After an apprenticeship as a
carpenter, from 1948 to 1951, he studied architecture at the
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and he got a Doctorate in 1954 on the theme of Development of industrial building in
Baden. From 1962 to 1967 he was the second director of the
German Archaeological Institute in
Cairo and during this time he directed the excavations at
Abu Mena by
Alexandria. After his
habilitation in 1965 at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, in 1967 he was appointed full professor of history of architecture at the
Technische Hochschule Darmstadt. In 1976, he was elected the first director of the Istanbul Branch of the
German Archaeological Institute (DAI). His main interests during this period were the
topography of
Constantinople and ancient Istanbul, the castles of the Eastern Mediterranean and the architectural history of
Miletus, where from 1974 until his retirement in 1988, he led the excavations. In this
Ionian archaeological site he studied with
Berthold Weber three
Hellenistic temples and
Heroa, and in addition early Christian buildings.
Works
Das Theater von Epidauros,
W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1961. (with Armin von Gerkan)
Mittelalterliche Befestigungen im südlichen Ionien. In: Istanbuler Mitteilungen. Bd. 11,
ISSN0341-9142, 1961, S. 5–122.
Die Stadtbefestigungen von Izmir, Sigacik und Çandarli: Bemerkungen zur mittelalterlichen Topographie des nördlichen Ionien. In: Istanbuler Mitteilungen. Bd. 12, 1962, S. 59–114.
Burgen der Kreuzritter im Heiligen Land, auf Zypern und in der Ägäis.Deutscher Kunstverlag, München u. a. 1966.
Bildlexikon zur Topographie Istanbuls. Byzantion, Konstantinupolis, Istanbul bis zum Beginn des 17. Jahrhundert. Wasmuth, Tübingen 1977,
ISBN3-8030-1022-5.
Von der Polis zum Kastron. In: Gymnasium. Bd. 93, 1986,
ZDB-ID0017-5943, S. 435–475.
Griechisches Bauwesen in der Antike. Beck, München 1988,
ISBN3-406-32993-4.
Die Häfen von Byzantion, Konstantinupolis, Istanbul. Wasmuth, Tübingen 1994,
ISBN3-8030-1042-X.
Sources
Wolf Koenigs: In Memoriam Wolfgang Müller-Wiener 17.5.1923 – 25.3.1991. In: Istanbuler Mitteilungen. Bd. 41, 1991, S. 13–16.
Martin Dennert, Otto Feld: Schriftenverzeichnis Wolfgang Müller-Wiener. In: Istanbuler Mitteilungen. Bd. 41, 1991, S. 17–24.
Wulf Schirmer: Wolfgang Müller-Wiener, 17.5.1923 – 25.3.1991. In: Architectura. Bd. 21, 1991,
ISSN0044-863X, S. 1–2.
Elfriede Müller-Wiener: Wolfgang Müller-Wiener (1923–1991). Sein Lebensweg aufgezeichnet für die Familie, seine Freunde und Mitarbeiter. s. n., Darmstadt 1995.