Christiane Fichtner, Biography 003

Biography 003
Christiane Fichtner - Biography

25.05.1974	Born in Stuttgart, the fifth child of Gerhard and Rotraut Fichtner
	Gerhard Fichtner is a theologian
1977	Christiane's family moves to Altbach Blochingen, near Stuttgart,
	into her grandparents' house
1978	Preschool in Altbach Blochingen
1979	Her first memories are of the Daily Texts with "watchwords"1, that her
	grandfather reads to her. Her grandparents and great-grandparents belonged to the Moravian Church (Herrnhuter Brüdergemeinde)2
1980	Primary school in Deizisau
1984	She changes to a comprehensive school in Stuttgart
1991	Summer holiday in a kibbutz in Israel
1993	Graduates from secondary school with an "Abitur" certificate and prepares to
	travel to India
1994	Returns from India at the end of the year after visiting Ladakh, which is where
	Her great-grandparents lived for five years around 1810. Ladakh is a high plateau in the Kashmir Himalayas that belongs to Tibet
1995	Theology studies in Marburg. Second thoughts about the
	missionary activities of her great-grandparents
1997	Second thoughts about her theology studies. Visits the monasteries of Majorca
1998	Decides to stay for six-months in the monastery Emirita de Nostra
	Senyora de Bonany on Majorca. Works in the garden and kitchen
1999	Preparation of a text-photography collection made from her travels for her
	application to study photography in either Hamburg, Leipzig or Essen
2000	Admission to photography studies at Folkwang-Schule in Essen
2002	Travels to Nuba3, Africa on summer holiday
2003	First joint exhibit in Cologne documenting her trip to Africa
2004	Second thoughts about her course of studies
2005	Preparation for second trip to India. She will tour by bicycle on the road crossing
	the whole country. Her only companions are her camera and a notebook

	1 Daily Texts contain "watchwords" (Losungen) of inspiration and guidance for Moravian Christians (Herrnhuter Brüdergemeinde/Unitas Fratrum). The texts consist of an Old Testament collection of sayings chosen by drawing lots, the actual "watchword", and a randomly selected teaching from the New Testament. The Daily Texts are updated every year.
	2 A religious community who live according to the traditional idea of Christian brotherliness. The Moravian Church was founded in 1722 in Bohemia by the Herrnhut community (near Görlitz, Oberlausitz). Moravians believe they are Christians through their deeds and are therefore very active as missionaries.
	3 A Sudanic peoples living in the Nuba mountains of southern Sudan.

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