Peter Steppuhn

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Peter Steppuhn, 2016

Peter Steppuhn (born March 19, 1956 in Friesoythe ; † April 17, 2018 in Nienburg / Weser ) was a German prehistoric historian . His specialty was the archeology of glass .

Life

Peter Steppuhn attended the Katholische Volksschule Mittelsten Thüle from 1962 to 1966 and from 1966 to 1976 the Albertus Magnus Gymnasium in Friesoythe. After graduating from high school, he did almost two years of military service and studied at the University of Münster from 1978 to 1981 Prehistory and Early History , Ancient , Middle and Modern History , Folklore , Art History and Classical Archeology . He then continued his studies at the University of Kiel and finished it there in 1988. During his studies he took part in excavations in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia and designed archaeological exhibitions, among others in the Viking Museum Haithabu and in the Jever Castle Museum . Steppuhn did his doctorate in Kiel with Michael Müller-Wille on the subject of the glass finds from Haithabu . From 1989 to 1991 he then carried out the project funded by the German Research Foundation, glass finds from the 11th to 17th centuries from Schleswig .

In the 1990s, Peter Steppuhn was involved in the preservation of monuments in a variety of ways for the Hanseatic City of Lübeck and the Schleswig State Archaeological Museum . In addition, there were excavations in Greifswald , Lübeck, Rostock and Wismar as well as processing of finds, exhibition activities and the organization of events such as conferences and congresses.

Peter Steppuhn during the excavation of the Klein Süntel glassworks , 2016

From 2001 to 2003 he was a research assistant at Lüneburg City Archeology , where he processed and published older glass finds and realized the traveling exhibition "Glass Culture in Lower Saxony". Peter Steppuhn then worked for the State Office for Culture and Monument Preservation in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania until 2009 , during which time he carried out archaeological investigations nationwide at sites of different times. In 2004 and 2005 he curated the state exhibition “Archeology under the pavement ” in Wismar . From 2009 Peter Steppuhn was initially involved in public relations work on the major excavation in Lübeck's founding district, where he led archaeological investigations from 2014. In 2015 and 2016, Steppuhn processed and published flat glass finds from Domburg Münster . In addition, from 2016 he led the excavation of the modern Klein Süntel glassworks and carried out the archaeological preparation and analysis of the finds.

Steppuhn volunteered in various ways on the subject of glass . Since 2002 he has organized the International Glass Symposium and published the articles. Peter Steppuhn was a member of the Glassworks History Working Group in Glashütten im Taunus . In the early 2000s, he led excavations there at four glassworks locations, including that of the glassworks on the Emsbach Gorge . In 2003 he became a member of the advisory board for the glass archeology department of the German Glass Technology Society . In the Taunus, Steppuhn designed the permanent exhibition Waldglashütten im Taunus in the Hessenpark open-air museum in 2006 , and in 2011 the special exhibition "Glass from the Taunus - Glass Crafts from 1200–1700" in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe .

Peter Steppuhn lived in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and in Nienburg (Weser) . In 2017 he fell ill with ALS with a particularly rapid course. He died in April 2018 at the age of 62.

Publications (selection)

