User:Nikisand/Nikolaus von und zu Sandizell

Nikolaus Graf von und zu Sandizell (* January 20, 1959 in Düsseldorf) is engaged with underwater archaeology and is chairman of the board of "Arqueonautas Worldwide".

Life
Nikolaus is the eldest son of Carl Hochbrand Graf von und zu Sandizell (* 1924) and his wife Irene nee Rohrer (1937–2011). He grew up with his two younger siblings in New York City, Düsseldorf and Switzerland. From 1987 to 2010 he was married to Cindy Dewiyanti and married Filipa Veiga de Oliveira in 2012, he has five children. He is a co-owner of the moated castle Sandizell near Schrobenhausen.

After a diving holiday in the Caribbean, he founded the public limited company "Arqueonautas Worldwide - Arqueologia Subaquática, S.A." in Portugal in 1994. The company dedicated the first 10 years to commercial archaeology. Consisting of a team of historians, naval archaeologists and restorers, engaging mainly in developing countries and harbours, valuable cargo was rescue-recovered from historical shipwrecks under scientific, cultural, historical and till 2004 economic aspects. The repetitive cargo was sold to museums, private collectors and auction houses; since 2005 rescue-recovery operations are either sponsored or privately financed.


 * www.arqueonautas.de
 * Interview in schlossmagazin.de, abgerufen 17. September 2018
 * Internetpräsenz Schloss Sandizell
 * Publikationen https[//independent.academia.edu/Arqueonautas //independent.academia.edu/Arqueonautas]