Prof. Dr. Carl Andresen

*1909
studies theology in Tübingen and Berlin
apprenticeship for the pastorate
1932 to 1940 pastor in Sörup in Schleswig-Holstein
1940 to 1947 participates in the Second World War and becomes a prisoner of war in the Soviet Union afterwards
1948 to 1956 pastor at the university hospital in Kiel
1951 doctorate in Kiel
1953 habilitation in Kiel
1954 hosts courses in Hamburg
1955 hosts courses in Marburg
1956 receives a professorship at Marburg University in the field of New Testament and ancient christian history including christian archaeology
1961 receives a professorship at Göttingen University in the field of ecclesiastical history in association with the founding of the christian-archaeological department at the faculty of theology
1977 retirement
1985 passed away