Margot Klee

Margot Klee

Margot Klee (born January 15, 1952 in Wiesbaden ) is a German provincial Roman archaeologist and author .

Origin and education

Margot Klee grew up in Wiesbaden, attended elementary school here and then until 1970 the Helene Lange School - at that time a high school for girls. Here she graduated from high school in 1970. In the same year she began studying classical archeology and ancient history at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg . In 1974 she moved to the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and continued her studies with a major in Provincial Roman Archeology . Here she received her doctorate in 1982 with a thesis on the northern vicus by Arae Flaviae on the northern edge of Rottweil .

In her private life she is involved in the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau (EKHN). She was a member of the regional synod and since the end of 2009 she has been chairwoman of the church council of the market parish of Wiesbaden . Her great-grandfather was vicar in Wiesbaden.

job

The archaeologist was after studying mainly in the monuments and the museum area involved: stations were the Landesdenkmalamt Baden-Wuerttemberg in Stuttgart , the Reiss-Engelhorn Museums in Mannheim , the Saalburg Roman fort and finally the Museum Wiesbaden , where she served as Oberkustodin responsible for the Roman department was. She worked at the Hessian Ministry of Science and Art until August 2017 before she was transferred to Biebrich Castle.

Klee is particularly concerned with the topic of the Roman borders on the Limes in Germany. She published several books on the subject.

Honors

On November 1, 2017, she was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit for her voluntary work and her journalistic activities.

Fonts (selection)

• The north vicus of Arae Flaviae. New investigations on the northern outskirts of the Roman town of Rottweil. Theiss, Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-8062-0770-4 . (= Arae Flaviae, Volume 3; Research and reports on prehistory and early history in Baden-Württemberg, Volume 18).
• The thermal baths on the Nikolausfeld. Theiss, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-8062-0787-9 . (= Arae Flaviae, Volume 4; Research and reports on prehistory and early history in Baden-Württemberg, Volume 28).
• The Limes between Rhine and Main. From the beginning of the Upper German Limes near Rheinbrohl to the Main near Grosskrotzenburg. Theiss, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-8062-0276-1 .
• The Saalburg . Theiss, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8062-1205-8 . (= Guide to Hessian Prehistory and Early History 5 ).
• Linus from Mogontiacum. Stories from a Roman city for children and the young at heart . Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-8053-3474-5 .
• Borders of the empire. Life on the Roman Limes. Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8062-2015-8 .
• The golden donkey. Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-7954-1867-0 .
• The Roman Limes in Hesse. History and sites of the UNESCO World Heritage. Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7917-2232-0 ( review by Claudia Sarge at hsozkult ).
• Lifelines of the empire. Roads in the Roman Empire. Theiss, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-8062-2307-1 . ( Review by Michael Rathmann at Sehepunkte ).
• Roman craft. Theiss, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-8062-2587-7 .
• Germania Superior. A Roman province in France, Germany and Switzerland. Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-7917-2367-9 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Margot Klee in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Press release of the Hessian State Chancellery from November 1, 2017, accessed on November 2, 2017.