List of current German state archaeologists
State archaeologists are employees appointed by the monument offices of the federal states of Germany . They are organized nationwide in the Association of State Archaeologists . Since North Rhine-Westphalia is divided into three equal-ranking landscape associations, there are currently 18 state archaeologists for 16 federal states, including two women. Apart from Baden-Württemberg and Lower Saxony, where they are presided over by a president, the state archaeologists are the highest state authorities in state archeology and soil conservation .
German state archaeologists
| state | Surname | Taking office | Area of Expertise | image |
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| Baden-Württemberg | Dirk Krauße | 2008 | Prehistory and early history | |
| Bavaria 1 | Sebastian Sommer | 2002 | Provincial Roman Archeology |
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| Berlin 2nd | Matthias Wemhoff | 2008 | Medieval archeology |
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| Brandenburg | Franz Schopper | 2012 | Prehistory and early history | |
| Bremen | Uta Hall | 2008 | Prehistory and Early History Modern Archeology |
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| Hamburg | Rainer-Maria Weiss | 2003 | Prehistory and early history | |
| Hesse | Udo Recker | 2016 | Medieval archeology | |
| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Detlef Jantzen | 2011 | Prehistory and early history | |
| Lower Saxony | Henning Hassmann | 2001 | Prehistory and early history |
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| North Rhine-Westphalia - Cologne 4 | Marcus Trier | 2012 | Prehistory and early history |
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| North Rhine-Westphalia - Rhineland 4 | Erich Claßen | 2019 | Prehistory and early history | |
| North Rhine-Westphalia - Westphalia 4 | Michael Rind | 2009 | Prehistory and early history |
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| Rhineland-Palatinate | Axel von Berg | 2013 | Prehistory and early history | |
| Saarland | Georg Breitner | 2018 | Classical archeology, prehistory and early history |
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| Saxony | Regina Smolnik | 2009 | Prehistory and early history | |
| Saxony-Anhalt | Harald Meller | 2001 | Prehistory and Early History Provincial Roman Archeology |
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| Schleswig-Holstein | Ulf Ickerodt | 2018 | Prehistory and early history | |
| Thuringia | Sven Ostritz | 2003 | Prehistory and early history |
1In Bavaria, the official name of the head of the land monument preservation department is the state conservator .
2In Berlin, the director of the Museum of Prehistory and Early History is also a state archaeologist.
3In Bremen, Uta Halle is equally the state archaeologist of Bremen, professor for prehistory and early history at the University of Bremen and head of the department for prehistory and early history at the Focke Museum .
4thIn North Rhine-Westphalia, in addition to the regional associations of Rhineland and Westphalia, the city of Cologne also takes on the tasks of preserving monuments, making the director of the Roman-Germanic Museum one of three state archaeologists in North Rhine-Westphalia .