Canon from 2005 to 2022 – canon emeritus since 2022
Born 25 March 1947 in Dittmannsdorf/Flöha district (Saxony)
Married, three children
Lives in Leipzig
Education and career:
1965 – 1970 Studied theology
1975 Dr. theol.
1988 Post-doctoral thesis in practical theology
1974 – 1979 Church minister in Plauen/Vogtland
1979 – 1987 Head of studies at St. Pauli Leipzig Preachers’ College
1987 – 1992 Lecturer, from 1990 professor at Leipzig Theological Seminar (from 1990 Kirchliche Hochschule Leipzig)
1992 – 2010 Professor of practical theology at Leipzig University
From 1993 Head of Institute for Liturgy Studies at VELKD
Further honorary positions:
Chair of association of Leipzig Theological Faculty
Deputy Chair of association of Leipzig Protestant Study House