Wolfgang Maria Schmid

Wolfgang Maria Schmid (born August 4, 1867 in Passau , † November 16, 1943 in Munich ) was a German art historian, archaeologist, folklorist, librarian and conservator.

Life

Schmid was involved in historical research and monument preservation in his hometown of Passau. From 1895 he was a librarian, then a curator at the Bavarian National Museum and played a key role in the investigation of the imperial graves in Speyer Cathedral .

Until his retirement in 1923, Schmid was chief curator at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation in Munich. In the era of National Socialism , he led from 1936 to 1938 in 1933 opened Ostmark Museum in Passau.

literature

T. Meier, An excavation as a political issue. The investigation of the rulers' graves in the Speyer Cathedral in the summer of 1900 and their history. In: M. Herget (Ed.), The Emperor's Last Dresses. New research on the organic finds from the ruler's graves in Speyer Cathedral; [Accompanying book to the exhibition "The Emperor's Last Clothes - Saving the Organic Finds from the Imperial and Royal Tombs in Speyer Cathedral" in the Historical Museum of the Palatinate, Speyer, April 10 to October 30, 2011] (Munich 2011) p. 40– 51.
I. Bauer, two rooms from the Tannheimer Talin: D. Harmening / E. Wimmer / W. Brückner (Ed.), Folk Culture - History - Region. Festschrift for Wolfgang Brückner on the occasion of his 60th birthday Sources and research on European ethnology 7 (Würzburg 1992) 629-654, p. 632 note 7

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME	Schmid, Wolfgang Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German art historian, archaeologist, folklorist, librarian and conservator
DATE OF BIRTH	4th August 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH	Passau
DATE OF DEATH	November 16, 1943
Place of death	Munich