Karl Wilhelm Struve

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Karl Wilhelm Struve (born February 12, 1917 in Elmshorn ; † June 26, 1988 in Schleswig ) was a German prehistoric historian who was engaged in research into the Neolithic and Slavic past of Schleswig-Holstein and in particular that of the Wagriern from the tribal association the ramparts left by the Abodrites in Ostholstein .

Life

Karl Wilhelm Struve grew up in Elmshorn, where he also graduated from high school. After completing his labor service , he studied prehistory and early history, folklore , geology and art history in Hamburg , Kiel , Bonn and Munich for eight semesters . From 1940 to 1945 he was wounded three times as a Wehrmacht soldier , most recently as a first lieutenant, and from May 1945 to September 1949 he was a Soviet prisoner of war. Here he is said to have led archaeological excavations in Veliky Novgorod .

After his release he was a guest student at Kiel University for two semesters and received his doctorate in 1952 with a dissertation on "The individual grave culture in Schleswig-Holstein and its continental relationships". Curator at the Schleswig-Holstein State Museum for Prehistory and Early History in Schleswig since 1957, he became its director in 1975. Since 1969 he has been head of the Collaborative Research Center 17 at the University of Kiel with two research projects: excavation on Slavic ramparts and creation of the Schleswig-Holstein castle ramparts. In 1979 he became an honorary professor at the University of Kiel.

Karl Wilhelm Struve was married and had two daughters.

Quote

“In hardly any other historical discipline, thanks to the many excavations, the level of knowledge is likely to change as quickly as in archeology. This is precisely what makes the work so appealing, and it is always a fascinating experience when you find objects in the ground that were last used by human beings 10,000 or 1,000 years ago. But just as it fills scientific curiosity with satisfaction when one succeeds from time to time to grasp new connections that others have not seen before. The state of Schleswig-Holstein offered the best conditions for the work, not least because of an ever-increasing understanding of history. "

Honors

Fonts (selection)

  • The funnel beaker from Neumünster. In: Offa 4, 1938, pp. 83-94.
  • Ball amphoras from Holstein. In: Offa 12, 1953, pp. 1-13.
  • Atlantis near Helgoland? In: Die Umschau für Wissenschaft und Technik 54, 1954, p. 122 ff.
  • The individual grave culture in Schleswig-Holstein and its continental relationships. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1955.
  • Preliminary investigations in the Slavic ramparts of Oldenburg in Holstein. In: Germania 33, 1955, p. 271.
  • The culture of the Bronze Age in Schleswig-Holstein. (= Schleswig-Holstein State Museum for Prehistory and Early History in Schleswig, guide through the collection, No. 8) Wachholtz, Neumünster 1957, 2nd edition 1962.
  • The Slavic castles in Vagria. In: Offa 17/18 (1959/61), pp. 57-108
  • To locate Nezenna, an episcopal noble court from Ottonian times. In: Germania 42 (1964), p. 302.
  • Bog body finds from Dätgen. Kr. Rendsburg, and von Kühsen, Kr. Hzgt. Lauenburg. In: Germania 42 (1964), p. 300.
  • Critical considerations on the alleged "art of the Neanderthals" from Dithmarschen. In: Schleswig-Holstein 1, 1967, pp. 4-8.
  • Early Slavic castle wall ceramics from Ostholstein. In: Zeitschrift für Archäologie 2, 1968, pp. 57–74.
  • Archaeological results on the question of the organization of castles in Saxony and Slavs. In: Blätter für deutsche Landesgeschichte 106, 1970, p. 47ff.
  • Excavations on the fortified Slavic island settlement in Warder, Segeberg district. In: Collaborative Research Center 17, reporting year 1979, p. 7ff.
  • The bronze age. (= History of Schleswig-Holstein Vol. 2/1) Wachholtz, Neumünster 1971.
  • The Slavic fortifications in the Plön district. In: Yearbook for local history in the district of Plön-Holstein 2, 1972, pp. 49–76.
  • A ship find from the Viking Age from the lower Treenen valley. In: Die Heimat 79, 1972, pp. 269f.
  • Haithabu and the early harbor areas of the Baltic Sea region. In: Olympic Exhibition Man and Sea, Hamburg-Oldenburg 1972, p. 38ff.
  • Slavic finds west of the Limes Saxoniae. In: Offa 28, 1971 (1973), pp. 161-180.
  • On the Slavic origins of Eutin. In: Die Heimat 80, 1973, pp. 209–214.
  • Newer and older finds of wooden disc wheels from a moor near Alt-Bennebek, Schleswig district. In: Offa 29, 1974.
  • An anthropomorphic menhir from Seedorf, Duchy of Lauenburg district. In: Archeology in Schleswig-Holstein 2, 1974, pp. 93-100.
  • The castles in Schleswig-Holstein. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1981.
  • On the ethnogenesis of the Slavs , in: Michael Müller-Wille (Hrsg.): Starigard-Oldenburg. A Slavic ruler's seat of the early Middle Ages in Ostholstein. Wachholtz, Neumünster, 1991, pp. 9-28.

literature

  • Reports and communications on prehistory, early history and medieval archeology. Festschrift for Karl Wilhelm Struve on his 65th birthday . Red. Hildegard Ackmann. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982.
  • Joachim Herrmann : Karl Wilhelm Struve . In: Zeitschrift für Archäologie 22, 1988, pp. 262–263.
  • Kurt Schietzel , Michael Müller-Wille: In memoriam Karl Wilhelm Struve . In: Christiana Albertina NF 28, 1989, 535-536.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schleswig-Holsteinische Landeszeitung from February 13, 1982
  2. ^ Letter to Peter Bendixen dated February 23, 1982
personal data
SURNAME Struve, Karl Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German prehistory and early historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Elmshorn
DATE OF DEATH June 26, 1988
Place of death Schleswig