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Manfred W. Glasses-Mührenberg (born January 24, 1949 in Sulingen ) is a German medieval archaeologist and historian in the Hanseatic city of Lübeck . From 1991 to 1994 he was director of the cultural history museum of the Hanseatic city of Rostock, from 1994 to 2016 he was head of the archeology and monument preservation department of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck (Office for Prehistory and Archeology until 2007).

Life

He attended elementary school and high school in Bremen from 1955 to 1967 (Abitur) . In 1967/68 he studied mathematics, economics, political science and history in Frankfurt / M and from 1968 to 1973 the same combination of subjects at the University of Hamburg . From winter semester 1973/74 he studied history , ancient history , political science and prehistory , from 1976 to 1977 he was a tutor and attended courses on prehistory with Günter P. Fehring , the then head of the office for prehistory and early history Early history Lübeck. An intensive occupation began with the Slav mission and the settlement in the Elbe-Weser triangle and in Ostholstein according to historical and archaeological sources.

In 1978 he was awarded the dissertation “The Slavs in Ostholstein. Studies on the settlement, economy and society of the Wagrier ”with Gerhard Theuerkauf in the subject Medieval and Modern History of the University of Hamburg for Dr. phil. PhD.

From 1979 to 1984, Gläser was a research assistant in the Office for Prehistory and Early History of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck, initially as an AB measure, then from 1979 in the Collaborative Research Center 17, Project A6 at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel . Subsequently, he took over the management of archaeological excavations in Lübeck and their scientific evaluation and publication as well as the management of excavations in Lübeck, etc. a. in Alfstraße 36/38 , An der Untertrave and in the Johanniskloster .

From 1984 to 1991 he was a research assistant at the Office for Prehistory and Early History of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck as part of a funding project of the German Research Foundation for the scientific evaluation of excavations in Lübeck.

In 1987, glasses was a lecturer at the University of Hamburg. In 1989 he took part in the scientific preparation of the exhibition "The Hanseatic League - Reality and Myth".

From 1991 to 1994, glasses was director of the cultural history museum of the Hanseatic city of Rostock . There he participated in the development of the city archeology, the Hamburg Hanse exhibition was taken over, the organization and implementation of the conference of the Northwest German Association for Antiquity Research 1992 in Rostock was carried out by him.

Since 1994, glasses was head of the office for prehistory and early history (later archeology department) of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck. In that year he had lectureships at the University of Kiel, in 2006 he was appointed honorary professor at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Kiel. In 2007, the areas of archeology and monument preservation were merged under the direction of Gläsers; in 2014, his activities as area manager were extended beyond normal working hours for two years until the end of April 2016.

Services

Manfred Gläser opened up the archeology of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck to a wide audience through exhibitions, guided tours, lectures, excursions and events. His scientific research applies to the settlement history and everyday culture of Lübeck as the oldest German city on the Baltic Sea and the relationship between the native Slavs and the new settlers in the Middle Ages.

In 1995 he founded the "Lübeck Colloquium on Urban Archeology in the Hanseatic Region", an international series of 40–50 archaeologists from around 15 countries in Northern Europe every two years.

In 1996, Gläser took part in an initiative to found the “ Archaeological Society of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck ”.

In 2003, Gläser was the initiator of the exhibition project “Danes in Lübeck”, which was opened by the Danish Queen and the German Federal President. The Archaeological Museum of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck in the confessional house of the castle monastery was opened under his direction in 2005 and existed until 2011. During this time, numerous special exhibitions took place.

From 2003 to 2005 and 2006 to 2007 he carried out Interreg projects together with Danish museums with exhibitions and publications on German-Danish history in Ostholstein / Lübeck and on the southern Danish islands.

From 2009 to 2014 he carried out the major excavation in the founding quarter of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck with funds from the national funding of World Heritage sites ; from 2014, the scientific evaluation of this excavation began under his project management.

He published numerous scientific articles on the archeology of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck, continued the publication of the Lübeck writings on archeology and cultural history (up to vol. 30) and founded the new series of publications "Exhibitions on archeology in Lübeck" (vol. 1-9) and "Lübeck Colloquium on City History ”(Vol. I to IX) (see“ Publications ”).

In 2016, shortly before the end of his term in office, Gläser demanded that the Lübeck monument preservation organization contribute to the income from a future tourism tax in the Hanseatic city of Lübeck for the purposes of monument preservation and protection.

