04.06.1946
Born in Valdorf near Herford in North-Rhine-Westfalia (Germany)

1969-1974
Studies of Spatial Planning at the University of Dortmund

1974-1978
Assissant in Regional Planning (Methods and Organisation) at the University of Dortmund

1978-1986
Official in charge of the Ministry of the Interior of Lower Saxony. Responsible for planning models on larger scales, analysis of statistics, reports on regional development and exchange of know-how with Universities.

1986
Ph.D. with a dissertation on the crisis of Regional Planning in Germany

1986-1993
Official in charge of the Ministry for Environment of Lower Saxony. Responsible for basic questions of economization of resources and improving environmental quality focusing on agriculture and traffic.

1990-1993
Took part in the preparation of the World-Fair EXPO 2000 in Hannover. 1991-1994

1991-1994
Visiting Lecturer in Geography in the University of Göttingen

1993-1995
Interim Professor of Spatial Planning at the University of Vechta

1995-2005
Professor of Spatial Plannning at the University of Vechta

2002-2004
President in charge of the University of Vechta

2005-2011
Professor of Spatial Plannning at the Carl-von-Ossietzky-University of Oldenburg

Since Oktober 2011

Retirement