Activities
2024 - 2021: Musical guided tour in Hall in cooperation with the Findling Duo Uschi und Walter Hölbling
2024 - 2019: Special guided tour about the history of the University of Innsbruck
2024 - 2013: Special guided tour "Don't buy a pig in a poke" on sustainable consumption in cooperation with Südwind Tirol
2024 - 2012: Special guided tour about the beginnings of SOS-Kinderdorf in the old town of Innsbruck in cooperation with Hermann-Gmeiner-Akademie
2024 - 2002: Storytelling in Yoga and Fairy Tales in cooperation with Gudrun Keller and Luise Wörle
2024 - 2001: Special guided tour Refugees in Innsbruck in cooperation with Arge Schubhaft / FLUCHTpunkt
2024 - 1998: Participation at the annual Austria Guide Conventions (Linz, Bregenz, Innsbruck, Eisenstadt, Wien, Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, Warmbad Villach, Graz, Salzburg, Feldkirch, Innsbruck, Krems, Linz, Klagenfurt, Graz, Salzburg, Bregenz, Innsbruck, Eisenstadt, Bad Ischl)
2024 - 1998: All kind of guided tours for locals as well as for tourists in Innsbruck, Hall in Tirol and other places
2024 - 1998: 35 different Hall City Walks with Barbara Knoflach-Zingerle
2024 - 1995: Public and private Storytelling, often with music played by Stefan Manges, Christian Kraler, Gigi Schneider, Rupert Ploner, Mathias Hudelmayer, Brigitte Hochrainer, Gabriele Wimmer, Susanne Putz, Margie Sackl, Sigrid Massenbauer, Bernhard Baumann, Walter and Uschi Hölbling, Karin Klingler, Gertraud Thalhammer, Ralph Aichner, Hanna-Janina Daliot, Arif Kansay, Veronika Kopf, Niki Fliri, Martha Tretter, Lisa Zeiler, Leonhard Larch, Andreas Bergmann, Ursula Schwarz, Lovisa Landström, Regina Lind, Benjamin Gschösser, D.Enis Mete, Lorenz Winkler, Michael Schick, Gottfried Heel, Andrea Rittler, Marie-Therese Adelsberger, Ulrike Töchterle, Sigrid Bruckner-Juen, Peter Haag, Salomon Ellia and other musicians in Austria, Germany and South Tyrol
2023: Literature walk Hall in cooperation with Iris Kathan and Alexandra Leonie Kronberger for Literaturhaus am Inn
2018 - 2006: Special guided tours for blind and partially sighted children in cooperation with Beate Nicolussi-Spiß
2017: Participation at the European Tourist Guide Convention of the European Federation of Tourist Guide Associations in Dublin
2017: Participation at the World Tourist Guide Convention "Iran: Friendly Faces, Open Arms, Ancient Cultures, Timeless Charms" of the World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations in Tehran
2017 - 2016: Lecturing Syria: Past, Present – Future?
2016: Participation at the 19th Storytelling Festival in Hannover
2016: Lecturing at the symposium "Guests & Hosts – How about the Culture of Hospitality?" in Brixen (South Tyrol)
2016 - 2006: Free special guided tours for Haller Nightseeing in cooperation with Barbara Knoflach-Zingerle
2015: Lecturing at the symposium "Flight, Migration and Tourism" of the department of tourism at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt in Eichstätt
2015: Participation at the World Tourist Guide Convention "Central Europe - The Historical Crossroad of Cultures" of the World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations in Prag
2014: Participation at the European Tourist Guide Convention "The Art of Guiding in a city of diversity and contrasts" of the European Federation of Tourist Guide Associations in Berlin
2014: Participation at the Anniversary "25 years Berlin Guides" und "20 years German National Tourist Guide Association (BVGD)" in Berlin
2013: Treasure hunt for SOS-Kinderdorf International in the old town of Innsbruck
2013 - 2012: Storytelling for the Innsbruck Festival (Festwochen der Alten Musik)
2013 - 2009: Participation at the First, Second, Third and Fifth International Storytelling Festival in Innsbruck
2013 - 2007: Lecturing Travelling in Syria in cooperation with Österreichische Orient-Gesellschaft Hammer-Purgstall as well as with Society for Austro-Arab Relations and other organizations
2012: Lecturer at the International Convention "BergWelt" of the Schweizer and Europäische Märchengesellschaft
