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27-534: The museum was founded on 14 October 1885 on the initiative of the physiologist and anthropologist Johannes Ranke , a nephew of Leopold von Ranke . As part of his teaching at the University of Munich , he had assembled a private collection of both original prehistoric objects of Bavarian origin and copies and held a well received exhibition of them in March–;April that year, after which he donated them to

54-579: A lecturer at the anatomical-physiological institute in Munich, he gave lectures on anthropology and general natural history (1863–69). He became an associate professor on the latter subject in 1869. From 1876 onward, his interests dealt almost entirely with problems associated with prehistory and anthropology. He made numerous contributions in his research of the physical anthropology associated with prehistoric Bavaria , being especially interested in studies of human skull forms. From his anthropological research, he

81-415: A student, his influences included pathologist Rudolf Virchow and chemist Justus von Liebig . In 1863 he obtained his habilitation with the thesis, Galvanischen Leitungswiderstand des lebenden Muskels , and spent the following years conducting physiological studies on tetanus and human nutrition . In 1868 he published a textbook on human physiology, titled Grundzüge der Physiologie des Menschen . As

108-852: A variety of other institutions. These have included: The Bavarian State Archaeological Collection maintains several local branches in Bavaria: The Archäologisches Museum Neu-Ulm (Neu-Ulm Archaeological Museum) in Neu-Ulm opened in 1998 and featured a reconstruction of the Hallstatt period chieftain's grave from Illerberg in Vöhringen . It closed in 2008. 48°08′38″N 11°35′28″E  /  48.14389°N 11.59111°E  / 48.14389; 11.59111 Johannes Ranke Johannes Ranke (23 August 1836, Thurnau – 26 July 1916, Munich )

135-538: Is 58,978 (31 December 2019). The modern history of Neu-Ulm began with the change of the sovereignty over the city of Ulm in 1810 from the Kingdom of Bavaria to the Kingdom of Württemberg . The Danube became the boundary between Bavaria and Württemberg. Land on the right bank of the Danube thus remained under Bavarian sovereignty. This was the beginning of Neu-Ulm's status as an independent town. At this time Neu-Ulm

162-599: Is arranged into 14 districts, 9 of them added between 1972 and 1977. The districts are: Burlafingen, Finningen, Gerlenhofen, Hausen, Holzschwang (including Tiefenbach), Jedelhausen, Ludwigsfeld, Neu-Ulm, Offenhausen, Pfuhl, Reutti, Schwaighofen, Steinheim and Wiley. Neu-Ulm is currently controlled by the Christian Social Union (CSU). The mayor is Katrin Albsteiger , elected in March 2020. Her predecessor

189-541: The Bundesfestung . Upon the wishes of King Ludwig I , Neu-Ulm was included within the fort and the building work in Neu-Ulm was overseen by Major Theodor von Hildebrandt. After Neu-Ulm was connected to the railway line to Augsburg in 1853, soldiers arrived and a garrison was created there. The city began to blossom under Mayor Josef Kollmann at the end of the 19th century. A tram line connecting Ulm and Neu-Ulm

216-720: The Kingdom of Bavaria . He had previously founded the Museums-Verein für Vorgeschichtliche Alterthümer Baierns (Museum Association for Prehistoric Artifacts of Bavaria). That same autumn, holdings of the Royal Ethnographic Museum were integrated into the new institution, and with the assistance of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , a collection of major finds from the Little Switzerland region of Franconia , including from tumuli ,

243-768: The Korrespondenzblatt of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Anthropologie . In 1885 he created the "prehistoric division" within the Paläontologischen Sammlung des Staates ; in 1889 the prehistoric collection had become an independent entity. Neu-Ulm Neu-Ulm ( Swabian : Nej-Ulm ) is the seat of the Neu-Ulm district and a town in Swabia , Bavaria . Neighbouring towns include Ulm , Senden , Pfaffenhofen an der Roth , Holzheim , Nersingen and Elchingen . The population

270-992: The Paleolithic , the Neolithic , the Bronze Age , the Urnfield culture , the Hallstatt culture , the era of the Celts , the Roman Empire , the Migration Period and the Early Middle Ages with some items from later periods. For example, it has on permanent exhibit Mesolithic finds from Speckberg, near Eichstätt , artifacts from the Celtic oppidum of Manching and parts of a Roman bath found in

297-574: The Neu-Ulm Fachhochschule (University of Applied Sciences) was founded. The School of Economics was first opened as a branch office of the Fachhochschule Kempten im Allgäu , but has been independent since 1998. The Fachhochschule Neu-Ulm was initially located in the buildings of the former US base's Wiley Barracks, before expanding into two floors of the newly built Edison Center and then transferring to

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324-547: The Tegelberg settlement near Schwangau , and in addition the bog body of a 20-year-old girl dating to the 16th century and models of dugouts from various periods. The collection has been structured in a chronological exhibition, which is continued by the collection of the adjoining Bavarian National Museum. The museum has its own facilities for archaeological restoration, to preserve finds from further degradation and prepare them for scientific study or display. In addition,

351-557: The ancient history division of the Bavarian National Museum . In 1927 and 1934, respectively, these transferred their holdings in the field to the institution founded by Ranke. The collection was originally exhibited in the Old Academy or Wilhelminum , but beginning in 1939 was no longer on permanent public view, and in 1944 the exhibition space was destroyed. After the war, since it was no longer together with