  • Glass finds from Lübeck I: An Islamic gold enamel glass from the 13th century. In: Der Glasfreund 2/1994, pp. 24–32.
  • An Islamic gold enamel glass from Lübeck, Königstrasse 32 . In: M. glasses (ed.), Archeology of the Middle Ages and building research in the Hanseatic region. A commemorative publication for Günter P. Fehring. Writings of the Kulturhistorisches Museum in Rostock 1, Rostock, 1993, pp. 479–484.
  • Gold- and enamel-painted glasses from the 12th and 13th centuries from Northern Germany . In: Annales du 13e congrès de l'Association Internationale pour l'Histoire du Verre , Amsterdam 1996, pp. 319–331.
  • Lead glass beads of the early and high Middle Ages in Northern Europe . In: U. v. Freeden and A. Wieczorek (eds.), Perlen: Archeology, Techniques and Analyzes. Files from the International Pearl Symposium in Mannheim from November 11 to 14, 1994 [Colloquia on Pre- and Early History 1], Bonn, 1997, pp. 203–209.
  • The glass finds from Haithabu. (= Reports on the excavations in Haithabu 32). Wachholtz, Neumünster 1998, ISBN 3-529-01932-1
  • The glasses from the fountain of the Rathauskeller in Wismar. With special consideration of the late medieval rib and rib beakers. Wismar Studies for Archeology and History 5, 1995, Wismar, 1999, pp. 57–81.
  • The medieval Gniedelstein: smoothing glass or glass bars? On the primary function and continuity of a glass object from the early Middle Ages to modern times. News from Lower Saxony's Prehistory 68, Stuttgart, 1999, pp. 113-139.
  • Glass finds from the 11th to 17th centuries from Schleswig. Excavations in Schleswig. Reports and studies 16, Neumünster 2002.
  • The (un) clouded view to the outside ... On the history of the development of glass windows in Europe. In: G. Helmig, B. Scholkmann and M. Untermann (eds.), Medieval Europe Basel 2002. 3rd International Conference of Medieval and Later Archeology. Preprinted Papers 1, Hertingen, 2002, pp. 371-378.
  • Late medieval glassworks below the glass head in the Hochtaunus. In: P. Steppuhn (Ed.), Glashütten in conversation. Reports and materials from the 2nd International Symposium on Archaeological Research into Medieval and Early Modern Glassworks in Europe , Lübeck, 2003, pp. 186–194.
  • Catalog. In: E. Ring (Ed.), Glass culture in Lower Saxony. Tableware and household glass from the Middle Ages to the early modern period. Catalog for the exhibition of the city archeology of Lüneburg from 11.05. until August 24 , 2003, Husum, 2003, pp. 47-187.
  • Beads of glass and stone. In: SH Fuglesang and DM Wilson (Eds.), The Hoen Hoard. A Viking gold treasure of the ninth century. [Acta ad archaeologiam et artium historiam pertinentia XIV / Norske Oldfunn XX], Rome, 2006, pp. 203-220, pp. 276-285.
  • Tragic end of a glassworks († 1462?) . In: Communications from the German Society for Archeology in the Middle Ages and the Modern Age 16, 2005, pp. 86–91. ( Digital )
  • with the collaboration of Ingrid Berg: Waldglashütten im Taunus. History - Archeology - Products. Book accompanying the permanent exhibition in the Hessenpark open-air museum. Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 978-3-930095-04-9
  • Glass production and glass products on the threshold from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. In: H. Meller, St. Rhein and H.-G. Stephan (Ed.), Luther's Lifeworlds. [Conferences of the State Museum for Prehistory, Hall 1, 2008], State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle / Saale, 2008, pp. 131–142.
  • Archeology of a glassworks landscape - The Hochtaunus. In: Reports of the Commission for Archaeological Research in Hessen 9, 2006/2007 (2009), pp. 21–129.
  • Archeology, history and reconstruction of the Spessarter Glashütte Epstein I near Kleinkahl. In: Aschaffenburger Jahrbuch 28, Aschaffenburg, 2010, pp. 9–55.
  • Red glass from archaeological contexts of the Middle Ages and early modern times in Europe. In: L. Clemens and P. Steppuhn (Eds.), Glass Production - Archeology and History. Interdisciplinary dialogue between archeology and history. Contributions to the 4th International Symposium on Archaeological Research into Medieval and Early Modern Glassworks in Europe , Trier, 2012, pp. 157–170.
  • Enamel-painted glasses of the 13th / 14th centuries Century from the old town of Lübeck . In: A. Falk, U. Müller and M. Schneider (Eds.), Lübeck and the Hanseatic Region - Contributions to archeology and cultural history. Festschrift for Manfred Gläser , Lübeck, 2014, pp. 193–206.
  • Production directory and archaeological finds from 1617 and 1618 from "... der glaßhutten bey Obernembs" in the Hochtaunus. In: E. Černá and P. Steppuhn (eds.), Glass archeology in Europe: Regions - Products - Analyzes. Contributions to the 5th International Symposium on Archaeological Research into Medieval and Early Modern Glassworks in Europe , Most, 2014, pp. 97–114.
  • Medieval and early modern glass finds from the old town of Lübeck. With a contribution by Ulrich Schüßler and Michael Wilde. In: M. glasses (ed.), Lübecker Schriften zu Aräologie und Kulturgeschichte 30, Rahden, 2016, ISBN 978-3-86757-430-3 .

