Kurt Bittel
{{Short description|German prehistorian}}
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Kurt Bittel (born 5 July 1907 in Heidenheim an der Brenz, died 30 January 1991 in Heidenheim an der Brenz) was a German prehistorian. As president of the German Archaeological Institute (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut - 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.
Decorations and awards
;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){{cite web | url = http://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/AB/AB_10542/imfname_251156.pdf | title = Reply to a parliamentary question | language = German | page=519 |trans-title=| accessdate = 30 December 2012 }}
- 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 Pre- and 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),{{Cite web |title=Kurt Bittel |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/kurt-bittel |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences |language=en}} and the American Philosophical Society (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1984).{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Kurt+Bittel&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}
;Other
- Honorary Citizen of the city of Heidenheim (1967)
- Honorary doctorates from the University of Istanbul (1969), Anadolu University (Anadolu Üniversitesi) (Eskişehir, Turkey; 1990)
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Category:20th-century German archaeologists
Category:People from Heidenheim
Category:Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class)
Category:Recipients of the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
Category:Recipients of the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
Category:Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Category:Members of the Royal Irish Academy
Category:Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London
Category:Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Category:German male non-fiction writers
Category:Corresponding fellows of the British Academy
Category:Explorers of West Asia
Category:International members of the American Philosophical Society
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