Publications (selection)

  • The Slavs in Ostholstein. Studies on settlement, economy and constitution of the Wagrier. Diss. Phil. Hamburg 1983.
  • Archaeological contributions to the dating of the Lübeck brick walls , in: Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 17, 1987, pp. 245-252.
  • Ceramic chronology of the 12th and 13th centuries in Lübeck , in: Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 17, 1987, pp. 387–399.
  • Archaeological and architectural studies in the St. John's Monastery in Lübeck. Evaluation of the findings and finds, in: Lübecker Schriften zur Archäologie und Kulturgeschichte 16, 1989, pp. 9–120.
  • Investigations on the site of the former castle monastery in Lübeck. A contribution to castle archeology, in: Lübecker Schriften zur Archäologie und Kulturgeschichte 22, 1992, pp. 65–121.
  • The finds from the excavations Alfstraße 36/38 and An der Untertrave 111/112, precipitation of the urban development of Lübeck and its port in the 12th and 13th centuries , in: Lübecker Schriften zur Archäologie und Kulturgeschichte 18, 1992, pp. 187–248.
  • Archeology and monument preservation as economic factors , in: Lübeckische Blätter 174, 2009, pp. 321–330.
  • The excavations in the founding quarter of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck , in: UNESCO World Heritage in Germany and Central Europe. Balance sheet and perspectives (= ICOMOS. Issues of the German National Committee LVII), Munich 2013, pp. 153–160.

literature

  • Lübeck and the Hanseatic Region. Contributions to archeology and cultural history, Festschrift for Manfred glasses (ed. By Alfred Falk, Ulrich Müller, Manfred Schneider) Lübeck 2014, ISBN 978-3-7950-5220-1 Here contributions from A. Borns, F. Anderl, D. Mührenberg , A. Falk.

Web links

Commons : Manfred glasses  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedhelm Anderl: Manfred glasses - A life for archeology , in: Lübeck and the Hanseatic area. Contributions to archeology and cultural history, Festschrift for Manfred glasses (ed. By Alfred Falk, Ulrich Müller, Manfred Schneider) Lübeck 2014, pp. 17–21.
  2. ^ Doris Mührenberg: Interior views from the life of a division manager , in: Lübeck and the Hanseatic area. Contributions to archeology and cultural history, Festschrift for Manfred glasses (ed. By Alfred Falk, Ulrich Müller, Manfred Schneider) Lübeck 2014, pp. 29–39.
  3. ^ Alfred Falk: The Lübeck Colloquium on Urban Archeology in the Hanseatic Region - Manfred Gläsers Work , in: Lübeck and the Hanseatic Region. Contributions to archeology and cultural history, Festschrift for Manfred glasses (ed. By Alfred Falk, Ulrich Müller, Manfred Schneider) Lübeck 2014, pp. 23-25. Publication series: Lübeck Colloquium on Urban Archeology in the Hanseatic Region Volumes I to IX, X in preparation 2016.
  4. ^ Confessional, gymnasium, studio and museum. A building and its history (= annual publication 6 of the Archaeological Society of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck, published by Alfred Falk and Doris Mührenberg), Lübeck 2011.
  5. ↑ Exhibitions on archeology in Lübeck , volumes 1 to 9.
  6. ^ Ingrid Sudhoff: Research beyond borders: German-Danish cultural projects , in: Lübeck and the Hanseatic area. Contributions to archeology and cultural history, Festschrift for Manfred glasses (ed. By Alfred Falk, Ulrich Müller, Manfred Schneider) Lübeck 2014, pp. 207–211.
  7. ↑ Manfred glasses: The excavations in the founding quarter of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck , in: UNESCO World Heritage in Germany and Central Europe. Balance and Perspectives (= ICOMOS. Issues of the German National Committee LVII), Munich 2013, 153–160.
  8. ↑ Lübecker Nachrichten of March 17, 2016
  9. ^ List of publications in: Lübeck and the Hanseatic Region. Contributions to archeology and cultural history, Festschrift for Manfred glasses (ed. By Alfred Falk, Ulrich Müller, Manfred Schneider) Lübeck 2014, pp. 41–48.
personal data
SURNAME Glasses, Manfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Glasses-Mührenberg, Manfred W.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medieval archeologist and historian
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Sulingen