Gundolf Precht

Gundolf Precht (born December 19, 1937 in Münster ; † November 14, 2015 in Cologne ) was a German building researcher who made a particular contribution to the archeology of the Roman provinces .

Gundolf Precht studied architecture at the Technical University of Aachen . He specialized in antique building research and was in Aachen in 1971 with the work of architectural history study of the Roman Praetorium in Cologne for Doktoringenieur doctorate. His research over the next few decades revolved primarily around the Roman remains in the Rhineland , particularly in Cologne and Xanten . He played a key role in the design of the Xanten Archaeological Park , which he headed as regional building director from 1973 until his retirement in 2002. In addition, he researched a. a. to the tomb of Poblicius , whose reconstruction he directed until the opening of the Roman-Germanic Museum in 1974, and to the Roman baths. Between 2005 and 2013 he was responsible for the reconstruction of three outbuildings of the Roman villa in Reinheim in the European cultural park Bliesbruck-Reinheim .

Grave (Melaten cemetery; photo 2016)

Volume 12 of the Xantener Reports series was dedicated to Precht as a festschrift . Precht was an advisory member of the Association of State Archaeologists and a member of the Advisory Board of the Archaeological Zone Cologne . In the dispute over the archaeological zone, he emerged as a critic of the research results of the project manager Sven Schütte .

Gundolf Precht died at the age of 77 and was buried on November 25, 2015 in Cologne's Melaten cemetery (lit. B).

Fonts

• Architectural history study of the Roman praetorium in Cologne. (= Rhenish excavations. Volume 14) Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1973, ISBN 3-7927-0181-2 . [Print version of the dissertation Aachen, Technical University, Faculty of Construction, 1971]
• The tomb of Lucius Poblicius. Reconstruction and construction. Roman-Germanic Museum, Cologne 1975.
• Colonia Ulpia Traiana (Xanten, Wesel district). Archaeological city map. Archaeologically secured holdings from the 2nd to 3rd centuries AD. Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1976, ISBN 3-7927-0358-0 .
• with Hans Rudolf Hartung : Archaeological Park Xanten. Short guide. Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1985, ISBN 3-7927-0874-4 .
• The Roman fort and the former Benedictine monastery church of St. Heribert in Cologne-Deutz. (= Guide and publications of the Xanten Archaeological Park. Number 11) without publisher, Cologne 1988.
• with Hans-Joachim Schalles and Anita Rieche : The Roman Baths. Colonia Ulpia Traiana, Coriovallum. Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1989, ISBN 3-7927-1106-0 .
• with Hans-Joachim Schalles (Ed.): Trace reading. Contributions to the history of the Xanten area. Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1989, ISBN 3-7927-1162-1 .
• with Norbert Zieling (Ed.): Genesis, structure and development of Roman cities in the 1st century AD in Lower and Upper Germany. Colloquium from February 17th to 19th, 1998 in the regional museum Xanten. (= Xantener reports Volume 9), von Zabern, Mainz 2000, ISBN 3-8053-2752-8 .

literature

• Anita Rieche, Hans-Joachim Schalles, Michael cell (eds.): Excavation - research - presentation. Festschrift Gundolf Precht (= Xantener reports Volume 12). Zabern, Mainz 2002, ISBN 3-8053-2960-1 (therein pp. 9–12: Gundolf Precht list of publications ).

supporting documents

1. ↑ Heinz Kühnen: Xanten: Gundolf Precht, the "inventor" of the Archaeological Park, is dead RP online from November 21, 2015, accessed on November 21, 2015.
2. ↑ Festschrift Gundolf Precht ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
3. ↑ A problematic project .