Association of State Archaeologists

The Association of State Archaeologists in the Federal Republic of Germany V. (VLA) all state archaeologists in the Federal Republic of Germany belong . It was founded in 1949. In 1990 the representatives of the five new federal states joined. Chairman since 2015 Michael beef , head of the FO Archeology for Westphalia and the state archaeologist for Westphalia .

background

In accordance with its statutes, the association has 60 members from all federal states, in addition to the state archaeologists, there are also other leading representatives of monument conservation . Further advisory members (BM) are appointed or take part in the association's activities by virtue of their office.

The task of the association is to exchange experiences on the activities, problems and standards of archaeological monument preservation as well as to coordinate and represent common interests to the outside world, in particular to accompany and advise on the ordinance and legislative procedures relating to the field of activity. The board of the association represents the interests of archaeological monument preservation in various committees, for example in the German National Committee for Monument Protection (DNK) and in the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Culture of the Federal Republic of Germany (KMK).

The association holds annual conferences under the leadership of a federal state, which include a general meeting, working groups and a colloquium with invited experts. In addition, eight permanent working groups deal with archaeological information systems, the problem of robbery excavations and the involvement of schools in the archaeological field of activity, the handling of archaeological monuments in agricultural and forestry areas and the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive.

In addition to the reports on the annual meetings, the association publishes guidelines and instructions for archaeological work. He also publishes the bimonthly journal Archeology in Germany with a circulation of around 15,000 copies.

In addition, the association carries out training to become a certified excavation technician. A completed vocational training is required to take part.

The Association of State Archaeologists currently has the following members (as of January 2020):

