Helmut Bernhard

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Helmut Bernhard (* 1948 in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse ) is a German provincial Roman archaeologist . As a long-time conservationist and head of the Speyer branch of the Regional Archeology Directorate ( General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate ), he is particularly dedicated to the early history of the Palatinate .

Education and career

Helmut Bernhard already had a great interest in archeology in his homeland as a schoolboy. After a commercial apprenticeship and employment, he first studied prehistory and early history, ancient history, Egyptology and anthropology at the University of Mainz , then at the University of Munich , where he received his doctorate in 1976 under Günter Ulbert on the subject of Roman grave finds from Rheinzabern (unprinted) . In February 1977 he came to the then State Office for Early History in Speyer. He has remained loyal to the work as a monument conservationist to the present day. He has been the head of this branch since 2000 and has been retired since 2013. Ulrich Himmelmann was his successor .

Since the mid-1990s, he has been teaching at the University of Mannheim on provincial Roman archeology as well as prehistory and early history . In 1999 he was made an honorary professor. He supervised numerous theses and carried out several years of teaching excavations in the Vicus Eisenberg with the University of Heidelberg .

research

Bernhard was involved in numerous archaeological excavation projects in the Palatinate as a monument curator and head of department in Speyer and published numerous publications on them on a regular basis. At its core, he is interested in the Roman era , with the excavations in the "industrial sites" Eisenberg and Rheinzabern ( Tabernae ) being particularly noteworthy. Bernhard also presented numerous publications on the large-scale excavated villae rusticae in the Palatinate ( "Weilberg" near Bad Dürkheim-Ungstein and Wachenheim ).

Through personal commitment, he promoted excavations at important medieval sites in the Palatinate, especially castles in the Palatinate Forest such as the Schlössel near Klingenmünster or Anebos Castle . As part of the DFG special research area "Princely Seats of the Hallstatt and Early Latène Era", he researched Celtic mansions around Bad Dürkheim .

Fonts (selection)

  • Roman glasses in Worms. Special exhibition for the 100th anniversary of the Altertumsverein Worms e. V., Museum of the City of Worms (Andreasstift), August 18 - October 31, 1979. Published by the Altertumsverein Worms e. V., Worms 1979.
  • with Franz Staab : Speyer. History of the city of Speyer. Volume 1. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1982.
  • The Roman treasure find from Hagenbach. Published by the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier in conjunction with the Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Mainz 1990, ISBN 3-88467-026-3 .
  • The round mountain near Urach. Theiss, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-8062-0887-5 ( Guide to archaeological monuments in Baden-Württemberg 14 ).
  • together with Gertrud Lenz-Bernhard: The Roman vicus of Eisenberg. A center for iron extraction in the Northern Palatinate. Published by the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage, Directorate Archeology, Speyer 2007 branch, ISBN 3-936113-02-5 ( Archaeological Monuments in the Palatinate 1 ).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ New branch manager of the State Archeology Speyer , report from the State Archeology Branch Speyer from January 1, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Bernhard, Helmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German provincial Roman archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Neustadt an der Weinstrasse