Alfred Werner Maurer (born 3 October 1945) is an international German

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urban planner An urban planner (also known as town planner) is a professional who practices in the field of town planning, urban planning or city planning. An urban planner may focus on a specific area of practice and have a title such as city planner, town ...

architectural historian An architectural historian is a person who studies and writes about the history of architecture, and is regarded as an authority on it. Professional requirements As many architectural historians are employed at universities and other facilities ...

, archaeologists and art historian.

Life

Alfred Werner Maurer studied from 1964 to 1968 at the College of Engineering and Sciences of the Saarland, 1969–1970 at the

Ulm School of Design The Ulm School of Design (german: Hochschule für Gestaltung Ulm) was a college of design based in Ulm, Germany. It was founded in 1953 by Inge Aicher-Scholl, Otl Aicher and Max Bill, the latter being first rector of the school and a former stu ...

, the Institute for Environmental Planning of the University of Stuttgart and from 1970 to 1972 at the

University of Innsbruck The University of Innsbruck (german: Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck; la, Universitas Leopoldino Franciscea) is a public research university in Innsbruck, the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol, founded on October 15, 1669. ...

Architecture and the Kaiserslautern University of Technology and

regional planning Regional planning deals with the efficient placement of land-use activities, infrastructure, and settlement growth across a larger area of land than an individual city or town. Regional planning is related to urban planning as it relates land ...

. He received his graduate degree specializing in architecture and

urban planning Urban planning, also known as town planning, city planning, regional planning, or rural planning, is a technical and political process that is focused on the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, ...

. From 1973 to 1977 he studied at the University of the Saarland

Art history Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...

, Classical archaeology,

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and Early History and

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. His professors included Wolfgang Götz, Rolf Hachmann, Friedrich Hiller, Hans Erich Kubach, Wilhelm Messerer,

Winfried Orthmann Winfried Orthmann (born 16 August 1935) is a German archaeologist specialized on Near East regions. Life Winfried Orthmann studied the ancient history of the Middle East, classical archaeology and Assyriology from 1954 to 1961 at universities in ...

, Frauke Stein and Peter Volkelt. Subsequently, he was a PhD student at Peter Volkelt with the dissertation topic " palace buildings of the 19th Century in France . In 1973, he participated as a researcher at the University of Saarland in Saarbrücken under the direction of Rolf Hachmann in the excavations at Tell Kamid al lawz (or Kamid el-Loz) (Kumidi) in

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...

part. In 1974 he was a research associate at the University of Saarland at the

directed excavation of the 5000-year-old city of Tall plant Munbāqa (also Ekalte (Mumbaqat)) in northern Syria. 1977 Maurer became the excavation director in

Mumbaqat Tall Munbāqa or Mumbaqat, the site of the Late Bronze Age city of Ekalte, is a 5,000-year-old town complex in northern Syria now lying in ruins. The ruins are located on a steep slope on the east bank of the upper course of the Euphrates. In th ...

in Syria for the

Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft The Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft (, ''German Oriental Society''), abbreviated DOG, is a German voluntary association based in Berlin dedicated to the study of the Near East. The DOG was officially founded in January 1898 to foster public interes ...

appointed and the University of the Saarland. At the same time, he took a position as professor of urban planning, architecture and archeology in his hometown. At the same time he worked as an architect and architectural historian. Among other things, he was in the 1980s in the reorganization of

Saarbrücken Castle Saarbrücken Castle is a Baroque château in Saarbrücken, the capital of Saarland. It is located in the district of Alt-Saarbrücken on the left bank of the Saar. Earlier, a medieval castle and a Renaissance castle stood on the same site. His ...

and the History Museum Saar involved. Alfred Werner Maurer was also active in sports, he was a board member of the German Fencing Association, board member of the National Sports Association Saar,Fencing Federation President Interregio

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- Lor- Lux- Elsass- Südwest, President of the Federal fencers Saar.

Buildings (selection)

* Redevelopment

(draft of

Gottfried Böhm Gottfried Böhm (; 23 January 1920 – 9 June 2021) was a German architect and sculptor. His reputation is based on creating highly sculptural buildings made of concrete, steel, and glass. Böhm's first independent building was the Cologne ...

) * History Museum Saar (with Gottfried Böhm) * Civic center

Dudweiler Dudweiler is a borough of Saarbrücken, on the Sulzbach creek. In 977, Dudweiler was first mentioned in official documents of German Emperor Otto II as the location of a chapel (Duodonisvillare). Dudweiler received town privileges on 12 Septembe ...

(department store and community center; design Gottfried Böhm) * Center for Innovative Production of the University of Saarland in Saarbrücken * Casino with hotel Saarbrücken in the German-French Garden * Villas in France, Switzerland and Germany (with Rudolf Olgiati)

Writings (selection)

* Die Baugeschichte des Saarbrücker Schlosses und deren Erforschung. In: Jürgen Karbach, Paul Thomes (ed.): Beiträge zum Stengel-Symposion anläßlich des 300. Geburtstages von Friedrich Joachim Stengel am 29./30. September 1994 im Saarbrücker Schloß. / Zeitschrift für die Geschichte der Saargegend, 43/1995, pp. 177–217.ZDB IDN: 012931268 and OCLC-number: 613277056.
accessed on 19. September 2013. * mit Erich Fissabre: Gestaltbild Barockschloss Saarbrücken 1739–1748. Methoden, Arbeitsweisen, Quellen der Rekonstruktion. Selbstverlag, 1980. * mit Erich Fissabre: Synthese zwischen Alt und Neu. ZIP Zentrum für innovative Produktion in Saarbrücken. In: ZIP Zentrum für innovative Produktion. Saarbrücken 1996, pp. 19–31. * Reise in den Orient zur Grabung Kāmid el-Lōz 1973. Philologus Verlag, Basel 2006. * Mumbaqat 1977. Bericht über die von der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft mit Mitteln der Universität Saarbrücken unternommene Ausgrabung. Basel 2007.

(Online Resource) Philologus-Netzwerk Basel (ch) * ttp://burg-schloss-saarbruecken.npage.de Burg und Schloss Saarbrucken(Online Resource) Philologus-Netzwerk Basel (ch) * mit Erich Fissabre: Die Erforschung des Barockschlosses Saarbrücken, unpubl., 1994. * (ed.) Konvolut handschriftlicher Faksimilie aus dem Hof- und Staatsarchiv Wien, Nassau-Saarbrücken 1768–1773 in Maschinenschrift, Saarbrücken, 1994.

References

External links

* * http://eng.archinform.net/arch/108369.htm/ German author, art historian and monument conservator
Homepage of Alfred Werner Maurer

in the ''www.detail360.de'', accessed on 20. August 2013

in the ''www.detail360.de'', accessed on 24. September 2013

in the ''www.detail360.de'', accessed on 20. August 2013 * AWM Notable Alumni accessed on 23. September 2013 *
Marjorie-Wiki from Villa Sarraz

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