number Surname state corporation 01 Claus Wolf Baden-Württemberg Head of Office , Head of the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Baden-Württemberg 02 Dirk Krauße Baden-Württemberg State archaeologist, State Office for Monument Preservation Baden-Württemberg 03 Jörg Bofinger Baden-Württemberg Unit 84 - Archaeological Monument Preservation in the Stuttgart Regional Council 04th Britta Rabold Baden-Württemberg Archaeological Monument Preservation Ref. 84.2 Karlsruhe Office in the Stuttgart Regional Council 05 Andrea Bräuning Baden-Württemberg Section 82 Monument-related mediation in the Stuttgart regional council 06th Jonathan Scheschkewitz Baden-Württemberg Archaeological Monument Preservation Section 84.2 Esslingen Office 07th C. Sebastian Sommer Bavaria State curator, head of Department B Practical Monument Preservation - Ground Monument Preservation in the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation 08th Walter Irlinger Bavaria Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation , Head of Department Z Monument Registration and Research 09 Silvia Codreanu-Windauer Bavaria Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments , Department of Practical Preservation of Monuments - Ground Monument Preservation Section B III Lower Bavaria / Upper Palatinate in Regensburg 10 Jochen Haberstroh Bavaria Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments , Department of Practical Preservation of Monuments - Section BI Upper Bavaria / Munich 11 Gregor Schlicksbier Bavaria Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments , Department of Practical Preservation of Monuments - Ground Monument Preservation: Coordination of land-use planning 12 Markus Ullrich Bavaria Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments , Department of Monuments Registration and Research; Section ZI Bavarian Monument List and Monument Topography, Seehof Castle Office 13 Ruth Sandner Bavaria Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments , Head of Unit Practical Preservation of Monuments B III Swabia / Middle Franconia, Thierhaupten Office 14th Andreas Buettner Bavaria Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments , Head of Unit Practical Preservation of Monuments B IV Upper / Lower Franconia, Seehof Castle Department 15th Matthias Wemhoff Berlin State archaeologist, head of the Museum for Prehistory and Protohistory of the National Museums in Berlin 16 Franz Schopper Brandenburg State archaeologist, director of the Brandenburg State Office for the Preservation of Monuments and State Archaeological Museum , director of the State Archaeological Museum 17th Thomas Kersting Brandenburg Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum 18th Joachim Wacker Brandenburg Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum 19th Jens May Brandenburg Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum 20th Silke Schwarzländer Brandenburg Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum 21st Uta Hall Bremen State archaeologist 22nd Rainer-Maria Weiss Hamburg State archaeologist, archaeologist for the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and director of the Hamburg Archaeological Museum 23 Udo Recker Hesse State archaeologist, Hesse ARCHEOLOGY 24 Sabine Schade-Lindig Hesse Deputy State Archaeologist, Hesse ARCHAEOLOGY 25th Christa Meiborg Hesse State Office for Monument Preservation Hesse , Hesse ARCHAEOLOGY, Marburg branch 26th Thomas Becker Hesse State Office for Monument Preservation Hesse , Hesse ARCHAEOLOGY, Darmstadt branch 27 Detlef Jantzen Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State archaeologist, Head of Department Archeology State Office for Culture and Monument Preservation, Archeology and Monument Preservation, Department Archeology 28 Heiko Schäfer Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Office for Culture and the Preservation of Monuments, Department of Archeology and Preservation of Monuments, Department of Archeology, Stralsund Office 29 Lars Saalow Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Office for Culture and Preservation of Monuments, Department of Archeology and Preservation of Monuments 30th C. Michael Schirren Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Office for Culture and Preservation of Monuments, Department of Archeology and Preservation of Monuments 31 Henning Hassmann Lower Saxony State archaeologist, Lower Saxony State Office for the Preservation of Monuments, head of the archeology department 32 Utz Böhner Lower Saxony Lower Saxony State Office for Monument Preservation, Information Management and Specialized Information System, Specialist Services Department 33 Michael speed Lower Saxony Lower Saxony State Office for Monument Preservation, Braunschweig base 34 Mario Pahlow Lower Saxony Lower Saxony State Office for Monument Preservation, Lüneburg base 35 Jana Esther Fries Lower Saxony Lower Saxony State Office for Monument Preservation, Oldenburg base 36 Friedrich Wilhelm Wulf Lower Saxony Lower Saxony State Office for Monument Preservation, Hanover regional team 37 Markus C. Blaich Lower Saxony State Archaeologist, Lower Saxony State Office for Monument Preservation, Department - Archeology, Project Coordination / Deputy Head of the Archeology Department 38 Erich Claßen North Rhine-Westphalia State archaeologist for the Rhineland, head of the LVR office for soil conservation in the Rhineland 39 Julia Obladen-Kauder North Rhine-Westphalia LVR Office for Land Monument Preservation in the Rhineland, Xanten branch 40 Michael Rind North Rhine-Westphalia Association chairman, state archaeologist for Westphalia, director of LWL archeology for Westphalia 41 Michael Baales North Rhine-Westphalia LWL archeology for Westphalia, Olpe branch 42 Christoph Grünewald North Rhine-Westphalia LWL archeology for Westphalia, Münster branch 43 Marcus Trier North Rhine-Westphalia Director of the Roman-Germanic Museum , head of the Archaeological Monument Preservation of the City of Cologne 44 Axel von Berg Rhineland-Palatinate State Archaeologist, Directorate General for Cultural Heritage, Directorate State Archeology, Koblenz Office 45 Ulrich Himmelmann Rhineland-Palatinate General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate, Directorate State Archeology, Speyer branch 46 Peter Henrich Rhineland-Palatinate Directorate General for Cultural Heritage, Directorate State Archeology, Trier branch in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier 47 Marion Witteyer Rhineland-Palatinate General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate, Directorate State Archeology, Mainz branch 48 Georg Breitner Saarland State archaeologist, state curator, head of the State Monuments Office of Saarland in the Ministry of Education and Culture 49 Regina Smolnik Saxony State archaeologist, head of the State Office for Archeology in Saxony 50 Thomas Westphalen Saxony Head of Department Archaeological Monument Preservation, State Office for Archeology Saxony 51 Wolfgang Ender Saxony Archaeological Monument Preservation, State Office for Archeology Saxony 52 Harald Meller Saxony-Anhalt State archaeologist, head of the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt - State archaeologist and director of the State Museum for Prehistory in Halle 53 Susanne Friederich Saxony-Anhalt Head of Department of Soil Monument Preservation, State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, State Museum for Prehistory 54 Alfred Reichenberger Saxony-Anhalt Head of Public Relations, State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, State Museum for Prehistory 55 Veit Dresely Saxony-Anhalt Head of Central Services Department, State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, State Museum for Prehistory 56 Ulf Ickerodt Schleswig-Holstein State archaeologist, head of the State Archaeological Office, Schleswig-Holstein State Archaeological Office, Annettenhöh Castle 57 NN Schleswig-Holstein State Archaeological Office Schleswig-Holstein, Annettenhöh Castle 58 Manfred Schneider Schleswig-Holstein Head of the Archeology and Monument Preservation Department of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck, Head of the Archeology Department 59 Sven Ostritz Thuringia State archaeologist, President of the Thuringian State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology 60 Thomas Grasselt Thuringia Thuringian State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology BM Eszter Bánffy Director of the Roman-Germanic Commission of the German Archaeological Institute BM Falko Daim Roman-Germanic Central Museum Mainz BM Hermann Parzinger President of the German Association for Archeology , President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation

Appointed advisory members are Walter Meier-Arendt , Heinz Günter Horn , Hauke ​​Jöns , Harald Koschik , Dieter Planck , Christoph B. Rüger , Thomas Schenk , Siegmar von Schnurbein , Bendix Trier and Ulrich Schoknecht .

Chairperson

• 1949 to 1954: Eduard Neuffer
• 1956 to 1960: Hans Eiden
• 1960 to 1964: Karl Kersten
• 1964 to 1970: Reinhard Schindler
• 1970 to 1976: Klaus Schwarz
• 1976 to 1988: Hugo Borger
• 1988 to 2003: Dieter Planck
• 2003 to 2015: Jürgen Kunow
• Since 2015: Michael Rind

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ As of 2018
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