Fred Ruchhöft

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Archaeological dig on Cape Arkona

Fred Ruchhöft (born February 9, 1971 in Lübz ) is a German historian and archaeologist specializing in the Slavic settlement of northern and central Germany, as well as the medieval settlement development in what is now Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania .

Life

Fred Ruchhöft attended the ten-class polytechnic high school "Rosa Luxemburg" in his hometown Plau am See , then he passed his Abitur in 1989 at the extended high school in the then district town of Lübz. After his initial basic military service in the NVA , due to the political changes of German reunification , he was able to finish doing civilian service .

In 1990 Ruchhöft began studying to be a teacher at the Humboldt University in Berlin , but shortly afterwards switched to the Historical Institute of the University of Rostock to study history, prehistory and early history as well as classical archeology there until 1995. He finished his studies with a master's thesis on “The benefices of the Plau parish. An investigation into the financial circumstances of a Mecklenburg parish from its foundation to 1960 ”. He then began his career as an archaeologist at the State Office for Heritage Management Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (now State Office for Culture and Heritage Conservation, Division. Archeology and heritage) in Schwerin.

Fred Ruchhöft in 1999 at the Historical Institute of the University of Rostock with the theme "The development of the cultural landscape in space Plau Goldberg in the Middle Ages" for Dr. phil. PhD. In the same year he became a research assistant for the Germania Slavica project at the Humanities Center for the History and Culture of East Central Europe. V. (GWZO) in Leipzig. After working as a freelancer from 2006 to 2008, Ruchhöft has been a research assistant at the Chair for Prehistory and Protohistory at the University of Greifswald since June 2009 . From September 2019 he took over the management of the museum in Goldberg, which had not yet opened after a long renovation phase .

His main research interests and projects are:

  • Slavic settlement history (castles, tribal areas, settlement structures)
  • late medieval settlement development (desertification, urban development in rural areas)
  • Noble fortifications, history of the "robber barons"
  • Consequences of anthropogenic interference in the settlement landscape
  • GPS-supported research on settlement structures in the area
  • Research on the lower nobility in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and its archaeologically tangible traces
  • Slavic archeology on Rügen
  • Exhibition “Art meets archeology” in the Peilturm on Cape Arkona (Rügen) as co-curator
  • Collaboration on the "Mecklenburg Monastery Book" (joint project of the universities of Leipzig and Rostock)

Cape Arkona excavation

Jaromarsburg excavation site

For several years, Fred Ruchhöft was excavation manager at the archaeological excavation site of Jaromarsburg at Cape Arkona on the island of Rügen.

Publications

Fred Ruchhöft has published in numerous archaeological, historical and local history publications in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and beyond. a .:

  • The urban devastation from the 13th to the 16th century in the southeast of the Lübz district. In: Information from the district working group for prehistory and early history Schwerin. No. 32 (1992), pp. 22-31.
  • Fortified and unfortified noble settlements in the Plau area, Parchim district. Attempts at dating from written sources. In: Archaeological reports from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Volume 1 (1994), pp. 71-79.
  • The benefices of the parish of Plau. A study of the financial situation of a Mecklenburg parish from its foundation to 1960 (= Master's thesis at the University of Rostock). Rostock 1995; heavily abbreviated in: Messages from the Association for the History of Prignitz . Volume 9, Perleberg 2009, pp. 5-41.
  • Quetzin 1170 to 1995 - From 825 years of history of a village. Plau 1995.
  • The water level of the "Upper Lakes" in Mecklenburg in historical times. In: Nachrichtenblatt Arbeitskreis Unterwasserarchäologie. Vol. 5 (1999), pp. 36-39.
  • The development of the cultural landscape in the Plau-Goldberg area in the Middle Ages. (= Rostock studies on regional history. Volume 5). Rostock 2001, ISBN 3-935319-17-7 .
  • The archaeological finds from the old town of Plau am See, Lkr.Parchim. In: Ground monument maintenance in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Yearbook 2003, pp. 177-209.
  • The territory of the Werle lordship. In: Mecklenburgische Jahrbücher. (founded by Friedrich Lisch), 121st year, 2006, pp. 7–33.
  • From Grebbin to Warnemünde. A cultural and historical hike along the Warnow. (= History, architecture, art. Contributions to the cultural landscapes of Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. Vol. 1). Thomas Helms Verlag, Schwerin 2011, ISBN 978-3-940207-00-5 .
  • The low-nobility fortifications in Mecklenburg. In: Wolf Karge (Ed.): Aristocracy in Mecklenburg. (= Publication series of the Mecklenburg Foundation. Scientific contributions, volume 3). Hinstorff, Rostock 2013, ISBN 978-3-356-01590-4 , pp. 22-39.
  • Zvarin - Schwerin. From the island castle to the residence. Published by the State Archeology Department in the State Office for Culture and Monument Preservation Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania by Detlef Jantzen, Schwerin 2017, ISBN 978-3-935770-52-1 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ printed and published in 2001 in Rostocker Studien zur Regionalgeschichte , Volume 5, ISBN 3-935319-17-7
  2. ↑ List of publications (as of 2014)
personal data
SURNAME Ruchhöft, Fred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Luebz