Karin Fischer Ausserer

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Karin Fischer Ausserer (* 1963 in Tscherms , South Tyrol ) is an archaeologist . She has headed the Vienna City Archeology since 2003 .

Karin Fischer Ausserer first grew up in Hafling . At eight, she came to Meran and lay there in the Lyceum Beda Weber , the Matura from. At school she also met her future husband. Together they went to Vienna in 1983 , where Karin Fischer Ausserer studied classical archeology , ancient art history and antiquity . She then worked for five years in a medical congress office before coming to Vienna City Archeology. At first she was entrusted with the management of an administrative office and reported to the City Council for Culture. In 2003 the city archeology became a separate department of the municipal department 7 - culture , which Fischer Ausserer was appointed to manage. She succeeded Ortolf Harl , who was retiring. Urban archeology has been a department of the Museums of the City of Vienna since July 2008 .

Fischer Ausserer also represented or represents the City of Vienna on committees such as the management group for submitting the Roman Limes in Austria as a World Heritage Site or the ARGE Donauländer . Since 1996 she has been co-organizer and since 2003 President of the annual international conference Cultural Heritage and New Technologies in Vienna.

Publications (selection)

  • together with Martin Mosser: A walk through Vienna's inner city from an archaeological point of view. Magistrate of the City of Vienna, Department of Urban Archeology, Vienna 2006.
  • A stroll through Vienna's old quarter from an archaeological viewpoint. Absdorf Media Agency 7Reasons, 2007.
  • as editor, together with Sándor Bodó: Vindobona-Aquincum: Challenges and results of urban archeology. Historical Museum of the City of Budapest, Budapest 2010, ISBN 978-963-9340-86-2 .

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c Gudrun Esser: Interview with Karin Fischer Ausserer, Head of City Archeology Vienna. In: meraner.eu . 2011, accessed August 16, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b Two women for the new section “Cultural Heritage”. In: ots.at . February 10, 2004, accessed August 16, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b Veronika Schmidt: Karin Fischer-Ausserer: The woman who brings buried things to light. In: diepresse.com . September 14, 2008, accessed February 17, 2020.
  4. ↑ Karin FISCHER AUSSERER. In: chnt.at . Retrieved on August 16, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Fischer Ausserer, Karin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Tscherms , Italy