378-451: The facility tests questionable finds to determine whether they are genuine, demonstrates methods, and performs research into the characteristics of ancient materials and modern media and conservation materials. The permanent exhibit is supplemented by special exhibitions in cooperation with other museums, which usually take place annually. These have included: Bavarian state exhibitions are presented at irregular intervals in partnership with

405-561: The museum was renamed to the State Archaeological Collection in response to the wishes of its then curator, Ludwig Wamser, to better reflect its scope, which had come to include medieval and early modern periods both in and outside Bavaria. In 2010 Ludvig Wamser was succeeded as director by Rupert Gebhard. The museum houses the Bavarian state collection of prehistory , represented by mostly local exhibits of

432-663: The other natural science museums, it was also made an independent organisation; in 1954 it reverted to the name Prähistorische Staatssammlung . Until 1975, it was housed in the Bavarian National Museum. Beginning in February 1976, it reopened one department at a time in a specially designed building on the Englischer Garten , next to the Bavarian National Museum. The building is of reinforced concrete with weathering steel panels designed to rust, and

459-557: The town was destroyed by Allied bombing, and all bridges across the Danube to Ulm were destroyed. Rebuilding began, and from the end of World War II up to the 1990s, the US Army were stationed in Neu-Ulm. In 1968 the 1st Battalion, 81st Field Artillery Regiment moved from Wackernheim to Wiley Barracks. It was initially equipped with eight Pershing 1 nuclear missiles and in 1969 replaced these with 36 Pershing 1a missiles, replacing these with Pershing II missiles in 1984. The battalion

486-499: Was Gerold Noerenberg, who was in office between 2004 and 2020. He had succeeded Beate Merk, who had been appointed as Bavarian law minister by Edmund Stoiber on 14 October 2003. Neu-Ulm is part of the Neu-Ulm (electoral district) for elections to the Bundestag . The town council is arranged into four parliamentary groups with eight different parties and citizens' initiatives (the number of seats are shown in brackets): In 1994,

513-463: Was a German physiologist and anthropologist . He was the son of theologian Friedrich Heinrich Ranke (1798–1876), the brother of pediatrician Heinrich von Ranke (1830–1909) and father to pulmonologist Karl Ernst Ranke (1870–1926). He studied medicine and natural sciences in Munich , Tübingen , Berlin and Paris , receiving his medical doctorate from the University of Munich in 1861. As

540-429: Was built in 1897 and in 1900 the water tower (still a landmark today) was built, guaranteeing Neu-Ulm's water supply. In 1906, Neu-Ulm expanded beyond the city walls for the first time. The first factories were built, and it continued to expand. After World War I , the garrison was closed. The population and wealth of the town grew, and it became a rich town. However, World War II left its mark; nearly eighty percent of

567-826: Was built up in 1885 and 1886. Initially the museum was an independent division of the Conservatory of the Palaeontological Collection in the Museum of Ethnography (today the Bavarian State Collection for Palaeontology and Geology). On 7 February 1889, at Ranke's urging, it became an independent subsidiary of the General Conservatory of Natural Science Collections of the Kingdom of Bavaria, with him as curator. In 1902 it

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594-555: Was designed by Helmut von Werz, Johann-Christoph Ottow, Erhard Bachmann and Michel Marx. The new building was the culmination of many years of effort by Hans-Jörg Kellner, curator of the State Prehistoric Collection from 1960 to 1984, and the Vereinigung der Freunde der Bayerischen Vor- und Frühgeschichte (Association of Friends of Bavarian Pre- and Early History), which he founded in 1973. On 11 May 2000

621-432: Was given a coat of arms, although it was not legally a city at the time. It was first granted city status by King Ludwig II in 1869. The coat of arms consists of three horizontal bands of black, white and blue, with a tower in front. The tower symbolises the fort built around Neu-Ulm, the colours black and white indicate the relationship with Ulm , and the colours white and blue show the association with Bavaria . Neu-Ulm

648-556: Was inactivated in 1986 and reformed as the 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment . With the ratification of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty on 27 May 1988 the missiles were destroyed and the battalion was inactivated on 30 June 1991. The departure of the US Army had a large impact on the town's economy and also left a large number of vacant army buildings. In 1857, the town

675-524: Was opposed to the racial ideology theories espoused by Arthur de Gobineau and Houston Stewart Chamberlain . In 1886, he attained the first university chair of anthropology in all of Germany. In 1886–87 he published an acclaimed two-volume textbook on scientific anthropology, called Der Mensch . He was editor of the Beiträge zur Anthropologie und Urgeschichte Bayerns , the Archiv für Anthropologie , and

702-673: Was renamed the Anthropologisch-Prähistorisches Sammlung des Staates (Anthropological-Prehistoric Collection of the State), in 1927, separated from the anthropology collection, and in 1935, named the Vor- und Frühgeschichtliche Staatssammlung . The institution joined two others in Munich in collecting and exhibiting prehistoric and early historic finds: the Historischer Verein von Oberbayern and

729-613: Was very small with little more than a few houses, taverns, pieces of land, and the village of Offenhausen. It was still known as Ulm am rechten Donauufer (Ulm on the right-hand side of the Danube). The name "Neu-Ulm" was first mentioned in records in 1814. The town's real growth began a few decades later in 1841, when the Frankfurter Bundesversammlung announced the building of the Federal Fort of Ulm ,

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