Klaus Thinius-Hüser
| 1938 | born in Gera/Thuringia |
| 1945 - 1956 | Primary and secondary school in Thuringia |
| 1956 | Abitur in Arnstadt, 1958 supplementary examination in Wuppertal |
| 1956 - 1959 | Internships at the Eisenach automobile plant, 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 at the Department of Structural Analysis for Architects and the Chair of Structural Design |
| 1967 | Diploma under Prof. Selg (housing construction and housing development) |
| 1967 | Employee at the architectural office Worring and Rüttenauer in Heidelberg: focus on housing construction |
| 1970 | Freelancer in the Worring and Rüttenauer office |
| 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 tutoring program of the Volkswagenwerk Foundation, study trip to Harvard/Bosten, Yale/ New Haven, Pratt Institute/ New York |
| 1972 - 1980 | Senior assistant at the Institute for Load-bearing Structures: 1st and 2nd semester load-bearing structure theory, upper level impromptu design, member of the faculty's preliminary examination committee, building survey and photo documentation of historic houses in Tesin mountain villages and historic farmhouses in German and foreign open-air museums, participation in the annual conferences of the Working Group for House Research. |
| 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 Load-bearing Structures |
| 1979 - 1982 | With Prof. Wenzel, structural design and static-constructive work on the reconstruction of the Protestant parish church in Karlsbad-Spielberg Chairman of the preliminary examination committee and admissions officer at the Faculty of Architecture Documentation of historical large buildings with timber constructions: Tithe barns, granaries, merchant's houses, town halls, arsenals, market halls. Documentation of historical wine press houses in Baden-Württemberg. |
| 1989 | Establishment of the 2-semester elective course "Historical timber constructions" with lectures, excursions and building surveys |
| 1989 - 2003 | Development and exhibition "Historic wine press houses in Baden-Württemberg" including exhibition catalog. Presentation in 26 locations. Impromptu designs for the conversion of historic wine press houses with presentation of the results in the respective wine-growing villages. "House history/house stories" self-published |
| 1998 | "Historische Holzkonstruktionen" published by Bruderverlag Karlsruhe, exhibition. |
| 1998 - 1999 | Partial representation of the C4 professorship for load-bearing structures |
| 2003 | Retirement, retirement in constant examination of historical houses with special consideration of the influences on the house construction. |
| 2025 | Passed away on August 27, 2025 at the age of 87. |