{"id":3673,"date":"2026-02-19T18:29:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/porta-temporum.de\/?page_id=3673"},"modified":"2026-03-18T10:41:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T09:41:04","slug":"ueber-uns","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/porta-temporum.de\/en\/ueber-uns","title":{"rendered":"about us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3673\" class=\"elementor elementor-3673\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21636544 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"21636544\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d79fe8a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4d79fe8a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b2f666f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4b2f666f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;waves&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom_negative&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveaspectratio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M790.5,93.1c-59.3-5.3-116.8-18-192.6-50c-29.6-12.7-76.9-31-100.5-35.9c-23.6-4.9-52.6-7.8-75.5-5.3\tc-10.2,1.1-22.6,1.4-50.1,7.4c-27.2,6.3-58.2,16.6-79.4,24.7c-41.3,15.9-94.9,21.9-134,22.6C72,58.2,0,25.8,0,25.8V100h1000V65.3\tc0,0-51.5,19.4-106.2,25.7C839.5,97,814.1,95.2,790.5,93.1z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58f5bf2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"58f5bf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">about us<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4348a9c3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4348a9c3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f8a5be7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f8a5be7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Porta Temporum aims to bring medieval art and material culture back to life.\u00a0<\/p><p>We combine medieval book art with methods of museum-based history teaching to engage with a range of different audiences. Our workshops are all about creative experimentation: historical techniques and aspects of medieval culture are brought to life in an accessible and engaging way, encouraging participants to dive right in.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fff4e45 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fff4e45\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bb8de8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0bb8de8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3da5a37 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3da5a37\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-082a3b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"082a3b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pauline Zschach<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dd3754 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4dd3754\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Medieval Germanist, scribe and illuminator<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13de423 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13de423\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac7dfc9 e-n-tabs-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-tabs\" data-id=\"ac7dfc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;tabs_justify_horizontal_mobile&quot;:&quot;stretch&quot;,&quot;horizontal_scroll&quot;:&quot;disable&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs\" data-widget-number=\"180871113\" aria-label=\"Tim T\u00f6nsing first studied architecture, later history and philosophy at the University of Rostock. Here he specialised in medieval history and museums as a places of extracurricular learning. With his thesis about fashion development in the 13th century he completed his  first state examination. His particular passion is museum work: After an internship at the Cultural History Museum in Rostock, he stayed at Medeltidsmuseet Stockholm, where he provided research support for a special exhibition at the Swedish History Museum and developed concepts for history education.\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs-heading\" role=\"tablist\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button id=\"e-n-tab-title-1808711131\" data-tab-title-id=\"e-n-tab-title-1808711131\" class=\"e-n-tab-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab-index=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"e-n-tab-content-1808711131\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 1;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"e-n-tab-title-text\">\n\t\t\t\tAcademic background\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<button id=\"e-n-tab-title-1808711132\" data-tab-title-id=\"e-n-tab-title-1808711132\" class=\"e-n-tab-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab-index=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"e-n-tab-content-1808711132\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 2;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"e-n-tab-title-text\">\n\t\t\t\tArtistic interests\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-1808711131\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-1808711131\" data-tab-index=\"1\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 1;\" class=\"e-active elementor-element elementor-element-b4e6359 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b4e6359\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45f6316 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45f6316\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>During her studies of German language and philosophy at the University of Rostock, Pauline Zschach specialised in Medieval German Studies, assisted Prof. Dr. Holznagel and gained practical teaching experience in schools. She successfully completed her bachelor's degree with an analysis of the Middle High Medieval epic \u2018Reinhart Fuchs\u2019. She also gained additional qualifications by completing the certificate course \u2018Aktivposten Kulturgut\u2019 at the University Library of Rostock. After completing her master's degree, she began independent research on the Beguine movement and explored medieval women's history.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-1808711132\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-1808711132\" data-tab-index=\"2\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 2;\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4aa094e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4aa094e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8eb4bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b8eb4bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Pauline Zschach has always been artistically active in her private life. Her fascination with medieval book art extended beyond her studies, inspiring her to explore medieval literary culture and its significance for female mysticism. In her practical work with illumination and Gothic calligraphy, she is particularly grateful for the teachings of Julia Baxter, Ben Farnell, Mark\u00e9ta Posko\u010dilov\u00e1 and Theophilus Presbyter.