Background
Buerkle, Horst Werner was born on June 9, 1925 in Niederheisel, Germany. Son of Alfred Herrmann and Johanna Buerkle.
Buerkle, Horst Werner was born on June 9, 1925 in Niederheisel, Germany. Son of Alfred Herrmann and Johanna Buerkle.
Master of Theology, Union Theological Seminary, New York City, 1852. Department of Science and Technology, University Hamburg, Germany, 1957. Habilitation in Theology, University Hamburg, Germany, 1964.
Director Mission Academy, Hamburg, Germany, 1959—1965. Senior lecturer University East Africa, Kampala, Uganda, 1965—1968. Professor University Munich, since 1968.
Prorector University Munich, 1973—1975. Chairman Association Studies in Missions and Religions, 1978—1985. Founding member European Academy of Scis and Arts, Salzburg, Austria, 1990.
Member of Rotary, German Association Sovereign Order of Malta.
Married Dorothee Geissler-Buerkle. Children: Juliane, Britta, Anja.