Reinhard Schindler

Reinhard Schindler (born April 7, 1912 in Beuthen ; † June 9, 2001 in Reinsfeld ) was a German prehistorian .

Reinhard Schindler was the second of four sons of a property manager. He passed his Abitur in February 1932 in Neisse . Schindler studied prehistory, geology and history at the Universities of Königsberg , Berlin and Breslau . In 1936 Schindler belonged to the student group “German Prehistory” in Breslau. From 1936 to 1942 his focus was on the prehistoric and early historical settlement of the Teutons in the east. In November 1937 he found a job as a research assistant at the State Museum of Natural History and Prehistory in Danzig . In November 1938 he received his doctorate in Breslau with a thesis on the settlement history of the Goths and Gepids , supervised by Wolfgang La Baume and Martin Jahn . In April 1941, Schindler was taken on as custodian . Since February 1942 he did military service. Schindler was taken prisoner by the Soviets, which lasted until October 1946.

Schindler came to Hamburg via Thuringia. There, the urban archeology of the Middle Ages became his main focus. Schindler has written over 40 publications on archeology in Hamburg, including two books. About 30 publications deal with medieval city center research. In Hamburg he made the acquaintance of Walter Hävernick , director of the Museum of Hamburg History . Schindler was hired as a research assistant at the local museum in November 1946 and took over the management of the newly established department for the preservation of monuments. After the Second World War, Hamburg was one of the few German cities in which an archaeological research into the city center was carried out after the destruction of the old town. Thanks to Schindler's excavations in 1949, the Carolingian Hammaburg, previously only known from written sources, was located on the Hamburg Cathedral Hill. The results of the excavations were made available to the public. From 1950 to 1958 Schindler was co-editor or editor of the magazine "Hammaburg". Another focus of his activity was the archaeological survey of the land. In addition, the standard work The soil antiquities of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg appeared in 1960 . With the beginning of the economic boom in the reconstruction phase, the preservation of monuments in Hamburg came to a standstill. For these reasons, Schindler found new professional prospects in southwest Germany.

In November 1959, Schindler became state curator of the Saarland and head of the Museum for Prehistory and Early History in Saarbrücken . Schindler presented 60 publications there. From 1964 to 1970 Schindler was chairman of the Association of State Archaeologists . In March 1965 he became director of the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier and held this position until his retirement in 1977. In 1970 Schindler was able to set up a research center for dendrochronology . When dating many wood finds and buildings from the 2nd century BC, it brought Significant results to the present. From 1959 to 1977 he was mainly concerned with the Celtic fortifications of the Iron Age and Roman settlements in the southwest. Since 1978 he has been unable to continue his scientific work due to an illness.

Schindler submitted about 20 books and 220 essays. Schindler was awarded numerous scientific honors and memberships for his research. Schindler was a full member of the German Archaeological Institute and from 1966 to 1976 a member of the Roman-Germanic Commission . In 1968 he became an honorary member of the Section Historique of the Institut Grand-Ducal of Luxembourg. On the occasion of his 70th birthday in 1982, the Association for Hamburg History awarded him the Lappenberg Medal in silver for his services to archaeological research into the early history of Hamburg . Also in 1982 the 45th volume of the Trier magazine appeared as a commemorative publication. On the occasion of the 80th birthday of its two former directors Hans Eiden and Reinhard Schindler, the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier dedicated the 55th volume of the Trier magazine as a festive gift.

Fonts

A list of publications appeared in: Jürgen Merten: Bibliography Reinhard Schindler. In: Trier magazine for the history and art of the Trier region and its neighboring areas. Vol. 45, 1982, pp. 11-22.

• The settlement history of the Goths and Gepids in the lower Vistula area based on the clay vessels (= source writings on East German prehistory and early history. Vol. 6). Kabitzsch, Leipzig 1940.
• Excavations in old Hamburg. New results on the early history of the Hanseatic city. Publishing house "Society of Friends of the Patriotic School and Education System", Hamburg 1957.
• The soil antiquities of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (= publications of the Museum of Hamburg History, Department of Soil Monument Preservation. Vol. 1). Christians, Hamburg 1960.
• Studies on the prehistoric settlement and fortification system of the Saarland. Paulinus-Verlag, Trier 1968.
• The old castle of Bundenbach. A fortified hilltop settlement of the 2nd / 1st Century BC In the Hunsrück (= Trier excavations and research. Vol. 10). Zabern, Mainz 1977, ISBN 3-8053-0097-2 .
• with Karl-Heinz Koch: Prehistoric and early historical castle walls of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (= Trier excavations and research. Vol. 13, 1). Zabern, Mainz 1977.
• with Karl-Heinz Koch: Prehistoric and early historical castle walls of the Trier administrative district and the Birkenfeld district (= Trier excavations and research. Vol. 13, 1). Zabern, Mainz 1994, ISBN 3-923319-26-6 .

literature

• Heinz Cüppers : In memoriam Dr. Reinhard Schindler (1912-2001). In: Kurtrierisches Jahrbuch. Vol. 41, 2001, pp. 13-18.
• Alfred Haffner: Reinhard Schindler (1912-2001). In: Archäologisches Nachrichtenblatt. Vol. 7, 2002, pp. 97-98.
• Jürgen Merten: From Breslau and Danzig via Hamburg to Saarbrücken and Trier. Stations of the archaeologist Reinhard Schindler (1912–2001). In: Trier magazine for the history and art of the Trier region and its neighboring areas. Vol. 64, 2001, pp. 297-321.
• Heidelies Wittig: Schindler, Reinhard . In: Franklin Kopitzsch, Dirk Brietzke (Hrsg.): Hamburgische Biographie . tape 6 . Wallstein, Göttingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-8353-1025-4 , p. 290-291 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Reinhard Schindler in the catalog of the German National Library

Remarks

1. ^ Jürgen Merten: From Breslau and Danzig via Hamburg to Saarbrücken and Trier. Stations of the archaeologist Reinhard Schindler (1912–2001). In: Trier magazine for the history and art of the Trier region and its neighboring areas. Vol. 64, 2001, pp. 297-321, here: p. 302.
2. ^ Jürgen Merten: From Breslau and Danzig via Hamburg to Saarbrücken and Trier. Stations of the archaeologist Reinhard Schindler (1912–2001). In: Trier magazine for the history and art of the Trier region and its neighboring areas. Vol. 64, 2001, pp. 297-321, here: p. 301.
3. ^ Jürgen Merten: From Breslau and Danzig via Hamburg to Saarbrücken and Trier. Stations of the archaeologist Reinhard Schindler (1912–2001). In: Trier magazine for the history and art of the Trier region and its neighboring areas. Vol. 64, 2001, pp. 297-321, here: p. 308.
4. ↑ Heinz Cüppers: In memoriam Dr. Reinhard Schindler (1912-2001). In: Kurtrierisches Jahrbuch. Vol. 41, 2001, pp. 13-18, here: p. 16.