Wolfgang Erdmann

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Wolfgang Erdmann (born May 13, 1945 in Walsrode ; † January 15, 2003 in Königstein im Taunus ) was a German art historian and non-fiction author .

Life

Wolfgang Erdmann studied art history, prehistory, Christian archeology and church history between 1966 and 1968 at the University of Tübingen and between 1968 and 1970 at the University of Freiburg .

After graduating, he worked in the preservation of monuments in Freiburg and carried out archaeological emergency excavations in churches when the buildings were being renovated or equipped with heating. In 1970 he took over the management of the excavations in the Church of St. Peter and Paul on the Lake Constance island of Reichenau . Between 1976 and 1989 he worked in the Collaborative Research Center 17 (Scandinavia and Baltic Sea Region Research ) at the University of Lübeck and assigned to the Office for Prehistory and Protohistory (Archaeological Monument Preservation) of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck . Since 1989 he has lived as a freelance author in Königstein im Taunus and worked for the Langewiesche publishing house .

As part of the series The Blue Books of the publishing Langewiesche wrote Erdmann, among other non-fiction books about the Cistercian -Klöster Chorin and Doberan as well as the Cathedral of St. Boniface in Hameln .

Publications (selection)

  • The Reichenau in Lake Constance. History and art. 1974. 11th edition, reviewed by Bernd Konrad and expanded by a chapter on the late Gothic choir, Langewiesche Verlag, Königstein i. Ts. 2004 (= The Blue Books). ISBN 978-3-7845-1222-8
  • The Minster of Hameln. The former collegiate church of St. Bonifatius and St. Romanus from the independent church of the 9th century to the parish church of the present: changes in functions, forms and demands . By Wolfgang Erdmann, after preliminary work. v. Petra Rabbe-Hartinger u. Ernst August Oppermann; Photos by Jutta Brüdern, Langewiesche publishing house, Königstein i. Ts. 1994 (The Blue Books). ISBN 3-7845-0655-0
  • Cistercian Abbey of Chorin. History, architecture, cult and piety, prince claims and self-portrayal, monastic economics and interactions with the medieval environment . With the collaboration of Gisela Gooß, Manfred Krause and Gunther Nisch. Langewiesche publishing house, Königstein i. Ts. 1994 (The Blue Books). ISBN 3-7845-0352-7
  • Doberan Cistercian Abbey. Cult and art . Langewiesche publishing house, Königstein i. Ts. 1995 (The Blue Books). ISBN 3-7845-0411-6
  • Collaboration: The astronomical clock in St. Marien zu Rostock . By Manfred Schukowski with the assistance of Wolfgang Erdmann and Kristina Hegner. With detailed references, compiled by W. Erdmann. 2nd, updated & exp. Edition. Langewiesche publishing house, Königstein i. Ts. 2010 (The Blue Books). ISBN 978-3-7845-1236-5

literature

  • Peter Schmidt-Thomé: In memory of Wolfgang Erdmann , in: Nachrichtenblatt des Landesdenkmalamts Baden-Württembergonline 32, No. 2, 2003, p. 199f. ( Digitized version )
  • Beate Großmann-Hofmann, Hans-Curt Köster: Königstein im Taunus. History and Art , 2nd edition Königstein i. Ts., Verlag Langewiesche 2010 (= The Blue Books), ISBN 978-3-7845-0778-1 , with the contributions from Frank Hoffmann: In Memoriam Wolfgang Erdmann p. 157f. and [ed. v. Hans-Curt Köster]: Work stations by Wolfgang Erdmann (p. 158) as well as The most important writings v. Wolfgang Erdmann , p. 159f.

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personal data
SURNAME Erdmann, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian and non-fiction author
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Walsrode
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 2003
Place of death Königstein im Taunus