the Middle Ages? Lectures at the Steinwerke Colloquium from March 2nd to 4th, 2006 in Osnabrück (= publications on the archeology of the Osnabrück region. 6 = Osnabrück cultural region. 28). Rasch, Bramsche 2008, ISBN 978-3-89946-110-7 , pp. 159-178.
  • The Roman Empire and the early migration period between the Weser and Hunte. An archaeological inventory of the Diepholz district. Isensee, Oldenburg 2001, ISBN 3-89598-803-0 (also: Münster, Universität, dissertation, 1998).
  • The ramparts in Aschen-Mehrholz, Ldkr. Diepholz In: Michael cell (ed.): Terra Incognita? , Mainz 2008, pp. 203-208

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Die Welt : Treasure in the church floor delights archaeologists. Retrieved June 4, 2015 .
  2. ^ Spiegel Online : Bremen: Old cargo ship discovered in sewer. Retrieved June 4, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Spectrum of Science : Shipping History : Old Ships in a Double Pack. Retrieved June 4, 2015 .
  4. ^ Radio Bremen : Weser barges: sensational find is sunk again. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 30, 2015 ; Retrieved June 4, 2015 .
  5. ^ Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung : Excavations: Archaeologists come across one of the oldest finds in Bremen. Retrieved June 4, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Bischop, Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Roadstead