Joseph Vonderau

Joseph Vonderau (born April 2, 1863 in Fulda ; † April 21, 1951 ibid) was a German prehistoric archaeologist , Fulda teacher, local researcher and nestor of Hessian prehistory and early history research.

Life

Joseph Vonderau came on April 2nd, 1863 as the eldest of 16 children of the master weaver and dyer Damian Vonderau and his wife Auguste, née. Bader in Fuldas lower town, Königstrasse 28, a little house to the world. In 1895 he was transferred to the cathedral school as a teacher, where he worked for 43 years, most recently as rector. Between 1900 and 1906 Joseph Vonderau examined the prehistoric fortifications on the Milseburg , where he was able to identify numerous traces of settlement during his excavations. In addition to lance and arrowheads and other objects made of iron, he discovered a huge number of ceramic fragments, so that a long-lasting settlement of the Milseburg can be assumed. Later Vonderau carried out significant excavations for the settlement and building history of East Hesse at the cathedral in Fulda and 1921–1922 at the collegiate church in Hersfeld . The excavations on the Büraburg followed from 1926 to 1931 .

He has received numerous honors. In 1908 he received the title of professor, in 1923 an honorary doctorate, and one year later he was made honorary citizenship of Fulda. Since his 75th birthday, the Fulda regional museum , which he had built up since 1897, has been called the Vonderau Museum , where (like the Hessisches Landesmuseum Kassel ) many finds from his excavations are located. On the occasion of his 130th birthday, a memorial plaque was unveiled in honor of Vonderau at the foot of the Milseburg.

family

Josef Vonderau was married to Josefine († November 28, 1914). With her he has five sons and two daughters. One son died at the age of two months, another died in 1910. Son Joseph died in France in 1914 at the age of 22 in the First World War . His brother Robert survived the war after a deployment in Russia and later worked as a German teacher at the Fulda Cathedral High School.

literature

• Michael Mott : Once the birthplace of the "spade professor" / Joseph Vonderau was born in a typical "5-window little house", in: Fuldaer Zeitung , 12 Aug. 1998, p. 10 (series: Fulda once and now).

Web links

• Literature by and about Joseph Vonderau in the catalog of the German National Library
• FTF-Theater (accessed October 11, 2018)