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd4b75b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bd4b75b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a18c51a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a18c51a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7676706 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7676706\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tim T\u00f6nsing<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffa0e96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ffa0e96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History educator, scribe and illuminator<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54494f4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"54494f4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0869f15 e-n-tabs-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-tabs\" data-id=\"0869f15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;tabs_justify_horizontal_mobile&quot;:&quot;stretch&quot;,&quot;horizontal_scroll_mobile&quot;:&quot;disable&quot;,&quot;horizontal_scroll&quot;:&quot;disable&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs\" data-widget-number=\"8822549\" aria-label=\"Tim T\u00f6nsing first studied architecture, later history and philosophy at the University of Rostock. Here he specialised in medieval history and museums as a places of extracurricular learning. With his thesis about fashion development in the 13th century he completed his  first state examination. His particular passion is museum work: After an internship at the Cultural History Museum in Rostock, he stayed at Medeltidsmuseet Stockholm, where he provided research support for a special exhibition at the Swedish History Museum and developed concepts for history education.\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs-heading\" role=\"tablist\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button id=\"e-n-tab-title-88225491\" data-tab-title-id=\"e-n-tab-title-88225491\" class=\"e-n-tab-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab-index=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"e-n-tab-content-88225491\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 1;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"e-n-tab-title-text\">\n\t\t\t\tAcademic background\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<button id=\"e-n-tab-title-88225492\" data-tab-title-id=\"e-n-tab-title-88225492\" class=\"e-n-tab-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab-index=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"e-n-tab-content-88225492\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 2;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"e-n-tab-title-text\">\n\t\t\t\tArtistic interests\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-88225491\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-88225491\" data-tab-index=\"1\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 1;\" class=\"e-active elementor-element elementor-element-10fabe7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"10fabe7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4164862 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4164862\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tim T\u00f6nsing first studied architecture, later history and philosophy at the University of Rostock. Here he specialised in medieval history with a particular interest in the Hanseatic League, material culture and museums as places of extracurricular learning. With his thesis about fashion development in the 13th century he completed his  first state examination. His particular passion is museum work: After an internship at the Cultural History Museum in Rostock, he stayed for a few months at Medeltidsmuseet Stockholm, where he provided research support for a special exhibition at the Swedish History Museum and developed concepts for history education.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-88225492\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-88225492\" data-tab-index=\"2\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 2;\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-764d815 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"764d815\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-379865a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"379865a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Research on the influence of images accompanied Tim T\u00f6nsing throughout his studies. His academic interest in historical art played a decisive role for his thesis, where he developed a method for the quantitative evaluation of miniatures in medieval manuscripts. As a person who has always been creatively active, he dedicated himself to historical painting and writing techniques. In this pursuit, he is particularly grateful for the teachings of Julia Baxter, Ben Farnell, Mark\u00e9ta Posko\u010dilov\u00e1 and Theophilus Presbyter.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42ae312 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"42ae312\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00dcber uns Porta Temporum verfolgt das Ziel, mittelalterliche Kunst und Sachkultur erlebbar zu machen.\u00a0 Wir verbinden praktizierte Buchkunst mit Methoden der musealen Geschichtsvermittlung, um Geschichte f\u00fcr unterschiedliche Zielgruppen lebendig und erlebbar zu gestalten. In unseren Workshops dreht sich daher alles um das eigene kreative Ausprobieren: Niedrigschwellig und zum Mitmachen werden spannende Techniken der Buchkunst und [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3673","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/porta-temporum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/porta-temporum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/porta-temporum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porta-temporum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porta-temporum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3673"}],"version-history":[{"count":293,"href":"https:\/\/porta-temporum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5463,"href":"https:\/\/porta-temporum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3673\/revisions\/5463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/porta-temporum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}