Wilhelm Alzinger

Wilhelm Alzinger ( born August 11, 1928 in Vienna, † January 2, 1998 ) was an Austrian classical archaeologist.

Life

Wilhelm Alzinger studied from 1946 Classical Archaeology at the University of Vienna and was established in 1951 at Hedwig Kenner and Artur Betz phil with a thesis on the Roman period burial mounds in Austria Dr.. doctorate. Since 1952 Alzinger was an employee of the Austrian Archaeological Institute ( ÖAI ) and in 1967 was appointed State Archaeologist first class. In 1970 he habilitated with a font to Augustan architecture in Ephesus at the University of Vienna and taught there besides his position at ÖAI as university lecturer ( since 1971 ) and associate professor (since 1978). Architecture and Building Research were the focus of his teaching. In 1993, he went into retirement.

Alzinger participated among others in the excavations in Ephesus and Agrigento. In 1956 he became director of excavations in Aguntum, from 1972 to 1988 he directed the excavations in Aigeira.

Alzinger was a member of the German Archaeological Institute. From 1956 to 1961 and 1974 to 1977 he was Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Austrian Society for Pre -and Early History.

He was buried on Baumgartner cemetery.

Writings (selection )

  • The city of the seventh wonder of the world. The rediscovery of Ephesus. Vienna 1962.
  • With Anton Bammer: The Monument of C. Memmius. Vienna 1971 ( research in Ephesus, 7), ISBN 978-3-900532-57-4.
  • The ruins of Ephesus. Koska, Berlin [u a ] 1972.
  • Augustan architecture in Ephesus. Austrian Archaeological Institute, Vienna 1974.
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