1971 - Diploma in landscape architecture at the Humboldt University, Berlin

1974 - Diploma in agro-economy (Dipl. Agrar-Ing. oec.) at the Meißen University

1971 to 1983 - Landscape architect at the Bureau for Territorial Planning in Dresden

1983 to 1989 - Chief Landscape architect at the Dresden District Architectural Office

1989 - Dissertation (Dr. agr.) at the University in Leipzig

1989 to 1992 - Head of Department for Land Development at the Saxon State Ministry for Environment and Land development

Since 1992 - Head of the Department for Regional and Landscape Planning at the Institute of Ecological and Regional Development in Dresden

since 1993 - Visiting professor at the Technical University "Bergakademie", Freiberg

1995 to 1998 - Member of the Council for Spatial Planning of the Federal Department (parliamtary term)

1997/1998 - Vice president of the Hanover Academy for Spatial Research and Planning (ARL)

since 2000 - Visiting professor at the Technical University of Bratislava, Department of Architecture

since 2000 - Head of the European Working Group of the ARL Hannover responsible for Middle-Southeast Europe

since 2004 - Member of Euroregion Elbe/Labe

since 2006 - Honorary Professor at the University of Mining and Technology in Xuzhou, China

Development of settlements in urban spaces, landscape development, sustainable regional development