Hartwig Zürn

Hartwig Zürn (born April 11, 1916 in Altensteig ; † December 20, 2001 in Altensteig) was a German prehistorian and state curator in northern Württemberg , from 1972 in the state monument office of Baden-Württemberg .

His research focus was on the Hallstatt period , which was his Tübingen dissertation as early as 1941 . He subdivided the late Hallstatt period based on finds from the Swabian Alb using the primers (Ha D1 - Ha D3). His excavations in the princely grave of Grafenbühl near Asperg and other burial mounds in northern Württemberg ( Mühlacker , Böblingen , Hegnach ) became important. He also discovered the warrior von Hirschlanden , a figurative stele from the late Hallstatt period .

He also carried out many important excavations. Only the investigations in the young Neolithic wetland settlement of Ehrenstein in the Schussenried settlement of Ludwigsburg-Schlößlesfeld and in the Viereckschanze of Tomerdingen are mentioned here . Thematically, he covered almost all periods from the Mesolithic to the Middle Ages . As a monument conservator , he was very keen to have contact with the volunteer workers, many of whom kept in private contact with him long after his retirement. In 1963, Zürn was therefore the initiator and co-founder of the Society for Archeology in Württemberg and Hohenzollern . His editions of collections and his catalogs of landmarks are exemplary. As the editor of the find reports from Swabia , and later the find reports from Baden-Württemberg , he attached great importance to the publications of the find chronicle, which he also viewed as the activity report of the ground monument preservation .

Publications (selection)

• Lüning, Jens / Zürn, Hartwig: The Schussenried settlement in the 'Schlößlesfeld', marked Ludwigsburg. Research u. Ber. Before u. Mornings Bad-Württ. 8, Stuttgart 1977
• Pirling, Renate / Wels-Weyrauch, U. / Zürn, Hartwig: The Middle Bronze Age on the Swabian Alb. PBF XX, 3, Munich 1980
• Zürn, Hartwig: The prehistoric and early historical site monuments and the medieval castle sites in the districts of Göppingen and Ulm. Publ. State Office for monument protection Stuttgart A 6, Stuttgart 1961
• Zürn, Hartwig: An early medieval settlement near Geislingen ad Steige-Altenstadt (Göppingen district). In: Fundber. Schwaben NF 14, 1957, 145-148
• Zürn, Hartwig: Catalog Schwäbisch Hall. Publ. State Office for monument protection Stuttgart A 9, Stuttgart 1966
• Zürn, Hartwig: excavations in the oppidum of Finsterlohr. In: Fundber. Bad-Württ. 3, 1977, 231-264
• Zürn, Hartwig: On the transition from Späthallstatt to Latène A in southwest Germany. In: Germania 30, 1952, 38-45
• Zürn, Hartwig: The Neolithic village of Ehrenstein (Ulm district). Excavation 1960. Part I: The building history. Publ. State Office for monument protection Stuttgart A 10/1, Stuttgart 1965
• Zürn, Hartwig: A Neolithic burial mound near Unterjettingen (Kr. Böblingen). In: Fundber. Schwaben NF 14, 1957, 133-138
• Zürn, Hartwig: A Roman estate near Oberriexingen. In: Fundber. Schwaben NF 16, 1962, 167ff.
• Zürn, Hartwig: On the ceramics of the late Hallstatt period. In: Germania 27, 1943, 20-35
• Zürn, Hartwig: Hallstatt Research in Northern Württemberg. The grave mounds of Asperg (Kr. Ludwigsburg), Hirschlanden (Kr. Leonberg) and Mühlacker (Kr. Vaihingen). Publ. State Office for monument protection Stuttgart A 16, Stuttgart, 1970
• Zürn, Hartwig: Hallstatt period grave finds from Württemberg and Hohenzollern. Research u. Ber. Before u. Mornings Bad-Württ. 25th Stuttgart 1988
• Zürn, Hartwig: On the chronology of the late Hallstatt period. In: Germania 26, 1942, 116-124
• Zürn, Hartwig: The Hallstatt Period in Württemberg. (Tübingen 1941)
• Zürn, Hartwig: Catalog Zainingen. A Hallstatt burial mound field. Publ. State Office for monument protection Stuttgart A 4, Stuttgart, 1957
• Zürn, Hartwig: On the chronology of the Alb Salem ceramics. In: Germania 35, 1957, 224-229
• Zürn, Hartwig / Fischer, Franz: The Celtic Viereckschanze of Tomerdingen. Materialh. Before u. Mornings Bad-Württ. 14, Stuttgart, 1991

obituary

• Dieter Planck : Obituary Hartwig Zürn . In: Preservation of monuments in Baden-Württemberg 31, 2002, pages 263–264.

Web links

• Literature by and about Hartwig Zürn in the catalog of the German National Library