1941 born in Ottenschlag, Austria 1955/58 apprenticeship as carpenter 1959/64 Years of travel as journeyman carpenter in Austria, Germany, France, Sweden 1961 military service 1965/71 Study at the college of art in Stockholm, Sweden 1973/78 Study at the polytechnic university in Kassel in the field of sculpture, graduation with diploma since 1978 lives in Nürnberg as free lance sculptor 1970/99 study trips to Leningrad, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Italy, USA, New Zealand