Christian Antz

Christian Antz (* 1961 ) is a German art historian and cultural manager . Since 1998 he has been head of department in the Ministry of Economics and Labor of the State of Saxony-Anhalt in Magdeburg and since 2011 he has been an honorary professor at the West Coast University of Applied Sciences in Heide.

Life

The Saarlander Antz studied art history, German, philosophy and political science from 1982 to 1988. With a doctoral scholarship from the Friedrich Naumann Foundation , he completed his dissertation on southern German baroque architecture at the University of Trier in 1992 . From 1992 to 1998 he was an advisor in the Saxony-Anhalt Ministry of Economics for cultural tourism (1992–94), public relations and marketing (1994–95) and politics for regions (1995–98).

Since 1996 he has been a lecturer at the Institute for Art History at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in Halle / Saale, at the Institute for Management and Tourism (IMT) at the West Coast University of Applied Sciences in Heide and in the social work, media, culture department of the university Merseburg noticed. Since 1998 Antz has been head of department in the Saxony-Anhalt Ministry of Economics, 1998–2002 for tourism policy, 2002–03 for tourism, 2003–06 for tourism and marketing, 2006–12 for handicrafts, liberal professions, trade, services and creative industries, 2012–2014 for Creative, information and media industries, 2014-15 creative industries, trade, services, information industry and 2015-17 for study reform, new media, academic further education. Since 2017 he has acted as a consultant for the application of the state capital Magdeburg as European Capital of Culture in 2025.

For Saxony-Anhalt, in particular, 1992–94 / 1998–2006 he carried out the state tourism projects “ Romanesque Road - Journey into the Middle Ages”, the first tourist route in East Germany, “Blue Ribbon - Water Tourism in Saxony-Anhalt”, the first rivers and lakes in a state and developed a water tourism brand that integrates all leisure activities and “Garden Dreams - Historic Parks in Saxony-Anhalt”, the first state-wide gardening initiative in Germany. In addition to his focus on cultural tourism, Antz has also been working with the Christian churches in Germany since 2000 on the future topic of spiritual tourism and, since 2009, on the growth market of slow tourism.

Since 1993 he is a founding member of the Wine Brotherhood Saale-Unstrut, 1997-2001 founding board member of the Art Association crossing Magdeburg and 2005-12 founding and board member of the St. James Society Saxony-Anhalt. Antz is also involved in the Monument Council of the State of Saxony-Anhalt from 1997-2005, 1998-2006 on the Advisory Board of the German National Tourist Board (DZT), 2001-05 on the jury of the Science Prize of the Harz University of Applied Sciences and TUI, since 2003 in of the German Society for Tourism Science (DGT), 2007-12 as supervisory board of the Saxony-Anhaltische Landesentwicklungsgesellschaft (SALEG), 2007-12 as chairman of the "Garden Network Germany - Federal Association of Regional Gardening Initiatives", 2009-16 in the Catholic Working Group for Leisure and Tourism of the Germans Bishops Conference (KAFT), since 2010 in the Board of Trustees Book Prize of the German Horticultural Society (DGG), since 2012 in the Scientific Advisory Board of the Center for Medieval Exhibitions (ZMA) and since 2017 in the Chamber for Church and Tourism of the Evangelical Church of Central Germany (EKM). Since 2011 he has held the world's first professorship for slow tourism in the economics department of the West Coast University of Applied Sciences in Heide as an honorary professor .

