Holger Mertens
Holger Mertens (* 1965 in Solingen ) is a German art historian and monument conservator . He has been the state curator of Westphalia-Lippe since 2016 .
Life
Mertens studied art history , classical archeology and medieval history at the Universities of Cologne and Münster . In 1993 he was at Günther Binding with a thesis on architectural sculpture of the Dome in Speyer and Mainz doctorate .
This was followed by activities as a city archaeologist in Duisburg and at the city curator in Cologne . In 1997 he became the area officer for numerous districts and cities in Lower and Upper Franconia at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation , Bamberg Office , after which he took over the department head for practical monument preservation in Lower Bavaria and Upper Palatinate for the office in Munich . From 2002 to 2009 he also had a teaching position as part of the master’s degree in Monument Preservation at the University of Bamberg .
In 2010 he started working for the Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe in Münster, also as head of section for practical monument preservation. After Markus Harzenetter changed as President of the State Office for the Preservation of Hesse in May 2015, Holger Mertens was initially provisional and finally on January 22, 2016 the new head of LWL monument preservation, landscape and building culture in Westphalia and thus the new state curator of Westphalia Appointed lip.
Quote
“The cultural heritage enriches our lives and conveys home and identity. I am therefore proud to be able to continue the researching, recording and nurturing work of the state conservators in Westphalia and Lippe. "
Further offices and memberships
- Member of the “Technical Issues” working group of the German National Committee for Monument Protection
- Member of the advisory board of the Akademie des Handwerks Schloss Raesfeld eV
- Member of the advisory board of the Baukunstarchiv NRW
- Member of " baukunst-nrw "
- Representative for the Association of State Preservationists in the Association of the Federal Building Culture Foundation
- Deputy Chairman of the Warburg Monument Foundation in the German Foundation for Monument Protection
Fonts (selection)
- Studies on the building sculpture of the domes in Speyer and Mainz. Stylistic development, distribution of motifs and reception of forms in the context of building measures in the early 12th century (= sources and treatises on the history of the Middle Rhine church, vol. 76). Society for Middle Rhine Church History, Mainz 1995, ISBN 3-929135-08-6 .
- 125 years of preservation of monuments in Westphalia , in: Preservation of monuments in Westphalia-Lippe 2017/2, pp. 4–25.
Web links
- Literature by and about Holger Mertens in the catalog of the German National Library
- LWL website ( Memento from August 15, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of the University of Paderborn, accessed on August 15, 2019 .
- ^ Speech on the inauguration , quoted from Westfälische Nachrichten , Münster, January 22, 2016 ( online ).
- ↑ Westfalen-Blatt , Warburg, December 20, 2018 ( online ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mertens, Holger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German conservationist, state curator of Westphalia-Lippe |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Solingen |