Rolf bear catcher

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Rolf Bärenfänger, 2014

Rolf Bärenfänger (born March 23, 1955 in Hamburg ) is a German archaeologist . Since May 1st, 2008 he has been director of the East Frisian Landscape .

Life

Rolf Bärenfänger studied prehistory and early history , anthropology and German at the University of Hamburg . In 1987 he completed his doctorate on “Settlement and burial places of the 8th to 10th centuries in Lower Saxony and Bremen” with Wolfgang Hübener . Bear catcher took stock of this archaeological complex of questions for the first time and carried out the subsequent analysis. From 1988 to 1992 he led the excavations at the fallen Barthe Monastery near Hesel . Since 1991 he has been working as an archaeologist for the East Frisian Landscape and was head of the Archaeological Service of the East Frisian Landscape from 2002 to 2008 with a focus on archaeological monument preservation . During this time he led numerous rescue excavations , researched important sites in East Frisia and published numerous publications, especially on the early medieval settlement history, on the monasteries that had all disappeared , but also on prehistoric topics.

In 2008 the landscape council elected him landscape director. This has the function of a managing director. Bear catcher had previously held the office on a provisional basis. He is therefore responsible for the entire institution and thus also for the archeology of the region. In this function he is also the editor of various publications in the fields of culture, science and education.

Board of directors of the Archaeological Commission for Lower Saxony (from left to right): Treasurer Axel Friederichs , Chairman Rolf Bärenfänger and Deputy Chairman Michael Geschwinde .

In addition to the former landscape president Helmut Collmann, he was the initiator of opening up the landscape to a modern service provider. For this purpose, the "Landscape Forum" was created as a public communication space in the historic rooms of the landscape house , the stone house in Bunderhee was restored as an extracurricular place of learning and its surroundings were designed, and efforts to create an "East Frisian collection center for historical cultural goods" are among its tasks.

Since 2000 he has also been honorary chairman of the Archaeological Commission for Lower Saxony . He is co-founder of the journal “ Archeology in Lower Saxony ”, which has been published since 1998, and of the monograph series “Contributions to Archeology in Lower Saxony”, and he is also significantly involved in the publication of other archaeological journals in Lower Saxony. He also holds functions on the board of the “Marschenrat for the Promotion of Research in the North Sea Coast Area”, at NOMINE (North German organ music culture in Lower Saxony and Europe), at the Federal Working Group of the Higher Municipal Associations and at ALLviN (Working Groups of Landscapes and Landscape Associations in Lower Saxony). In 2015, his membership in the scientific commission of the German Foundation for Monument Protection ended as scheduled .

Fonts

As an author or editor, Rolf Bärenfänger has published more than 200 publications, mainly on archaeological finds and sites in East Frisia. A complete bibliography from 1988 on is available on the website of the East Frisian Landscape under Archeology.

