Martin Klewitz

Martin Klewitz (born February 26, 1917 in Mühlhausen / Thuringia ; † December 18, 2013 in St. Ingbert ) was a German art historian and state curator in Saarland from 1966 to 1982 .

Life

After graduating from high school in Schönebeck (Elbe) in 1936 , he completed a degree in electrical engineering at the TH Hannover in 1948. In addition (Hanover) and afterwards he studied art history at the TH Darmstadt . He finished his studies in 1952 with his doctorate on the collegiate church of St. Peter and Alexander zu Aschaffenburg. From 1952 he worked in the State Conservatory Office of Saarland , which he headed as the successor to the prehistorian Reinhard Schindler from 1966 to 1982. During this time he led u. a. carried out an archaeological study of Mettlach Abbey .

Martin Klewitz had been a member of the German Good Templar Order since his youth , of which he was a board member from 1963 to 1979 and which he headed from 1971 to 1979. From 1963 he was honorary chairman of the Saarland regional association of the German Parity Welfare Association and from 1971 to 1989 of the Rhineland-Palatinate / Saarland regional association, after which he was appointed honorary chairman of this regional association.

Martin Klewitz was also known as an active amateur radio operator and could be reached under the phone number DK4XM.

Honors

1991: Saarland Order of Merit
2000: naming for the Dr. Martin Klewitz House, house for assisted living, Saarbrücken

Publications

The building history of the collegiate church St. Peter and Alexander zu Aschaffenburg . 1953.
The Saarland ( Deutsche Lande - German Art ), Munich Berlin 1962 (2nd edition 1968, 3rd edition 1982)
On the history of the Mettlach Benedictine abbey. (1300 years of Mettlach, 1975).
Co-editor of the reports of the state preservation of monuments in Saarland: Contributions to archeology and art history (1965–1979)

Web links

Dr Martin Klewitz's 90th birthday. Archived from the original on February 6, 2013 ; Retrieved June 4, 2017 .

Individual evidence

↑ Saar-Rundspruch No. 09 of March 4, 2007 (PDF; 116KB) Dr. Martin Klewitz, DK4XM was 90 years old. German Amateur Radio Club eV District Saar, accessed on June 4, 2017 .
^ Announcement of awards of the Saarland Order of Merit . In: Head of the State Chancellery (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Saarland . No. 5 . Saarbrücker Zeitung Verlag und Druckerei GmbH, Saarbrücken January 24, 1991, p. 103 ( uni-saarland.de [PDF; 423 kB ; accessed on June 4, 2017]).

personal data
SURNAME	Klewitz, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German art historian and state curator in Saarland (1966–1982)
DATE OF BIRTH	February 26, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mühlhausen / Thuringia
DATE OF DEATH	18th December 2013
Place of death	St. Ingbert

[1] Saar-Rundspruch No. 09 of March 4, 2007 (PDF; 116KB) Dr. Martin Klewitz, DK4XM was 90 years old. German Amateur Radio Club eV District Saar, accessed on June 4, 2017 .

[svo-2] Announcement of awards of the Saarland Order of Merit . In: Head of the State Chancellery (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Saarland . No. 5 . Saarbrücker Zeitung Verlag und Druckerei GmbH, Saarbrücken January 24, 1991, p. 103 ( uni-saarland.de [PDF; 423 kB ; accessed on June 4, 2017]).