Dölf Wild

Dölf Wild
Dölf Wild at excavations in Zürich nearby Fraumünster
Born	1954 Neuhausen am Rheinfall
Residence	Zürich
Nationality	Swiss
Fields	History, Archaeology, European Medieval history
Alma mater	University of Zürich
Doctoral advisor	Prof. H. R. Sennhauser

Dölf Wild (born 1954) is a Swiss historian, archaeologist, science writer and works as the chief archaeologist of the city of Zürich. He is mainly known for his investigations in the medieval construction history of Zürich and built heritage conservation.

Dölf Wild grew up in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, and made an apprenticeship as a draftsman at the as of today SIG Sauer in Neuhausen. Later, he earned the baccalaureate at the cantonal school for adults KME in Zürich. He studied history, anthropology and art history at the University of Zurich, and promoted in 1999 on the subject of Das Predigerkloster in Zürich. Ein Beitrag zur Architektur der Bettelorden im 13. Jahrhundert

Since 2001 Dölf Wild is the head respectively chief archaeologist (German: Leiter Stadtarchäologie Zürich) of the city of Zürich, and among others he supervised the 2014/15 excavations at the Münsterhof plaza.