Rainer-Maria Weiss

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Rainer-Maria Weiss (* 1966 in Neuburg an der Donau ) is a German archaeologist .

Life

Study and job

Bavaria and Berlin

Rainer-Maria Weiss studied prehistory and early history as well as art history at the University of Regensburg , where he received his doctorate in 1995.

In 1990 he became an employee of the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation in Regensburg . In 1991 there was a change to the Museum of Prehistory and Early History in Berlin . Weiss was also active in the preservation of monuments in both Berlin and Bavaria . He also worked for the Gäubodenmuseum in Straubing . In 2001 Weiss was appointed curator at the Berlin Museum of Prehistory and Early History.

Hamburg

In 2003 he was appointed director of the Helms Museum in Hamburg . As a Hamburg state archaeologist , he is also responsible for the preservation of monuments in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and in the Harburg district .

Together with Anne Klammt, Weiss emphasized on the basis of new archaeological findings that the Hamburg complex (“ Hammaburg ”) was not, as previously suspected, a church. Rather, the city emerged from a place where trade was carried out.

Memberships

Rainer-Maria Weiss is a board member of the Hermann Rough - Foundation in Hamburg. He is also a member of the board of the Kulturforum Hamburg e. V. at.

Publications (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Board of Directors of the Hermann Rauhe Foundation , accessed on January 22, 2019.
  2. ↑ Heike Gätjen: “It's about digging, not digging!” . In: Hamburger Abendblatt from January 22, 2019; Association of State Archaeologists in the Federal Republic of Germany , accessed on January 22, 2019.
  3. ^ Rainer-Maria Weiss, Anne Klammt (ed.): Myth Hammaburg. Archaeological discoveries from the beginnings of Hamburg . Wachholtz Verlag, Kiel 2015, ISBN 978-3-529-05270-5 .
  4. ^ Board of Directors of the Hermann Rauhe Foundation , accessed on January 22, 2019.
  5. ↑ Board of the Kulturforum Hamburg e. V. , accessed on January 22, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Weiss, Rainer-Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuburg on the Danube