Adolf Bötticher or Adolf Boetticher (12 December 1842 – 9 June 1901) was a German

art historian Art history is the study of artistic works made throughout human history. Among other topics, it studies art’s formal qualities, its impact on societies and cultures, and how artistic styles have changed throughout history. Traditionally, the ...

and conservator. Bötticher was born in

Blumberg Blumberg () is a municipality situated in the Schwarzwald-Baar region of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. south of Donaueschingen, it lies between the southern edge of the ''Schwarzwald'', the Black Forest, the border with Switzerland's Canton of Sc ...

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, and studied at the

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(1865–68). After performing excavatory work in

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from 1875 to 1877, he published a weekly newspaper for architects and engineers (''Wochenblatt für Architekten und Ingenieure''). In 1886 Bötticher headed the registry for historic buildings and art monuments in

East Prussia East Prussia was a Provinces of Prussia, province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1772 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 1871); following World War I it formed part of the Weimar Republic's ...

, and in 1891 he was named conservator for the province. He died in Warnicken.

Published works

From 1891 to 1898 he published the 8-volum
''Die Bau und Kunstdenkmäler der Provinz Ostpreussen''
(9th volume, 1899 by Walther von Schimmelfennig), documenting architectural and artistic landmarks of East Prussia. Other noted works by Bötticher include: * ''Auf griechischen Landstrassen'', 1883 – On Greek country roads. * ''Olympia, das fest und seine stätte, nach den berichten der alten und den ergebnissen der deutschen augrabungen'', 1886 – Olympia, the festival and its site, according to old records and the results of German excavations. * ''Die Akropolis von Athen nach den berichten der alten und den neusten erforschungen'', 1888 – The

Acropolis An acropolis was the settlement of an upper part of an ancient Greek city, especially a citadel, and frequently a hill with precipitous sides, mainly chosen for purposes of defense. The term is typically used to refer to the Acropolis of Athens ...

of Athens, according to old reports and the latest research.Most widely held works by Adolf Boetticher
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* 1842 births 1901 deaths 19th-century German historians 19th-century Prussian people German art historians People from the Province of Brandenburg People from East Prussia 19th-century German writers 19th-century German male writers German male non-fiction writers Historians from the Kingdom of Prussia {{Germany-art-historian-stub