1931 Born in Leipzig; grown up in Berlin, Eastern Prussia, Baden, Hessen
1951 – 1955 Studies of Law in Marburg/Lahn, Geneva and Heidelberg
1954 Award of the Karl-Friedrich-Foundation in Heidelberg
1955 First state examination (Referendar) in Heidelberg
1956 – 1959 Vocational training in Baden-Württemberg
1960 Second state examination (Assessor) in Stuttgart
1960 – 1969 Assistant at the Law Faculty of Heidelberg University
1961 Graduated as Doctor juris in Heidelberg
1969 Habilitation in Heidelberg for Civil Law, Civil Procedure and Methodology of Law
1969 – 1973 Lecturing at the Universities of Heidelberg, Mainz, Bonn and Hamburg
1973 – 1980 Professor in Heidelberg
1973 – 1977 Member of the Academic Senate of the Carl-Theodor-University in Heidelberg

1980 – 1999 Ordinary professorship in Hannover
1985 – 1986 Dean of the Law Faculty in Hannover
1991 Docteur honoris causa at the University of Rouen/France
2003 Doctor honoris causa at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisboa/Portugal
2004 Docteur honoris causa at the University of Le Havre/France
2008 Docteur honoris causa at the Aristoteles University of Thessloniki/Greece
1994 Member of the Scientific Committee, constituted by the European Commission
for the Colloque in Metz on: “Legal Education and Training in Tomorrow’s Europe”

1995 – 1997 First Vice-President of ELFA (European Law Faculties Association)
1997 – 1998 President of ELFA
1984 – 1999 Coordinator of ELPIS (European Legal Practice Integrated Studies), after 1999 Adviser to the ELPIS Cooperation coordinated by Professor Oppermann
1984 – 2011 Short term guest lectures in English, French and German language on Civil Law, Civil Procedure, Comparative Law, Private International Law, Substantive European Law, Philosophy of Law in Athens, Copenhagen, Dublin, Durham, Glasgow, Le Havre, Lisboa (UL and UCP), Lublin, Rouen, Stockholm, Thessaloniki, Vienna.
since 1999 Emeritus in Hannover. Sporadic legal advice and lecturing.

Member of several expert groups for the accreditation and evaluation of legal courses in Germany

List of Publications

Yessiou-Faltsi / Jost / Kaissis / Apalagaki (ed.), Recht in Europa. Festschrift für Hilmar Fenge
zum 65. Geburtstag, 1996

More recent publications listed in
Verzeichnis der wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten des Fachbereichs Rechtswissenschaften der Universität Hannover, 1997

Nachträge 1998 – 2015