Background
Nipkow, Karl-Ernst Heinrich was born on December 19, 1928 in Bielefeld, Federal Republic Germany. Son of Ernst and Margarete (Spiekerkötter) Nipkow.
Nipkow, Karl-Ernst Heinrich was born on December 19, 1928 in Bielefeld, Federal Republic Germany. Son of Ernst and Margarete (Spiekerkötter) Nipkow.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Marburg, Federal Republic Germany, 1959. Doctor of Theology (honorary), University Helsinki, Finland, 1990.
Secondary and grammar school educator, Bielefeld, 1955-1961. Lecturer University Marburg, 1961-1965. Professor Teacher Training College, Hannover, Federal Republic Germany, 1965-1968, University Tübingen, Federal Republic Germany, 1968-1994.
Commissioner World Council Churches, Geneva, 1968-1983. Chairman Comenius Institute, Muenster, Federal Republic Germany, 1969-1993. Commissioner education Evangelical Church Germany, Hannover, 1969-1997, chairperson, since 1992.
Member Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Erziehungswissenschaft, Gesellschaft fuer Wissenschaftliche Theologie, Deutsche Comenius-Gesellschaft, International Seminary on Religious Education and Values, International Academy of Practical Theology.
Married Rosemarie Ingrid Kowalzyk, June 4, 1954. Children: Renate Dorothea, Markus Friedemann.