Günter Mangelsdorf

Günter Mangelsdorf (born July 20, 1947 in Prietzen , Westhavelland district , † July 12, 2008 in Greifswald ) was a German prehistoric and medieval archaeologist . From 1984 to 2004 he worked at the Ernst Moritz Arndt University Greifswald , since 1992 as a full professor.

Life

Mangelsdorf grew up in Havelland . He completed his studies in 1972 at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg with a degree in prehistoric studies. In 1975 he received his doctorate from the “Karl Liebknecht” University of Education in Potsdam with a thesis on the medieval devastation of Havelland . From 1973/1974 he worked as a city and district archaeologist in Brandenburg an der Havel .

In 1984 Mangelsdorf received a position as a research assistant for prehistory and early history at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald , where he was to work for over two decades. In 1985 he became curator of the collection of prehistoric antiquities . In 1984 he completed his habilitation here with studies on medieval ceramics from the 12th to 15th centuries in western Brandenburg .

In 1990 he became a university lecturer. At the same time, under Rector Hans-Jürgen Zobel, the Institute for Prehistory and Protohistory at the University of Greifswald was re-established and Mangelsdorf became director of the institute, the first since Carl Engel († 1947). In 1992 Mangelsdorf became a full professor. Mangelsdorf succeeded in developing the subject of prehistory in Greifswald promisingly. Starting in 1992, major students joined the minor subject students. But as early as 1996, the university management under Zobel's successor Jürgen Kohler ordered the institute for prehistory to be closed again, and the chair was attached to the historical institute. Mangelsdorf was retired on December 1, 2004. The university management has since left the chair vacant. Günter Mangelsdorf died on July 12, 2008 after a long and serious illness.

Mangelsdorf's research focus was on the archeology of the Slavic and early German Middle Ages (see: Medieval Archeology ). In the 1990s he carried out excavations at the Eldena Monastery and the Grobe Monastery, among others . He also devoted himself to the research history of prehistory and early history, for example in 2007 he published the diaries of Carl Engel, his predecessor on the chair.

Mangelsdorf was a member of the historical commission for Pomerania , at times also a board member.

Fonts (selection)

author

• The urban devastation of the Havelland. Publications of the Historical Commission in Berlin, Volume 86. Berlin and New York 1994. (Dissertation)
• Studies of medieval ceramics from the 12th to 15th centuries in western Brandenburg. European university publications. Series 38, Volume 50. Frankfurt am Main 1994. (Habilitation thesis)
• Grobe Monastery near Usedom. Report on the results of an excavation. In: Greifswalder Mitteilungen . Volume 3, 1999, pp. 155-190.
• New excavations in the ruins of the monastery in Eldena near Greifswald. In: Greifswalder Mitteilungen. Volume 3, 1999, pp. 225-291.
• 20 years of prehistory and early history at the Ernst Moritz Arndt University in Greifswald - a balance. In: Baltic Studies . Volume 91 NF, 2005, ISSN  0067-3099 , pp. 139-158.

editor

• Between Greifswald and Riga. Excerpts from the diaries of the Greifswald rector and professor of prehistory and early history, Dr. Carl Engel, from November 1, 1938 to July 26, 1945. Contributions to the history of the University of Greifswald, Volume 7. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-515-08942-5 .

literature

• Felix Biermann , Thomas Terberger : Günter Mangelsdorf (1947–2008). In: Pomerania. Journal of Culture and History. Issue 4/2008, ISSN  0032-4167 , pp. 45-46.
• Felix Biermann, Ulrich Müller and Thomas Terberger (eds.): "Observing things ...". Archaeological and historical research on the early history of Central and Northern Europe. Festschrift for Günter Mangelsdorf for his 60th birthday. Archeology and History in the Baltic Sea Region. Archeology and history of the Baltic, Rahden, Westf., Leidorf, 2008 ISBN 978-3-89646-462-0

Web links

• Literature by and about Günter Mangelsdorf in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature about Günter Mangelsdorf in the state bibliography MV
• Works by Günter Mangelsdorf in the state bibliography MV