Career
As president of the German Archaeological Institute (Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts - DAI) and excavator of the Hittite city of Hattusha in Turkey, as well as an expert on the Celts in Central Europe, he acquired great merit.
archaeologist university professor
As president of the German Archaeological Institute (Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts - DAI) and excavator of the Hittite city of Hattusha in Turkey, as well as an expert on the Celts in Central Europe, he acquired great merit.
State awards Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1955) Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts (Member, 1967. Chancellor of the Order 1971-1979. 3rd Vice-Chancellor from 1979 to 1980. 2nd Vice-Chancellor 1980-1984) Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (1978) Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg (1982) Grand Cross of Merit with Star and Sash of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1984) Memberships Honorary member of the İstanbul Enstitüsü (1955), Turkish Historical Society (Türk Tarih Kurumu. Ankara, 1959), Royal Irish Academy (Dublin, 1965), Société de Yougoslavie Archéologique (Arheološko Društvo Jugoslavije, Belgrade, 1966), German-Turkish Association (Bonn, 1970), Society for Preand Early History in Württemberg and Hohenzollern (Gesellschaft für Archäologie in Württemberg und Hohenzollern) (1977), Honorary Member of the German Archaeological Institute (1982) Honorary Corresponding Member of The Prehistoric Society (Oxford, 1956) Honorary Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (1965) Foreign Honorary Member of the Archaeological Institute of America (New York, 1967), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Boston, Massachusetts, 1980) Other Honorary Citizen of the city of Heidenheim (1967) Honorary doctorates from the University of Istanbul (1969), Anadolu University (Anadolu Üniversitesi) (Eskişehir, Turkey.
German Archaeological Institute. Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Heidelberg Academy for Sciences and Humanities.
Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur.
Austrian Archaeological Institute. American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Royal Irish Academy. Society of Antiquaries of London]
Honorary member of the İstanbul Enstitüsü (1955), Turkish Historical Society (Türk Tarih Kurumu.
Ankara, 1959), Royal Irish Academy (Dublin, 1965), Société de Yougoslavie Archéologique (Arheološko Društvo Jugoslavije, Belgrade, 1966), German-Turkish Association (Bonn, 1970), Society for Preand Early History in Württemberg and Hohenzollern (Gesellschaft für Archäologie in Württemberg und Hohenzollern) (1977), Honorary Member of the German Archaeological Institute (1982)
Honorary Corresponding Member of The Prehistoric Society (Oxford, 1956).
