1945 - 1956 primary and secondary school in Thuringia
1956 A-levels in Arnstadt, 1958 supplementary examination in Wuppertal
1956 - 1959 Internships at the automobile plant in Eisenach, at Krupp-Krawa in Essen, at the Vorwerk rubber plant in Wuppertal, at the May construction company in Wuppertal
1959 - 1967 Studied architecture at the University of Karlsruhe under Professors Büchner, Eiermann, Bayer, Selg, Lewenton
1961 - Assistant lecturer at the department of structural analysis for architects and at the chair of load-bearing construction, respectively
1967 Diploma with Prof. Selg (housing construction and housing development)
1967 Employee in the architectural office Worring and Rüttenauer in Heidelberg: focus on housing construction
1970 freelancer in the office Worring and Rüttenauer
1969 - 1972 Assistant at the Chair of Structural Engineering / Prof. Fritz Wenzel: structural engineering in 6 semesters, participation in 2 orientation phases for first-year students, head of the tutor program of the Volkswagenwerk Foundation, study trip Harvard/Bosten, Yale/ New Haven, Pratt-Institute/ New York
1972 - 1980 Assistant Professor at the Institute for Structures: Structural Engineering 1st and 2nd semester, Structural Design Semester, Stegreifentwerfen Oberstufe, member of the preliminary examination committee of the department, building survey and photo documentation of historic houses in Tesiner Bergdörfer mountain villages as well as historic farmhouses in German and foreign open-air museums, participation in the annual meetings of the Arbeitskreis für Hausforschung.
1977 "Forgotten roofs between Gotthardt and Florence" published by Bruderverlag Karlsruhe
1979 Doctorate "Space and Construction of Historical Rural Housing Units" (Professors Fritz Wenzel and Paul Schütz)
1980 - 2003 Professor at the Institute for Structural Engineering
1979 - 1982 with Prof. Wenzel structural design and static-constructive processing conversion of the Protestant parish church in Karlsbad-Spielberg Chairman of the preliminary examination commission and admissions officer of the Department of Architecture Documentation of historical large buildings with wooden constructions: Tithe barns, granaries, merchants' houses, council houses, armouries, market halls. Documentation of historical wine press houses in Baden-Württemberg.
1989 Establishment of the 2-semester elective course "Historical Wooden Constructions" with lectures, excursions and building surveys.
1989 - 2003 Development and exhibition "Historic wine press houses in Baden-Württemberg" including exhibition catalogue. Presentation in 26 locations. Draft plans for the conversion of historic wine press houses with presentation of the results in the respective winegrowing villages. "House history/house stories" self-published.
1998 "Historical wooden constructions" in the Bruderverlag Karlsruhe, exhibition in addition.
1998 - 1999 Partial substitution of the C4 professorship for load-bearing constructions
2003 Retirement, retirement in constant examination of historical houses with special consideration of the influences on the house construction.
Born 1938 in Gera/Thuringia
Born 1938 in Gera/Thuringia