  • Settlement and burial sites from the 8th to 10th centuries in Lower Saxony and Bremen (= British Archaeological Reports. International Series. 398). 2 volumes. , Oxford 1988, ISBN 0-86054-512-1 (also: Hamburg, Universität, Dissertation, 1987).
  • Early medieval harrow beams and other wood finds from Hattersum, Wittmund district / East Friesland. In: Archaeological correspondence sheet . 23, 1993, pp. 127-139.
  • Four farmsteads from the 9th century from Hesel, Ldkr. Leer. (With a contribution by H. Freund in the appendix). In: News from Lower Saxony's prehistory. 63, 1994, ISSN  1437-2177 , pp. 39-72.
  • as editor with Norbert Fiks: The Plytenberg in Leer. An enigmatic monument. Questions and answers. Schuster, Leer 1995, ISBN 3-7963-0316-1 .
  • The East Frisian monasteries from an archaeological point of view. In: Karl-Ernst Behre , Hajo van Lengen (Ed.): Ostfriesland. History and shape of a cultural landscape. Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich 1995, ISBN 3-925365-85-0 , pp. 241-255, (3rd, revised edition, ibid 1998).
  • with Petra Carli-Thiele, Angelika Burkhardt, Holger Freund, Silke Grefen-Peters and Michael Schultz: Migration period body graves from the East Frisian Wadden Sea - archaeological, anthropological, paleopathological and paleoethnobotanical findings. In: Studies on Saxony Research. 10, 1997, ISSN  0933-4734 , pp. 1-47.
  • From the history of the desert "Kloster Barthe", district of Leer, East Friesland. Results of the archaeological investigations in the years 1988 to 1992. With contributions from Angelika Burkhart, Werner Löhnertz and Paul Weßels. In: Problems of coastal research in the southern North Sea area. 24, 1997, ISSN  0343-7965 , pp. 9-252.
  • From the Stone Age to the Middle Ages: Results of archaeological research in Hesel. In: Paul Weßels: Hesel. “Desert area, arid wilderness and poor heather plants” - the path of a farming village into the modern age. Risius, Weener 1998, ISBN 3-88761-065-2 , pp. 19-72.
  • as a contributor in: Ostfriesland (= guide to archaeological monuments in Germany. 35). Theiss, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-8062-1415-8 .
  • Notes on trade and handicrafts from the imperial era on the lower Ems. In: Frank Both, Heike Aouni (Red.): Across all fronts. Northwest Germany between Augustus and Charlemagne (= Archaeological Communications from Northwest Germany. Supplement. 26). Isensee, Oldenburg 1999, ISBN 3-89598-638-0 , pp. 39-44.
  • Findings from an early medieval settlement near Esens, Wittmund district (East Frisia). In: Problems of coastal research in the southern North Sea area. 27, 2001, pp. 249-300.
  • Medieval farmhouses in East Frisia. In: Jan Klápste (Ed.): The rural house from the migration period to the oldest still standing buildings. Ruralia IV, 8th – 13th centuries September 2001, Bad Bederkesa, Lower Saxony, Germany (= Památky archeologické. Supplementum. 15). Institute of Archeology - Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague 2002, ISBN 80-8612436-3 , pp. 49-52.
  • Archaeological evidence of the working and living conditions in medieval East Frisia. In: Hajo van Lengen (ed.): The Frisian freedom of the Middle Ages. Life and legend. Ostfriesische Landschaftliche Verlags- und Vertriebsgesellschaft, Aurich 2003, ISBN 3-932206-30-4 , pp. 34–55.
  • Cremations of the late funnel beaker culture in Westerhammrich near Leer / Ostfriesland. In: Archeology - Land - Lower Saxony. 25 years of the Monument Protection Act - 400,000 years of history (= Archaeological Communications from Northwest Germany. Supplement. 42). Isensee, Oldenburg 2004, ISBN 3-89995-144-1 , pp. 372-375.
  • News from archeology on the earlier water supply in East Frisia. In: Christoph Ohlig (Hrsg.): Ostfriesland and the state of Oldenburg in the protection of the dykes and other water history contributions (= publications of the German Water History Society (DWhG) eV 6). Books on Demand GmbH, Norderstedt 2005, ISBN 3-8334-1503-7 , pp. 73-84.
  • News from the Upstals boom. Results of the excavations in 2003. In: Heinrich Schmidt , Wolfgang Schwarz, Martin Tielke (Hrsg.): Tota Frisia in partial views. Hajo van Lengen on his 65th birthday (= treatises and lectures on the history of East Frisia. 82). Ostfriesische Landschaftliche Verlags- und Vertriebsgesellschaft, Aurich 2005, ISBN 3-932206-51-7 , pp. 61–81.
  • Archeology in the park of Evenburg Castle in Loga (= guide to the prehistory and early history of Lower Saxony. 26). Isensee, Oldenburg 2006, ISBN 3-89995-319-3 .
  • with Marion Brüggler: Medieval window glass and special small finds from the former Dominican monastery in Norden, East Frisia. In: News from Lower Saxony's prehistory. 76, 2007, pp. 171-197.
  • as editor: Cistercians in the north. New research on monastic archeology. Symposium at the East Frisian Landscape in Aurich from 19. – 20. October 2006 (= International Archeology. Working Group, Symposium, Conference, Congress] International Archeology. 9). Leidorf, Rahden / Westf. 2007, ISBN 978-3-89646-439-2 .
  • with Henny Groenendijk: Multi-layered landscape. Bog colonists and peat farmers in the Dollart area (= Archeology in Groningen. 5). Profiel, Bedum 2008, ISBN 978-90-5294-441-8 .
  • Loga from the Stone Age to Evenburg. In: Heike Düselder (Red.): Evenburg Castle and the glory Loga. Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8319-0332-0 , pp. 34-53.
  • Forty years of the Archaeological Commission for Lower Saxony. In: Archeology in Lower Saxony . 13, 2010, pp. 7-10.
  • as editor with Marion Brüggler: Ihlow. Archaeological, historical and scientific research on a former Cistercian monastery in East Friesland (= contributions to archeology in Lower Saxony. 16). Leidorf, Rahden / Westf. 2012, ISBN 978-3-89646-936-6 .
  • with Wybrand Op den Velde: The Anglo-Frisian Sceatta Hoard of "Kloster Barthe", Gem. Hesel, Ldkr. Leer, East Frisia from 1838. Catalog and Comment. In: News from Lower Saxony's prehistory. 81, 2012, pp. 3-80.

Web links

Commons : Rolf Bärenfänger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b East Frisian Landscape: Oll 'May. Archeology. . Program for the conference on May 6, 2006 in Emden. A short biography of Bärenfänger can be found on page 6. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  2. ^ Rolf Bärenfänger: From the history of the desert "Kloster Barthe", district of Leer, East Friesland. Results of the archaeological investigations from 1988 to 1992 . With contributions by A. Burkhardt, W. Löhnertz and P. Weßels. Problems of coastal research in the southern North Sea area 24 . 1997.
  3. ^ East Frisian landscape: archeology. Tasks and goals . Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  4. ^ Fritz Harders: Bear catcher is the new landscape director . In: Ostfriesen-Zeitung of April 21, 2008. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  5. ^ Emder Zeitung of May 13, 2009: Interface for cultural institutions in the region. Landscape forum in Aurich officially opened on Friday . Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  6. ^ East Frisian landscape: Steinhaus Bunderhee. A breath of fresh air in the old chief's castle . Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  7. ^ Marion Luppen: Central magazine comes to Aurich . In: Ostfriesen-Zeitung of February 25, 2016. Retrieved on April 18, 2016.
  8. ^ Rolf Bärenfänger: 40 years of the Archaeological Commission for Lower Saxony eV . In: Archäologie in Niedersachsen 13, 2010. Retrieved on April 18, 2016.
  9. ^ Archaeological Commission for Lower Saxony: Contributions to Archeology in Lower Saxony (BAN) . Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  10. ^ Marshal Council for the Promotion of Research in the North Sea Coast Area: Executive Board . Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  11. ↑ Nomine: About Nomine . Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  12. ^ East Frisian Landscape: Annual Report 2013 . P. 12. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  13. ^ East Frisian Landscape: Annual Report 2014 . P. 14. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  14. ^ East Frisian Landscape: Publications. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Bear catcher, Rolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archaeologist and director of the East Frisian landscape
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg