Autor/-in: Christian Antz

Prof. Dr. Christian Antz, born 1961, is an art historian and cultural manager. After the completion of his studies, he worked as Consultant (1992–98) and Head of Department ((1998–2021) in Sachsen-Anhalt's Ministry of Economic Affairs at Magdeburg. In 2011 he was appointed Honorary Professor at the Fachhochschule Westküste (University of Applied Sciences West Coast) in Heide, Schleswig-Holstein. From 1992 to 2006 he was instrumental in setting up Sachsen-Anhalt's tourist projects "Straße der Romanik – Reise ins Mittelalter" (Road of Romanesque Art – Journey into the Middle Ages), "Blaues Band – Wassertourismus in Sachsen-Anhalt" (Blue Ribbon – water tourism in Sachsen-Anhalt) and "Gartenräume – Historische Parks in Sachsen-Anhalt" (Gardenscapes – histporical parks in Sachsen-Anhalt). Moreover, collaborating with the Christian churches in Germany, he has since 2000 developed the concept of a future "Spiritual Tourism", and since 2009 undertaken research on the growing market of "Slow Tourism". From 2017 to 2021 he advised Magdeburg, the Capital City of Sachsen-Anhalt, on its application in 2025 for the title of European Capital of Culture.