Thomas Metz (monument conservator)
Thomas Metz (* 1955 in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse) is a German architect and monument conservator . Since August 1, 2007 he has been the General Director for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (GDKE).
Life
Metz studied architecture at the University of Karlsruhe and received his diploma from Paul Schütz in 1985 . This was followed by a traineeship for work as a senior technical administrative officer in Rhineland-Palatinate and the major state examination. From 1988 he was employed as the main area manager and then as the deputy head of the state building department in Koblenz South. From 1991 to 1995 he gave lectures on architecture at the Koblenz University of Applied Sciences . After the state building authorities in Koblenz-South and Koblenz-North were merged in 1995, he took over the position of project manager at the state building authority in Koblenz.
From 1998 to 2007 he was the head of the castles, palaces and antiquities of Rhineland-Palatinate (BSA), and from 2001 he was also head of the Koblenz State Museum in the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress . Since 2006 he has been provisionally responsible for the management of the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Since August 1, 2007, he is the General Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (GDKE) before which the country's heritage conservation and the responsible State Office, the country's archeology, castles and antiquities (BSA) and the National Museum in Koblenz , Mainz and Trier merged were.
Thomas Metz is a board member of the state foundation ARP Museum , the Sayner Hütte and the representative assembly of the Chamber of Architects Rhineland-Palatinate, member of the German Academy for Urban Development and State Planning as well as the German Werkbund and extraordinary member of the Association of German Architects .
Web links
- Short biography on the website of the Federal Garden Show (PDF; 44 KB)
- General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Metz, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and preservationist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koblenz |