Klaus Nohlen

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Klaus Nohlen (* 1945 in Bretten ) is a German building researcher and building historian .

After graduating from the humanistic grammar school in Karlsruhe, Nohlen began studying architecture at the University of Karlsruhe in 1966 , which he completed in 1972 with a diploma. Even as a student he was involved in excavations and photogrammetric recordings in Greece, Italy and Turkey. In 1972 he worked with Wolfgang Radt and Andreas E. Furtwängler on the excavation of the Kapıkaya rock sanctuary near Pergamon . In 1979 he was with the work of building policy in Alsace-Lorraine to Dr.-Ing. PhD. In 1975/76 Nohlen received a travel grant from the German Archaeological Institute (DAI). From 1977 to 1990 he was also a consultant for building research at the Istanbul Department at DAI . From 1977 to 1994 he held a lectureship in construction at the Council of Europe training center for craftsmen in monument protection in Venice. He headed the restoration work at the Trajaneum in Pergamon from 1979 to 1994. From 1990 to 2008 he was a professor at the Wiesbaden University of Applied Sciences, specializing in building history, building survey and building conservation / monument preservation. In addition, Nohlen was visiting professor at the École pratique des hautes études in Paris and holds lectures and seminars at numerous domestic and foreign universities.

Klaus Nohlen works as an expert on issues relating to the preservation of monuments and buildings at archaeological excavation sites in Germany, France, Israel, Turkey, Syria, Belarus and Georgia. He is a member of numerous scientific societies, including the Koldewey Society , and a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute.

Publications (selection)

  • with B. Schlueter: Topographic map of Pergamon 1: 2.500. German Archaeological Institute Karlsruhe 1974.
  • with Wolfgang Radt: Kapıkaya, a rock sanctuary near Pergamon. Antiquities from Pergamon Vol. 12, de Gruyter Berlin 1977.
  • Building policy in the realm of Alsace-Lorraine 1871-1918. The representative state buildings around the former Kaiserplatz in Strasbourg. Mann, Berlin 1982.
  • The 'Red Hall' in Pergamon. In: Helmut Koester (Ed.): Pergamon. Citadel of the Gods. Archaeological Record, Literary Description and Religious Development. Harvard Theological Studies 46 (1998) pp. 77-110.

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