{"id":154,"date":"2026-01-03T13:57:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T12:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sachsensymposion.org\/?page_id=154"},"modified":"2026-02-10T13:23:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T12:23:05","slug":"geschichte","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sachsensymposion.org\/en\/geschichte\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sachsensymposion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/KarlWaller-728x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-363\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7109396527969137;width:272px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sachsensymposion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/KarlWaller-728x1024.jpg 728w, https:\/\/sachsensymposion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/KarlWaller-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/sachsensymposion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/KarlWaller-768x1081.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sachsensymposion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/KarlWaller-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/sachsensymposion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/KarlWaller.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The International Sachsensymposion was founded in 1949 thanks to an initiative by Karl Waller (1892-1963), who was then in charge of the office for the protection of prehistoric monuments in the urban area of Cuxhaven, and who, on October 18th of that year sent the following invitation to 14 scholars:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Im Auftrag der Stadt Cuxhaven erlaube ich mir, Sie zu einer zwangslosen Diskussion \u00fcber schwebende Probleme in der Altsachsenforschung zur Gewinnung einer bestm\u00f6glichsten Forschungsgrundlage in der Zeit vom 21. bis 23. November d. Jrs. ergebenst einzuladen (On behalf of the City of Cuxhaven, I take pleasure in inviting you to participate in an informal discussion of the unresolved problems encountered in the study of the ancient Saxons. The aim is to find the best possible basis for future research. The meeting will take place November 21st to 23rd next).\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Hans-J\u00fcrgen H\u00e4\u00dfler (1939-2011) reviewed the history of the \u2018Arbeitsgemeinschaft f\u00fcr Sachsenforschung\u2019 (Study Group for Saxon Research) that was created at this meeting \u2013 today\u2019s Internationales Sachsensymposion \u2013 at the 50th Sachsensymposion, held at Bad Bederkesa in September 1999.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sachsensymposion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/50-Jahre-Internationales-Sachsensymposion.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"357\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-wp-context---core-fit-text=\"core\/fit-text::{&quot;fontSize&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-wp-init---core-fit-text=\"core\/fit-text::callbacks.init\" data-wp-interactive data-wp-style--font-size=\"core\/fit-text::context.fontSize\" class=\"has-fit-text\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Das Internationale Sachsensymposion verdankt seine Gr\u00fcndung im Jahr 1949 der Initiative des damaligen Kreispflegers f\u00fcr vorgeschichtliche Denkm\u00e4ler im Stadtgebiet Cuxhaven, Karl Waller (1892-1963), der am 18. Oktober an 13 Wissenschaftler und eine Wissenschaftlerin eine Einladung folgenden Inhalts aussprach: \u201eIm Auftrag der Stadt Cuxhaven erlaube ich mir, Sie zu einer zwangslosen Diskussion \u00fcber schwebende Probleme in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"wf_page_folders":[17],"class_list":["post-154","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sachsensymposion.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sachsensymposion.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sachsensymposion.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sachsensymposion.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sachsensymposion.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sachsensymposion.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":793,"href":"https:\/\/sachsensymposion.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154\/revisions\/793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sachsensymposion.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wf_page_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sachsensymposion.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_page_folders?post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}