Eberhard Burger

Eberhard Burger, OBE ( born July 26, 1943 in Berlin ) was the Director of Construction for the reconstruction of the Frauenkirche in Dresden from 1996 to 2005 and since 2001 CEO of Dresden Frauenkirche Foundation.

Life

Eberhard Burger was born on 26 July 1943 as the fourth child of this MBA Rudolf Burger and his wife Edith in Berlin. In 1948, he started school in Halle, 1961, he passed his Abitur in Riesa.

Burger had applied at the Technical University of Dresden for a place at the Faculty of Civil Engineering for the Department of Structural Engineering. The required " Practical preliminary study year," he graduated from the petroleum processing plant in Schwedt on the Oder. In this preliminary study year he qualified as a concrete skilled workers. In 1962, he began full-time study at the TU Dresden.

In 1965 he married. In the same year a daughter was born in 1968 a son. In 1968, Burger closes his studies as a graduate engineer and goes into practice. His first employer was the construction and assembly combine carbon and energy. He assumed duties as construction manager, technical director and as a group leader. Its first building was the nuclear power plant Lubmin near Greifswald, for which he had to build the site equipment. Other construction projects related to industrial projects in the district of Dresden, such as a building for Robotron in the bottom Straße and the broadcasting and telecommunications building at the post office place.

In 1980, Eberhard Burger, in the office of the Church Commissioner of City Planning at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony. In this role he was, inter alia, responsible for the reconstruction of the Epiphany Church in Dresden. By the year 1991, he was responsible for the entire Investment and construction program of the Evangelical Church in Saxony, such as for the construction of the Church of Zion in the Bayreuther Straße or for the repair of the tower from Zwickau Dom.

In 1986, Burger as a canon of the cathedral at the Cathedral Chapter Wurzen a new task: Under his leadership Wurzener Dom, who was at that time in a state of disrepair, first from the outside and then after that also completely renovated inside. The entire work was completed under his direction in 2004.

In 1998, Eberhard Burger, co-founder and initiator of the " European Association of Dombaumeister, Münster builder and overseer ", which he chaired until 2005. Among the currently around 85 members of all major churches in Germany are represented. In addition, the managers from Vienna, Basle, Berne, Strasbourg and Prague and technical representatives from Slovakia, the Netherlands and Norway are members.

In order to take care of as Planning Director for the reconstruction of the Frauenkirche in Dresden, he was suspended on 1 October 1992 of his previous duties (except for the repair of the Wurzener Domes ). 1995 Burger was also Managing Director and in 2001 CEO of Dresden Frauenkirche Foundation.

On July 22, 2007 Burger was adopted with a mass in the Church of Our Lady as a spokesman of the " Frauenkirche Foundation ", but received an appointment to the Board of Trustees. Furthermore, since 2008 he is a board member of the International Foundation Martin Luther.

Honors

On 10 February 2006, Eberhard Burger, has received an honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Dresden. He received the Doctor of Engineering honor (Dr. -Ing. Eh) " in recognition of his outstanding achievements in the repair and reconstruction of church buildings, especially in the reconstruction of the Frauenkirche Dresden, and in recognition of his support of research projects at the Technical University of Dresden ". Since 31 March 2006, he is an honorary citizen of the city of Dresden. Honored him in 2006 the Association of German surveyors with the Golden Lot. On 7 September 2007 Burger was awarded jointly with the Chairman of the Society for the Promotion of the reconstruction of the Frauenkirche Dresden, Güttler, and the founder of Bernhard Walter Frauenkirche Foundation, the Great Federal Cross of Merit. Queen Elizabeth II has him in November 2007, "in recognition of his contributions to the reconstruction of the Frauenkirche and its significant contribution " for reconciliation between the two peoples in this project the Order " Officer of the British Empire ( OBE) " by the British Equestrian Order of the Order of the British Empire awarded.