Karl Koehl

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Karl Ludwig Koehl (born November 7, 1847 in Meisenheim am Glan; † April 12, 1929 in Worms ) was a German doctor and prehistoric scientist .

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Koehl studied medicine in Heidelberg , Marburg and Gießen until 1873 . After graduating, he lived in Vienna , but also traveled for years as a ship's doctor. In 1876 he settled in Pfeddersheim as a doctor and in 1884 moved to Worms , where he initiated the foundation of the museum and was its honorary curator. He researched ceramic settlements and graves as well as Roman Worms.

Excavations

Koehl carried out excavations in Worms (Adlerberg) and Rheinhessen and published the finds. He coined the name of a culture of the Neolithic Age ( Hinkelstein Group ) and the Early Bronze Age ( Adlerbergkultur ). The term menhir group is reminiscent of the Monsheim burial ground in the corridor 'Am Hinkelsteiner Weg', where the menhir menhir used to stand . The expression Adlerbergkultur is reminiscent of early Bronze Age graves from Adlerberg in Worms. The German Archaeological Institute appointed him a corresponding member in 1899.

Commemoration

Koehlstrasse in downtown Worms was named after Koehl.

Publications

  • New prehistoric finds from Worms and the surrounding area (1896)
  • The ribbon ceramics of the Stone Age burial grounds and living spaces in the vicinity of Worms (1903)

literature

  • Erich Grill: The old master of Rheinhessen soil research (Karl Koehl) , in: Der Wormsgau 1 (1926/33), pp. 109-113.
  • Ingeborg Winther: Bibliography of the writings of Geh. Medical Council Dr. med. Karl Koehl , in: Der Wormsgau 1 (1926/33), pp. 114–116.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Germania. Gazette of the Roman-Germanic Commission of the German Archaeological Institute 39 (1961), p. 179.
  2. Information on the street sign

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