Heinz Günter Horn

Heinz Günter Horn (born December 19, 1940 in Cologne ) is a German provincial Roman archaeologist and monument curator .

Heinz Günter Horn 2014

Life

From 1962 Heinz Günter Horn studied Classical Archeology , Classical Philology , Ancient History , Philosophy and Education at the University of Cologne and the University of Bonn . After the first state examination in philology for the teaching post at secondary schools in 1966, he received his doctorate in 1968 with a dissertation on the mystery symbolism of the Cologne Dionysus mosaic under Heinz Kähler . From 1969 to 1987, Horn was employed at the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn , most recently as deputy director and head of the Rhineland heritage conservation department . In 1987 he was appointed to the Ministry for Urban Development and Transport in Düsseldorf, which was responsible for monument protection and preservation in North Rhine-Westphalia . Until his retirement at the end of 2005, he was Head of the Department “Soil Monument Protection and Maintenance” as a ministerial advisor. In this function he was also a member of the Monument Preservation Subcommittee of the Standing Conference of Ministers of Education in the Federal Republic of Germany and the German National Committee for the Preservation of Monuments. From 1990 to 2006 Horn was chairman or deputy chairman of the Foundation for the Promotion of Archeology in the Rhenish Lignite District.

In 1995 the University of Cologne awarded him the title of honorary professor with the venia "Archeology of the Roman Provinces and Ground Monument Preservation". Horn has been retired since the beginning of 2006.

From a scientific point of view, Horn mainly deals with the art and culture of Greco-Roman antiquity, in particular with the history of the Roman provinces, and with the archaeological preservation of monuments in theory and practice.

Horn is among other things a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute and the Antiquities Commission for Westphalia , advisory member of the Association of State Archaeologists in the Federal Republic of Germany, member of the Archaeological Trier Commission of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate and honorary member of the Association of Friends of Antiquity in the Rhineland in Bonn. From 2014 to 2016 he was chairman of the Rhenish Association for Monument Preservation and Landscape Protection . After the specialist advice on cultural heritage of the Regionale 2010 (2006–2011), he continues to advise the Regionale 2010 project “Erlebnisraum Römerstraße”. Horn is also the chairman and member of numerous scientific advisory boards. Since April 2011 he has also been chairman of the Pantheon eV Bonn cultural promotion group . In addition, Horn is chairman and spiritus rector of the Roman Grave Weiden in Cologne, which was founded in 2018 .

Horn lives in Wesseling .

Awards

On December 13, 2006, Horn was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon , primarily because of his diverse nationwide voluntary work in the field of landscape culture . In 2012 Horn received the Silver Hemisphere of the German Prize for Monument Protection from the German National Committee for Monument Protection . This recognized his extraordinary commitment to the interests of archeology and monument preservation as a scientist, networker, strategist, teacher and expert throughout Germany. On September 18, 2017, Horn was unanimously appointed an honorary member of the Archaeological Society of Cologne eV at the annual general meeting.

Writings and editorships

• Mystery symbolism on the Cologne Dionysus mosaic. ( Bonner Jahrbücher Supplement 33). 1972
• Exhibition catalog "The Nabataeans - A Kingdom in the Desert" (1979).
• Exhibition catalog "The Numidians - Riders and Kings north of the Sahara" (1979) (edited together with CB Rüger)
• Heinz Günter Horn (Ed.): The Romans in North Rhine-Westphalia . Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-8062-0312-1 .
• Exhibition catalog "Archeology in North Rhine-Westphalia - History in the Heart of Europe." Writings on the preservation of monuments in North Rhine-Westphalia vol. 1 (1990) (edited together with H. Hellenkemper, H. Koschik, B. Trier)
• Archeology and Law - What is a ground monument? Documentation of a colloquium of the Association of State Archeologies in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1989 in Münster. Writings on the preservation of monuments in North Rhine-Westphalia, Vol. 2 (1991) (edited together with H. Kier, J. Kunow, B. Trier)
• Exhibition catalog "A country makes history - Archeology in North Rhine-Westphalia" Writings on the preservation of monuments in North Rhine-Westphalia, Vol. 3 (1995) (edited together with H. Hellenkemper, H. Koschik, B. Trier)
• Exhibition catalog "Location North Rhine-Westphalia - Millions of Years of History". Writings on the preservation of soil monuments in North Rhine-Westphalia Vol. 5 (2000) (edited together with H. Hellenkemper, G. Isenberg, H. Koschik)
• Time stamps / landmarks - ground monuments in North Rhine-Westphalia. (2000) (Photographer: A. Thünker)
• Questions and answers on the preservation of monuments - a course book. Writings of the German National Committee for Monument Protection Vol. 66 (2002) ´.
• Urban development and archeology. Writings on the preservation of monuments in North Rhine-Westphalia. Vol. 7 (2004) (edited together with H. Hellenkemper, G. Isenberg, H. Koschik)
• Exhibition catalog “From the beginning. Archeology in North Rhine-Westphalia ”. Writings on the preservation of soil monuments in North Rhine-Westphalia, Vol. 8 (2005) (edited together with H. Hellenkemper, G. Isenberg, J. Kunow)
• Neanderthals + Co - on the trail of ice age hunters - forays into the prehistory of North Rhine-Westphalia. Guide to the archaeological monuments in the Rhineland. Vol. 4 (2006) (ed.)
• Westphalia-Lippe. Theiss Archaeological Guide (2008) (ed.)
• This is how the Romans bathed - around the thermal baths of Zülpich (2008).
• Agrippastraße Cologne-Trier. Section Nettersheim. Of serpentines, temples and guard stations. 1st edition. JP Bachem Verlag, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-7616-2365-7 .
• Out and about with the Romans: Agrippastrasse. From Cologne to Dahlem in 4 stages. JP Bachem Verlag , Cologne 2014, ISBN 978-3-7616-2782-2 .

In addition, Horn has written numerous articles on topics of classical and provincial Roman archeology and the preservation of monuments in exhibition catalogs, guides, compilations and specialist journals.

Web links

• Literature by and about Heinz Günter Horn in the catalog of the German National Library

Commons : Heinz Günter Horn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Roman grave Weiden Förderverein e. V.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Homepage denkmal - European trade fair for monument preservation, restoration and renovation of old buildings