Dietrich Kötzsche

Dietrich Kötzsche (born July 3, 1930 in Berlin ; † January 20, 2008 there ) was a German art historian .

He passed his Abitur in 1949 at the Ulrich von Hutten Oberschule in Berlin-Lichtenrade . First he completed a traineeship at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (East), where he soon became a research assistant. In the 1950/51 winter semester he began studying art history , Christian archeology and classical archeology at the Humboldt University in Berlin , from which he graduated in 1954 with a diploma; afterwards he worked again as a research assistant at the East Berlin museums. At the end of 1958 he ended this activity and moved to the University of Bonn in the 1959 summer semester . 1963–1965 he was Scientific Secretary of the Council of Europe exhibition "Charlemagne". On January 1, 1966, he took on the position of assistant at the Bonn Art History Institute. In 1969 he received his doctorate under Herbert von Einem Dr. phil. After a brief activity at the Aachen Suermondt Museum , he went to the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin in 1971 , where he worked, most recently as chief curator, until his retirement in 1995; at the same time he was honorary professor at the Technical University of Berlin .

His main research area was the goldsmith's art of the Middle Ages, especially that of the Rhine-Meuse area in the 12th century, where he was one of the internationally recognized experts.

Fonts (selection)

Medallion depicting the OPERATIO from the former reredos of St. Remaklus in the Stablo monastery; Maasland, around 1150, pit enamel on copper, gilded; Decorative Arts Museum Berlin

• Representations of Charlemagne in the local worship of the Middle Ages, in: Charlemagne. Lebenswerk und Nachleben, Vol. 4 (Berlin 1966), pp. 157–214
• The Welfenschatz in the Berlin Museum of Decorative Arts. Berlin 1973 (picture books of the State Museums of Prussian Cultural Heritage 20/21)
• The shrine of St. Viktor in Xanten Cathedral. Bonn 1978 (= dissertation, with curriculum vitae)
• The medallion with the OPERATIO from the Remaklus reredos in Stablo. Berlin, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation 1979
• The Gospel of Heinrichs the Lion, in: The Gospel of Heinrichs of the Lion. Hannover 1984, pp. 39-72
• The book cover of the Quedlinburg Gospels, in: The Samuhel Gospels from the Quedlinburg Cathedral. Exhibition January 17–27. February 1991. Berlin, Kulturstiftung der Länder 1991, pp. 43–50 (Patrimonia 25)
• (Ed.), The Gospel Book of Henry the Lion. Commentary on the facsimile. Frankfurt a. M., Insel 1989
• (Ed.), The Quedlinburger Schatz reunited. Catalog for the exhibition in the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage, October 31, 1992–30. May 1993. Berlin, Ars Nicolai 1992
• together with Lothar Lambacher, with contributions by Hannah Moland and Hans-Werner Pape: Highlights of Romanesque treasure art. The dome reliquaries in London and Berlin and their surroundings, catalog for the exhibition at the Kunstgewerbemuseum der Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, September 16–19. November 2006, Kunstgewerbemuseum, National Museums in Berlin. Berlin, Kunstgewerbemuseum 2006

literature

• Rainer Kahsnitz : Dietrich Kötzsche. In: Journal of the German Association for Art Research 62 (2008), pp. 288–292.