literature

  • Henning Haßmann : Obituary for the glass archaeologist Peter Steppuhn in Reports on the Preservation of Monuments in Lower Saxony 3/2018, pp. 153–154.
  • Gerd Dethlefs, Wieland Kramer, Christian Leiber , Hermann Wessling (eds.): Excavation - Research - Mediation. Commemorative publication for Peter Steppuhn , Prometheus, Wuppertal 2019. ISBN 978-3-9814271-6-5 .
  • Ingrid Berg, Udo Recker: A glassworks region is gaining in importance. Peter Steppuhn's contribution to glassworks research in the Taunus. Two perspectives on one person. in: Gerd Dethlefs, Wieland Kramer, Christian Leiber, Hermann Wessling (eds.): Excavation - Research - Mediation. Commemorative publication for Peter Steppuhn , 2019, pp. 10–21. ( Online )

Web links

Commons : Peter Steppuhn  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Project: Glass finds from the 11th to 17th centuries from Schleswig, by Peter Steppuhn . German Research Foundation (DFG), accessed on April 24, 2018.
  2. ^ Peter Steppuhn: Glass treasures from Lüneburg's soil . Archeology Online, May 30, 2003; accessed April 24, 2018.
  3. ^ Exhibition: Glass culture in Lower Saxony. Tableware and household glass from the Middle Ages to the early modern period. Stadtarchäologie Lüneburg, December 1, 2005, archived from the original on September 25, 2017 ; accessed on April 24, 2018 .
  4. ^ Website of the "History Working Group Glassworks", accessed on April 24, 2018.
    Members of the History Working Group Glashütten . ( Memento from April 24, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Website of the History Working Group Glashütten, accessed on April 24, 2018.
  5. ↑ Bianca Wiedemann: The mysterious red glass . Friedrich Schiller University Jena, June 23, 2016, accessed on April 24, 2018.
    Eckhard Laufer, Peter Steppuhn, Ingrid Berg: Glassmaker at Glashütten im Taunus ( Memento from August 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ).
  6. ↑ Restored glassworks . ( Memento from August 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: Taunus Zeitung , April 30, 2014, accessed on April 24, 2018.
  7. ^ Deutsche Glastechnische Gesellschaft eV, Technical Committee V, Glass History and Glass Design: Advisory Board and contact person . Metallurgy Association of the German Glass Industry (HVG), accessed on April 24, 2018.
  8. ↑ Waldglashütten im Taunus - 250 years of glassmaking in Hesse. (pdf, 1.9 MB) Förderkreis Freilichtmuseum Hessenpark eV, January 25, 2008, archived from the original on September 20, 2016 ; accessed on April 24, 2018 (brochure for the permanent exhibition in the Hessenpark open-air museum).
  9. ↑ Taunus Gallery shows: "Glass from the Taunus" . Website of the Hochtaunuskreis, August 19, 2011, accessed on April 24, 2018.
  10. ↑ Jens Rathmann: Mourning for Dr. Peter Steppuhn . In: Neue Deister Zeitung , April 20, 2018, reproduced on the website of “Forum Glas eV Bad Münder”, accessed on April 24, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Steppuhn, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German prehistoric and early historian
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Friesoythe
DATE OF DEATH 17th April 2018
Place of death Nienburg / Weser