Herwig Friesinger

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Herwig Friesinger (born March 5, 1942 in Klosterneuburg ) is an Austrian prehistorian .

Life

From 1962 Friesinger studied at the University of Vienna, majoring in Prehistory and Protohistory. In 1969 he received his doctorate , in 1974 he completed his habilitation. Friesinger was appointed full university professor in 1978 and was subsequently director of the Institute for Prehistory and Protohistory at the University of Vienna until 1992.

From 1992 to 1996 he was dean of the humanities faculty at the University of Vienna. Friesinger was elected Secretary of the Phil. Hist. Class of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in 1995 and Secretary General of the Academy in 2003. He is the author of around 100 scientific papers, mainly on the early history of Austria. Friesinger initiated or led numerous planning excavations , for example in Pitten (1967–1971) and in Thunau am Kamp (1965–1990). His main research interests are the archeology of Austria and the early history of Central Europe in cooperation with natural science subjects. He is the founder of aerial archeology in Austria. His local activities also include decades of collaboration with the Krahuletz Society, together with Fritz F. Steininger . Friesinger is the editor of Archaeologia Austriaca and the communications of the Prehistoric Commission of the Austrian Academy of Sciences .

Awards

Fonts (selection)

  • Anthropophagy and its manifestations as reflected in the archaeological finds. In: Communications from the Austrian Working Group on Prehistory and Early History. Vol. 14, No. 1/2, 1963, ISSN  0029-9693 , pp. 1-31.
  • with Sabine Schmiedt: The excavations in Sommerein in 1962/63. In: Communications from the Austrian Working Group on Prehistory and Early History. Vol. 15, 1964, pp. 43-45.
  • with Herbert Mitscha-Märheim : The excavations in the Wallburg "Schanze" in Thunau near Gars, Lower Austria. A preliminary report. In: Austrian magazine for art and monument preservation . Vol. 22, 1968, pp. 48-51.
  • Prehistory and early history of the Horner area. In: Höbarthmuseum der Stadt Horn. Kulturreferat - Stadtgemeinde Horn, Horn 1973, pp. 35–48.
  • A Roman “horse burial” from Stillfried an der March. In: Research in Stillfried. Vol. 1 = Publications of the Austrian Working Group on Prehistory and Early History. 6, 1974, pp. 88-90.
  • Studies on the archeology of the Slavs in Lower Austria (= communications from the Prehistoric Commission of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. 15 / 16-17 / 18). 2 volumes. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences 1974–1975.
  • as editor: The fortifications of Thunau. 5000 years of settlement in the Gars area (= catalog series of the Krahuletz Museum. Vol. 3). Krahuletz Museum, Eggenburg 1975.
  • with Brigitte Vacha: The many fathers of Austria. Romans, Germans, Slavs. A search for clues. Compress-Verlag, Vienna 1987, ISBN 3-900607-03-6 .
  • A quarter of a century of excavations in Thunau / Gars am Kamp. In: Archeology of Austria. Vol. 2, No. 1, 1991, ISSN  1018-1857 , pp. 6-22.
  • Tulln during the Migration Period and in the early Middle Ages. In: Communications of the local history working group for the city and the district of Tulln. 7, 1992, pp. 23-44.
  • Migration period grave and settlement finds from the Kamptale, Lower Austria. In: Communications from the Anthropological Society in Vienna . Vol. 123/124, 1994, pp. 61-71.
  • For the opening of the Kamptal cultural park. In: The Waldviertel. Vol. 45, No. 3, 1996, ISSN  0259-8957 , pp. 265-270.
  • as editor with Friedrich Krinzinger : The Roman Limes in Austria. Guide to the archaeological monuments. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-7001-2618-2 .
  • Archeology and Leisure Society. In: The Waldviertel. Vol. 50, No. 2, 2001, pp. 154-157.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Friesinger, Herwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian prehistorian
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Klosterneuburg