Werner Hilgers

Werner Hilgers (born March 17, 1939 in Düsseldorf ) is a German ancient historian and museum employee.

Life

Hilgers studied history , Latin and philosophy at the universities of Freiburg and Bonn . After completing the second state examination for higher education, he received his doctorate in 1967 with the dissertation Latin vessel names: names, function and shape of Roman vessels according to the ancient written sources for Dr. phil. From 1968 to 2002 he worked at the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn , most recently as head of department, from 1983 to 1991 he was managing director of the German Museum Association and from 1991 to 1999 its vice-president.

Fonts

• Latin vessel names. Names, function and shape of Roman vessels based on ancient written sources . Rheinland-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1969.
• Short guide through the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn . 1. The archaeological departments . Society of Friends of Antiquity in the Rhineland, Bonn 1973.
• Early German days. History of Roman Germania . Ullstein, Frankfurt / Main 1976, ISBN 3-548-03861-1 .
• Roman road. Rheinauenpark Bonn . Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1979, ISBN 3-7927-0467-6 .
• The Romans among the Eskimos and other satirises on science . Zabern, Mainz 2006, ISBN 978-3-8053-3617-8 .
• Introduction to museum ethics . G + H-Verlag, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-940939-15-9 .