Günther Moosbauer

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Günther Matthias Moosbauer (born June 3, 1966 in Passau ) is a German provincial Roman archaeologist .

From 1988 Günther Moosbauer studied archeology of the Roman provinces, history, prehistory and early history and classical archeology at the University of Passau and the University of Frankfurt am Main . In ancient history he received his master's degree from the University of Passau with an archaeological thesis. In 1996 he received his doctorate in archeology of the Roman provinces at the University of Passau with the thesis The rural settlement in eastern Raetia during the Roman Empire . The work was awarded the Straubing University Prize and the East Bavaria Culture Prize. In 1997/98 he had a travel grant from the Roman-Germanic Commission and traveled to the ancient ruined cities around the Mediterranean. This was followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the Graduate College of the University of Regensburg .

Moosbauer was a research assistant in Passau and since 2001 at the University of Osnabrück . In 2004 he completed his habilitation with the thesis Kastell und Friedhöfe der Spätantike in Straubing. Romans and Germanic peoples on the way to the first Bavarians . In Osnabrück he was senior research assistant in Ancient History from 2004 to 2009 and from January 2010 to the summer semester 2013 he was the first holder of the newly established Chair of Archeology in the Roman Provinces. In addition, from 2001 to 2013 Moosbauer was responsible for the project " Kalkriese , Römerschlacht im Osnabrücker Land". In 2009 he wrote a brief account of the Varus Battle . He is a specialist in Roman provincial archeology and Roman agricultural history.

In 2011, as a member of the Harzhorn research project, he and the ancient historian Rainer Wiegels deciphered the inscription on a dolabra that was found at the end of 2010 during excavations on the Harzhorn . He assigned the tool, which weighs almost 2.5 kg, to the Legio IIII Flavia Severiana Alexandriana based on the stamped characters .

In the successor to Johannes Prammer , Moosbauer has been heading the Gäubodenmuseum in Straubing since October 1st, 2013 . Salvatore Ortisi became his successor as professor in Osnabrück in 2015 .

Fonts (selection)

  • The rural settlement in eastern Raetia during the Roman Empire. City and rural districts Deggendorf, Dingolfing-Landau, Passau, Rottal-Inn, Straubing and Straubing-Bogen. 2 volumes, Verlag Marie Leidorf, Eselkamp 1997, ISBN 3-89646-171-0 .
  • Fort and cemeteries of late antiquity in Straubing. Romans and Germanic peoples on the way to the first Bavarians. Publishing house Marie Leidorf, Rahden / Westphalia 2005, ISBN 3-89646-177-X .
  • with Helmut Bender: The Roman Danube Fort Schlögen in Upper Austria. Publishing house Marie Leidorf, Rahden / Westphalia 2005, ISBN 3-89646-174-5 .
  • The Varus Battle. CH Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-56257-0 .
  • The forgotten Roman battle. The sensational find on the Harzhorn. CH Beck, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-406-72489-3 .

Web links

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Rome's forgotten battle In: Kreiszeitung.de of January 12, 2012.
  2. ^ History of Greater Germany before the reinterpretation In: Die Welt from January 11, 2012.
  3. ↑ Michael Geschwinde , Petra Lönne , Günther Moosbauer with the collaboration of Michael Brangs and Thorsten Schwarz: The Secret of Dolabra In: Reports on the preservation of monuments in Lower Saxony , 4/2011, pp. 248–249.
personal data
SURNAME Moosbauer, Günther
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moosbauer, Günther Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German provincial Roman archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd June 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Passau