Kurt Horedt

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Kurt Horedt (born March 30, 1914 in Sibiu , Transylvania , † December 19, 1991 in Munich ) was a prehistorian in Transylvania.

Horedt came from a family of Transylvanian Saxons and passed the state examination for history in Cluj in 1936 , after which he went to Germany to study prehistory. He studied in Kiel and Leipzig and finally received his doctorate in 1939 under Kurt Tackenberg in Bonn. The subject of the dissertation was the Wietenberg culture, the eponymous site of which was excavated by Horedt's grandfather Carl Seraphin . After the Second World War he worked as a professor of prehistory and early history in Klausenburg. In addition to his prehistoric research interests, he turned to the early Middle Ages, as for political reasons research into the Slavs was required. In 1968/69 Horedt directed the salvage of the second prince's grave from Apahida . In 1981 Horedt emigrated to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Publications (selection)

  • Archaeological contributions to the origin of the Transylvanian Saxons. In: J. Hermann (Ed.), Archeology as History. Schr. Ur- u. Mornings 30 (Berlin 1977) 447-459
  • with D. Protase, The second princely tomb of Apahida (Transylvania). Germania 50, 1972, 174-220
  • On the origin and dating of the Gundestrup boiler. Jahrb. RGZM 14, 1967, 99-133
  • Transylvania in the early Middle Ages. Antiquitas 28 (Bonn 1986)
  • Moresti 2nd excavations in a medieval settlement in Transylvania (Bonn 1984)
  • Influences of the tumulus culture and the Velatician culture in Transylvania. Germania 45, 1967, 42-50

memoirs

  • K. Horedt, "And what disappeared becomes realities for me" (Bonn 1988) (with list of publications)

obituary

  • T. Soroceanu, Kurt Horedt. A personality in turbulent times. In: NG Otto Boroffka / T. Soroceanu (eds.), Transsilvanica. Archaeological research on the older history of south-eastern Central Europe. Memorial for Kurt Horedt. Boarding school Arch. Studia honoraria 7 (Rahden 1999) 11-17.

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personal data
SURNAME Horedt, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian prehistorian
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Sibiu , Transylvania
DATE OF DEATH December 19, 1991
Place of death Munich