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Ludger Alscher
Ludger Alscher (11 April 1916, in Münster – 9 November 1985, in Berlin-Köpenick) was a German classical archaeologist, who could be considered the most significant scholar of his subject area in the East Germany, DDR. Life Ludger Alscher studied ancient history and classical archaeology from 1936, first at the University of Münster and then at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich from 1939. Archaeology quickly became the primary focus of his studies, thanks especially to the influence of his teacher at Münster, Friedrich Matz the Younger. In Munich he was mainly influenced by Ernst Buschor. In 1942 he received his doctorate for a work on depictions of Nike (mythology), Nike in the round completed at Munich. From 1945, Alscher led the establishment of the archaeological institute at the University of Jena, which he was director of until 1951. During this period, Alscher achieved his habilitation, in 1950, with a work on early Greek minor sculpture. The work was the first p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Münster
Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state district capital. Münster was the location of the Anabaptist rebellion during the Protestant Reformation and the site of the signing of the Treaty of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years' War in 1648. Today it is known as the bicycle capital of Germany. Münster gained the status of a ''Großstadt'' (major city) with more than 100,000 inhabitants in 1915. , there are 300,000 people living in the city, with about 61,500 students, only some of whom are recorded in the official population statistics as having their primary residence in Münster. Münster is a part of the international Euregio region with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants (Enschede, Hengelo, Gronau, Osnabrück). History Early history In 793, Charlemagne sent out Ludger as a miss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
