Background
Boeckenfoerde, Ernst-Wolfgang was born on September 19, 1930 in Kassel, Hessen, Germany. Son of Josef and Gertrud (Merrem) Boeckenfoerde.
Boeckenfoerde, Ernst-Wolfgang was born on September 19, 1930 in Kassel, Hessen, Germany. Son of Josef and Gertrud (Merrem) Boeckenfoerde.
Dr.jur., University Muenster, Germany, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, University Munich, Germany, 1961. Dres Juris honorary, University Basel, 1987.
Dres Juris (honorary), University Bielefeld, 1999. Doctor Theology (honorary), University Bochum, 1999. Dres Juris (honorary), University Tuebingeu, 2005.
Assistant University Muenster, Germany, 1959-1964. Professor University Heidelberg, Germany, 1964-1969, University Bielefeld, Germany, 1969-1977. Professor public law constitutional history University Freiburg, Germany, 1977-1995.
Justice Federal Constitutional Court, Federal Republic Germany, Karlsruhe, 1983-1996.
Member Rheinisch-Westfalische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Bavarian Academy of Sciences.
Married Mechthild Jakubassa, July 7, 1965. Children: Thomas, Markus, Barbara.