Friedrich Laux

Friedrich Laux (born March 8, 1938 in Roth near Nuremberg ) is a German prehistorian .

After Laux obtained his doctorate in 1968 with a study on the Bronze Age in the Lüneburg Heath , he worked for the Roman-Germanic Commission in Frankfurt am Main from 1969 . From 1970 to 1975 he worked at the Museum Lüneburg , and from 1976/77 at the Institute for Prehistory and Early History in Saarbrücken . From 1977 he worked at the Helms Museum in Hamburg-Harburg until his retirement in 2001 . First as a research assistant, later as curator from 1989 also as chief curator and deputy director. He also worked temporarily as a lecturer at the University of Hamburg .

In 1971, Laux named the Sögel-Wohlde-Kreis and the Lüneburg Group, and in 1987/90 the South Hanover Group , the Oldenburg-Emsland Group and the Allermündungs ​​Group as Bronze Age regional groups. Although his works on the Bronze Age are certainly his best known, he also published many articles on other epochs of prehistory and early history, including the princely graves of Marwedel .

Fonts (selection)

• The Bronze Age in the Lüneburg Heath (= publications of the Prehistoric Collections of the State Museum in Hanover. 18, ISSN  0931-6280 ). Lax, Hildesheim 1971 (also: Kiel, University, dissertation 1968).
• with Gerhard Körner: Prehistory in the Lüneburg district. Museum Association for the Principality of Lüneburg, Lüneburg 1971.
• The fibulae in Lower Saxony (= prehistoric bronze finds. Department 14: fibulae. 1). Beck, Munich 1973, ISBN 3-406-00754-6 .
• The needles in Lower Saxony (= prehistoric bronze finds. Department 13: needles. 4). Beck, Munich 1976, ISBN 3-406-00769-4 .
• with Gerhard Körner: A kingdom on the Luhe. Museum Association for the Principality of Lüneburg, Lüneburg 1980, ISBN 3-922616-00-3
• The axes and hatchets in Lower Saxony. 2 volumes. Steiner, Stuttgart 2000-2005:
  • Volume 1: Flat, skirt and heel axes (= prehistoric bronze finds. Section 9: axes, hatchets. 23). 2000, ISBN 3-515-07177-6 ;
  • Volume 2: rag and socket hatchets, socket chisels and hammers (= prehistoric bronze finds. Department 9: axes, hatchets. 25). 2005, ISBN 3-515-08803-2 .
• The urn cemeteries of Drögennindorf, Gem. Betzendorf, and Amelinghausen-Sottorf in the district of Lüneburg (= The urn cemeteries in Lower Saxony. 17). Isensee, Oldenburg 2005, ISBN 3-89995-229-4 .
• The swords in Lower Saxony (= prehistoric bronze finds. Department 4: Swords. 17). Steiner, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-515-09389-7 .
• The daggers in Lower Saxony. (= Prehistoric bronze finds. Section 6: Daggers. 14). Steiner, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-515-09907-3 .
• Bronze Age hoard finds in Lower Saxony as material booklets on the prehistory and early history of Lower Saxony , No. 51, Verlag Marie Leidorf , 2017

literature

• Dietmar Gehrke: List of publications by Friederich Laux (= publications of the Helms Museum Hamburg. 87). Wachholtz, Neumünster 2001, ISBN 3-529-02011-7 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Friedrich Laux in the catalog of the German National Library