2010: Storytelling at the Conference "The Myth of money cultures" in cooperation with Schuldner-Hilfe Oberösterreich
2010: Participation at the European Tourist Guide Convention "Tradition and Modernity. Tourist Guides as Cultural Mediators" of the European Federation of Tourist Guide Associations in Vienna
2009 - 2006: Lecturing Islamic Ways of Life in cooperation with Wolfgang Forthofer and Salzburger Bildungswerk as well as with the Tyrolean Association of Tourist Guides
2009 - 2003: Innsbruck Cologne Friendship Walks with Klaus Hardering (Dombauverwaltung Cologne) from the wine cellars of Bozen through chapels in closed abbeys of Hall up to the roofs of Cologne Cathedral
2009 - 1999: Storytelling for school classes at Montanus-Realschule in Leverkusen in cooperation with Tatjana Trampenau as well as at Ernst-Mach-Gymnasium in Hürth (Cologne) and at Realschule im Klevchen in Heinsberg in cooperation with Malina Klöppel as well as at Gymnasium-der-Heimschule-St. Landolin in Ettenheim and at St. Ursula-Gymnasium in Freiburg im Breisgau in cooperation with Ricarda Wilhelm-Diederichs
2009 - 1998: Guided tours for school classes in Innsbruck in cooperation with PerPedes Tirol
2008 - 1998: Literature Excursions with Barbara Knoflach (Rodenegg Castle, Trostburg, Runkelstein Castle, Katzenzungen Castle, Schloss Neuschwanstein, Meran, Brixen, Bruneck, Innichen and more) and with literature from Gottfried von Straßburg, Wolfram von Eschenbach, Hartmann von Aue, Walther von der Vogelweide, Oswald von Wolkenstein, Michel de Montaigne, Hans Christian Andersen, Henrik Ibsen, Christian Morgenstern, Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Fritz von Herzmanovsky-Orlando, Ezra Pound and other authors
2007: Publishing of the guide book "Orientalisches Wien" ("Oriental Vienna")
2007: City walk in Hall with music and songs played by four guides from Vienna: Ursula Schwarz, Sigrid Massenbauer, Lisa Zeiler and Martha Tretter
2007: Participation at the World Tourist Guide Convention "Guiding from the Ancient World to the Modern World" of the World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations in Cairo
2005 - 2004: One year in Damascus with journeys to and storytelling in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon
2003: Publishing and presentation of the book "Gast sein" ("On Hospitality") in Touriseum Meran, in City Archives / City Museum Innsbruck and in the library Riepenhausen in Hall in Tirol
2003: Storytelling in the orientation course "Working Environments with a Purpose (Meaningful Work)" in St. Wolfgang-Kienberg (Styria) for the Society of Founders of the International Peace University in cooperation with Gerda Bindoni
2003: Telling Stories of Prophets in the Parish church Geislingen in cooperation with Andreas Wagner
2003 - 2002: Storytelling in the Long Night of Museums in the Gothic Cellar of the Imperial Palace in Innsbruck as well as in the Wedding Hall of the City of Innsbruck
2003 - 2002: Course and final exams Euregioguide Tyrol in Northern and Southern Tyrol
2003 - 1999: Honorary work for refugees in prisons for Arge Schubhaft
2002 - 1997: Ph. D. in philosophy at the university of Innsbruck
2001 - 1998: Christmas storytelling with music on the 24th of December in the Imperial Palace in Innsbruck
1998: Course and final exams Tour leader in Innsbruck
1998 - 1997: Course and final exams State-proofed Tourist Guide (austriaguide) in Innsbruck
1997 - 1996: Cooperation in youth exchange program Peace education and conflict resolution in Jerusalem
1995 - 1989: M. A. in Philosophy and German Literature at the university of Innsbruck and at the university of Freiburg im Breisgau
1994 - 1992: Co-Editor of the philosophical periodical "Der Limes - Zeitschrift für grenzenloses Philosophieren" in cooperation with Andreas P. Hamberger, Carl Albert Fähndrich and Kurt Koleznik at the university of Freiburg im Breisgau
1992 - 1990: Editor of the philosophical periodical "Der Eros - Zeitschrift für Philosophisches und Allzuphilosophisches" at the university of Innsbruck
1971: Born in Bludenz (Vorarlberg)