Wolfgang Binsfeld

Wolfgang Binsfeld (born December 21, 1928 in Essen ; † May 20, 2011 in Trier ) was a German classical and Roman provincial archaeologist .

Life

During the Second World War , Binsfeld had to take part in military service as an air force helper. In 1948 he passed the Abitur at the Quirinus-Gymnasium in Neuss . He then studied Classical Archeology at the Universities of Bonn and Cologne , where he received his doctorate on October 15, 1956 under Andreas Rumpf . During his studies he became a member of the Catholic student associations KDStV Staufia Bonn in the Cartell Association of Catholic German Student Associations (CV) . In 1957/58 he received a travel grant from the German Archaeological Institute . He then worked at the Roman-Germanic Central Museum in Mainz and at the Roman-Germanic Museum in Cologne. From 1965 he worked as chief curator and later deputy director at the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier , in 1992 he retired. In the 1977/78 winter semester, he took on a teaching position in Roman provincial and classical archeology at the University of Trier, and in 1979 he was appointed honorary professor.

Fonts (selection)

• Grylloi. A contribution to the history of ancient caricature. Cologne 1956 (dissertation, University of Cologne, 1955).
• The founding legend. In: Trier: Augustus city of the Treverians. Town and country in pre and early Roman times. Edited by the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier, 2nd edition, Mainz am Rhein 1984, p. 7 f.
• About the name of the Treverians and the city of Trier. In: Trier Journal 33, 1970, p. 35 ff.

literature

• Heinz Heinen : Obituary for Professor Dr. Wolfgang Binsfeld. In: Kurtrierisches Jahrbuch. Vol. 51, 2011, pp. 17-20
• Jürgen Merten: List of publications by Wolfgang Binsfeld. In: Trier Journal 61, 1989, pp. 9-18
• Jürgen Merten: Wolfgang Binsfeld. In: Stefan Heid , Martin Dennert (Hrsg.): Personal Lexicon for Christian Archeology. Researchers and personalities from the 16th to the 21st century . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-7954-2620-0 , Vol. 1, pp. 190 f.
• Commemorative letter for Wolfgang Binsfeld. Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Trier 2011, ISBN 978-3-923319-81-7 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Wolfgang Binsfeld in the catalog of the German National Library
• The "good spirit" turns 80 , Trierischer Volksfreund , December 19, 2008 (appreciation)
• Mourning for the "good spirit" , Trierischer Volksfreund, May 23, 2011 (obituary)
• Obituaries , trauer.de