Photo: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons¹⁵

Hermann Parzinger

German historian

Hermann Parzinger is a German historian who is a specialist in the culture of the Scythians. He has been president of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation between 1 March 2008 and 27 May 2025 and the Executive President of Europa Nostra since 2018.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Hermann Parzinger (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Mar 12, 1959.¹

Companies

Prussian Cultural Heritage FoundationChair¹⁴

Early life and education

Date not recordedSaarland University³

Career

Occupation: archaeologist, prehistorian, university teacher.⁷

2011 to 2017Chair, Deutscher Verband für Archäologie⁶
Date not recordedWorked at Freie Universität Berlin⁴
Date not recordedChair, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation⁵

Personal life

BornMar 12, 1959, Munich⁸
CitizenshipGermany⁹
SpouseBarbara Rüschoff-Parzinger¹⁰

Awards

2017Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise¹¹
2011Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order^{11 12}
2011Reuchlin Award¹¹
1998Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize¹¹
Date not recordedKnight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany¹¹
Date not recordedOrder of Friendship¹¹

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WikidataHermann Parzinger on Wikidata
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WikipediaHermann Parzinger on Wikipedia
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WikidataHermann Parzinger: education, on Wikidata
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WikidataHermann Parzinger: Worked at Freie Universität Berlin, on Wikidata
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WikidataHermann Parzinger: Chair, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, on Wikidata
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WikidataHermann Parzinger: Chair, Deutscher Verband für Archäologie, on Wikidata
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WikidataHermann Parzinger: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataHermann Parzinger: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataHermann Parzinger: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataHermann Parzinger: spouse, on Wikidata
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WikidataHermann Parzinger: award, on Wikidata
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WikidataHermann Parzinger: IMDb, on Wikidata
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WikidataPrussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Chair
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Wikimedia CommonsHermann Parzinger photo by Burkhard Mücke, CC BY 4.0