1956-1963 Studies in History, English Language and Literature and Romance Languages in Tübingen, Grenoble and Bristol
1961-1963 Student Research Assistant
1963 PhD awarded for the dissertation: “Die Reformtätigkeit des Würzburger Fürstbischofs Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn, 1563-1617” (The Reforms of the Würzburg Prince Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn, 1563-1617), advised by Prof. Dr. E. W. Zeeden
1963-1964 Assistant Professor 1964-1964 State-certified archivist training
From SS 1966 Lecturer 1981 Honorary Professor
1966-1968 Director of the Stadtarchiv Sindelfingen 1968-2002 Director of the Stadtarchiv Ulm
Academic Offices:
Chairman of the Working Group of Communal Archivists in the Städtetag Baden-Württemberg (1976-93)
Board Member (Treasurer) of the Gesamtverein der deutschen Geschichts- und Altertumsvereine (the umbrella organization of history associations, 1983-95)
Vice Chairman of the Verein deutscher Archivare (German Archivists Association) (1985-93)
Board Member of the Communal Archive Section of the International Council on Archives (1986-96)
Chairman of the Federal Conference of Communal Archives of the Association of German Cities (Deutscher Städtetag) (1990-2002)
Membership in Professional Associations (selection)
Deutscher Arbeitskreis für Stadtgeschichtsforschung (since 1969)
Historical Commission of Baden-Württemberg (since 1980)
Expert Committee of the DFG for Archives (1986-96)
Member of a commission of the UNESCO, WMO and ICA on global climate data research (1990-95)
Speaker of a joint project with the Max-Planck-Institute for European Legal History in Frankfurt am Main, sponsored by the DFG, to catalog the “policey” ordinances of the free cities (1999-2005)
Corresponding member of the Association of Austrian Archivists (since 2000)
