Prof. Dr. Carl Andresen
- *1909
- studies theology in Tübingen and Berlin
- apprenticeship for the pastorate
- 1932 to 1940 pastor in Sörup in Schleswig-Holstein
- 1940 to 1947 participates in the Second World War and becomes a prisoner of war in the Soviet Union afterwards
- 1948 to 1956 pastor at the university hospital in Kiel
- 1951 doctorate in Kiel
- 1953 habilitation in Kiel
- 1954 hosts courses in Hamburg
- 1955 hosts courses in Marburg
- 1956 receives a professorship at Marburg University in the field of New Testament and ancient christian history including christian archaeology
- 1961 receives a professorship at Göttingen University in the field of ecclesiastical history in association with the founding of the christian-archaeological department at the faculty of theology
- 1977 retirement
- 1985 passed away