Wolfgang Bauer (local history researcher)
Wolfgang Bauer (* 1933 in Hanover ) is a German local researcher and hobby archaeologist .
Life
Wolfgang Bauer completed an apprenticeship as a plasterer at the age of 15 and practiced this profession until his retirement. He lived first in Hanover and later in Laatzen . At the end of the 1970s he developed an interest in old handicraft techniques and went to ancient sites in Tunisia and Bulgaria . Since that time he has carried out field inspections in the Leinetal between Hanover and Hildesheim , during which he discovered a large number of archaeological sites and finds. In the course of his more than 30 years of activity in the field, he checked and reported around 60 sites that are recorded in the web-based monument database ADABweb of the Lower Saxony State Office for Monument Preservation (NLD). He submitted his find reports to this historical monument authority , which in some cases led to major excavations . For over 25 years he took part in excavations of the NLD as a volunteer. He discovered the finds primarily in the vicinity of gravel pits and when developing building areas. Due to his professional experience as a restorer, he restored and preserved his finds himself. He made the finds available to the monument authorities for documentation and scientific evaluation. They come from sources in:
- Barnts
- Yes and no
- Laatzen
- Rössing ( Ribbon Ceramic Settlement Rössing )
- Sarstedt
- Wilkenburg (Germanic settlement near the Roman marching camp of Wilkenburg )
The finds date from the Paleolithic around 100,000 BC. BC, the Neolithic , the Roman Empire , the Migration Period and the early Middle Ages . The most important find is a butte of the Neolithic line ceramic with a diameter of 50 cm.
As part of a move, Wolfgang Bauer donated his collection of finds to the state of Lower Saxony in 2019 . In the same year the NLD showed the most important finds in an exhibition designed by the Hanoverian district archaeologist Friedrich-Wilhelm Wulf .
Exhibition of the collection of finds in the Lower Saxony State Office for Monument Preservation
Vessel found by Wolfgang Bauer from the Bandkeramische Siedlung Rössing
Harpstedter Rautopf found by Wolfgang Bauer in Wilkenburg
Exhibition showcase on various sites
literature
- Friedrich-Wilhelm Wulf: Exhibition "Archaeological Collection Wolfgang Bauer - With Open Eyes Through the Linen Valley". In the Lower Saxony State Office for Monument Preservation in: FAN-POST 2020 of the Friends of Archeology in Lower Saxony , pp. 47-49 ( online )
Web links
- Finds from barents and poisons in Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung from July 18, 2019
- From the Stone Age to the Romans: On the hunt for finds with a moped and instinct in Neue Presse from September 16, 2019
Individual evidence
- ^ Exhibition: Archaeological Collection Wolfgang Bauer - With open eyes through the Leinetal at the Lower Saxony State Office for Monument Preservation
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bauer, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German local researcher and hobby archaeologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |