Friedrich Kofler (archaeologist)

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Friedrich Kofler

Friedrich Kofler (also: Fritz Kofler; * 1830 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe ; † 1910 ) was a German archaeologist , old road researcher and route commissioner for the Reich Limes Commission (RLK).

life and work

As route commissioner of the Imperial Limes Commission, Kofler was responsible for the discovery, excavation and investigation of a large number of former Roman forts . These include the castles Langenhain , Butzbach , Arnsburg , Echzell , Ober-Florstadt , Lützelbach , Hainhaus , Eulbach , Würzberg and Hesselbach . His interpretations of the excavation dimensions and findings are often the basis for today's modern provincial Roman archeology .

Kofler is known for his three-volume work Alte Strassen in Hessen , published in Trier between 1895 and 1902 , which is regarded as the standard work for old roads and paths in Hessen in the field of old road research. The archaeological map of the Grand Duchy of Hesse that he created is a work that is often cited in regional research and was groundbreaking in landscape archeology . Later works by Georg Wolff and Karl Schumacher were strongly based on Kofler.

Fonts (selection)

  • 1877: The Pfahlgraben and the Pfahlgraben-Castelle in the area around Homburg. Lecture given at the Association for History and Antiquity in Homburg on May 15, 1876 . Book printing of the Taunusboten, Bad Homburg v. d. H.
  • 1893–1902: Old streets in Hesse . 3 vols., Lintz, Trier
  • 1894: Archaeological map of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. Archive Hess. Business u. Altkde. NF 1,1894,1ff.
  • 1894: The Butzbach fort . The Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes of the Roemerreiches (ORL), Section B, Vol. 2.2, Fort 14, Petters, Heidelberg
  • 1896: The Eulbach fort . ORL B 5.1 No. 48, Petters, Heidelberg
  • 1896: The Hesselbach fort . ORL B 5.1 No. 50, Petters, Heidelberg
  • 1896: The Wuerzberg fort . ORL B 5.1 No. 49, Petters, Heidelberg
  • 1897: The Hainhaus fort near Vielbrunn . ORL B 5.1 No. 47, Petters, Heidelberg
  • 1902: New research on the prehistoric times of Hesse . Bergsteiner, Darmstadt
  • 1903: Echzell fort . ORL B 2.2 No. 18, Petters, Heidelberg
  • 1903: The Ober-Florstadt fort . ORL B 2.2 No. 19, Petters, Heidelberg
  • 1904: The Lützelbach fort . ORL B 5.1 No. 46, Petters, Heidelberg
  • 1914: The Langenhain fort . ORL B 2.2 No. 13, Petters, Heidelberg
  • 1914: The Arnsburg Castle . ORL B 2.2 No. 16, Petters, Heidelberg

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Old streets in Hessen, Upper Hesse, Starkenburg, Rheinhessen
  2. ^ Archaeological map of the Grand Duchy of Hesse online
  3. ^ Georg Wolff: The southern Wetterau in prehistoric times with an archaeological find map. (Frankfurt am Main 1913); Karl Schumacher: The Roman military roads between the Main and Neckar. In: ORL A line 6-9 (1933).
personal data
SURNAME Kofler, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kofler, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
DATE OF DEATH 1910