Kurt Bittel
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 (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.
Decorations and 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)
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)