literature

• Overview of publications, Kürchner's German Non-Fiction Calendar, 2nd year 2003/2004. Vol. 1. Munich-Leipzig 2004, 17th
• Editor: Seven Dome. Architecture and art of medieval cathedrals. Be: Christian Antz, Markus Cottin, Claus-Peter Hasse, Ellen Horstrup, Gabriele Köster, Holger Kunde, Hans K. Schulze. Vw .: buoy E. Hans Schmuhl , Christian Antz. 1. A. Wettin 2009 (cultural trips in Saxony-Anhalt 7)
• Editor: In the footsteps of Hans Christian Andersen from Braunschweig to Leipzig. Be .: Beate Hagen. Vw .: Carsten Sondergaard, Christian Antz. 1. A. Dössel 2009 (cultural trips in Saxony-Anhalt 8)
• With Harald Schwillus (director, editor): Monastery landscape Saxony-Anhalt. Feasibility study for concept development in the context of spiritual tourism. Be .: Harald Schwillus, Ulrike Kasper, Anne Volgenandt. Berlin 2009
• Publisher: Way of St. James. Pilgrimage through Saxony-Anhalt on the first European cultural route. Be .: Willi Kraning. Vw .: Sebastian Bartsch, Christian Antz. Dössel 2009 (cultural trips in Saxony-Anhalt 9)
• Editor: Traces of the Law. In the home of Eikes von Repgow. Be .: Heiner Lück. Vw .: Rüdiger Fikentscher, Christian Antz. 1. A. Wettin 2010 (cultural trips in Saxony-Anhalt 10)
• Collaboration: hiking tourism. Customer groups, destination marketing, health aspects. Be .: Axel Dreyer, Anne Menzel, Martin Endreß. Munich 2010
• Publisher: Strasse der Romanik. A journey of discovery into the German Middle Ages. Be .: Rose-Marie Knape. Vw .: Wolfgang Schenkluhn, Christian Antz. El .: Christian Antz. 5. Revised, updated, expanded A. Dössel 2010 (cultural trips in Saxony-Anhalt 1)
• Project management with Christa Ringkamp and Petra Schoelkopf: maintenance management for parks and gardens. Exemplary implementation of sustainable maintenance management to reduce anthropogenic losses in biodiversity and the cultural ecosystem function of nationally important gardens. Ed .: Garden Network Germany. Vw .: Fritz Brickwedde, Christian Antz. Berlin 2011 (Environmental Protection Initiatives 82)
• Editor: Advent, Advent. Customs of the Christmas season between Altmark, Unstrut, Harz and Fläming. Be .: Ernst Krziwanie. Vw .: Axel Noack, Christian Antz. El .: Christian Antz. Dössel 2010 (cultural trips in Saxony-Anhalt 11) '  '
• Collaboration: wine and tourism. Success through synergies and cooperation. Ed .: Axel Dreyer. Berlin 2011 (publications on tourism and leisure 11)
• Publisher: Monastery Landscape Saxony-Anhalt. Be .: Stefan Beier. El .: Harald Schwillus. Food for thought: Katrin Czerwitzki Vw .: Reiner Haseloff, Christian Antz. Dössel 2011 (cultural trips in Saxony-Anhalt 12)
• Editor: Fleischers Lust. About craft, butchers and their stories. Be .: Timo Gross. Rd .: Christian Antz, Alfred Georg Frei. Vw .: Bernd Köbel, Thomas Keindorf, Christian Antz. Dössel 2011 (Culinary Travel in Saxony-Anhalt 2)
• Editor with Bernd Eisenstein and Christian Eilzer: Slow Tourism. Travel between slowness and sensuality. Vw .: Christian Antz. Munich 2011 ((Series of publications by the Institute for Management and Tourism (IMT) 6)
• Editor: Beautiful wild world. The UNESCO Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve - nature and world culture by the great river. Be .: Dana Trenkner. El .: Michael Succow, Vw .: Guido Puhlmann, Christian Antz. Dössel 2011 (Nature Travel in Saxony-Anhalt 2)
• Collaboration: tourism and cultural education. Potentials, requirements, practical examples and empirical findings. Be .: Birgit Mandel. Munich 2012 (Cultural Education 28)
• With Harald Pechlaner, Hans Hopfinger and Silvia Schön (ed., Vw.): Economic factor spirituality and tourism. Economic potential of the search for values ​​and meaning. Berlin 2012 (publications on tourism and leisure 134)
• With Hans Hopfinger, Harald Pechlaner and Silvia Schön (ed., Vw.): Cultural factor spirituality and tourism. Orientation towards meaning as a strategy for destinations. Berlin 2012 (publications on tourism and leisure 14)
• Editor: Anhalt. Flying visits to an eight hundred year old principality. Be .: Ludwig Schumann. Vw .: Eduard von Anhalt, Joachim Liebig, Peter Kuras, Christian Antz. Dössel 2012 (cultural trips in Saxony-Anhalt 13)
• Advisory Board: Tourism Perspectives in Rural Areas. Recommendations for action to promote tourism in rural areas. Ed .: Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi). Rd .: German Travel Association (DRV). Be .: Project M. Berlin 2013
• Collaboration: Documentation Round Table Jazz / Rock / Pop Saxony-Anhalt 2012 in the Central German Multimedia Center Halle. Ed .: Univations / Kreativmotor. Be .: Reinhard Bärenz, Bert-Morten Arnicke. Halle / Saale 2013
• Editor: Mansfeld. Be .: Hartmut Lauenroth . Vw .: Jens Bullerjahn, Christian Antz. Wettin-Dössel 2013 (cultural trips in Saxony-Anhalt 14)
• Scientific advisory board: Monitor music industry (popular music) in Saxony-Anhalt. Be .: Univations Institute for Knowledge and Technology Transfer at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. Halle / Saale 2013
• With Karin Berkemann: 100 spiritual filling stations. Travel to Christian Destinations. Vw .: Wolfgang Thierse. Freiburg-Basel-Vienna 2013 .. 2. Updated A. 2015. 2. A. 2016
• Publisher: Land of Modernity. Approaching a departure in society, economy and culture. Be .: Andreas Hillger. Vw .: Stephan Dorgerloh, Christian Antz. Wettin-Dössel 2013 (cultural trips in Saxony-Anhalt 15)
• Collaboration: Tourismusatlas Deutschland. Edited by Bernd Eisenstein, Rebekka Schmudde, Julian Reif, Christian Eilzer. Claudia Gilles. Constance-Munich 2017
• With Sebastian Bartsch and Georg Hofmeister (eds., Vw.): “I'll be on my way!”. Spiritual, ecclesiastical and tourist perspectives on pilgrimage in Germany. On behalf of the West Coast University of Applied Sciences, the St. Jakobus Society of Saxony-Anhalt and the Academy of Insurers in the area of ​​the church. Konstanz 2018 Romanesque Road. 1. A. Hamburg 2018, 2. A. 2019
• With Christian Gries, Ute Maasberg and Regina Prinz (editors): New building, new life. The 20s in Magdeburg. Berlin-Munich 2018

Web links

• Literature by and about Christian Antz in the catalog of the German National Library