Karl Ziegler graduated from the TU Kaiserslautern with a degree in Spatial and Environmental Planning. After a short period of freelance work, he returned to the TU Kaiserslautern in 1990 and has been working as a research assistant in various research groups in today's Department of Spatial and Environmental Planning ever since. His main areas of expertise, both in teaching and in predominantly application-oriented research, include urban development and rural planning.

For over 30 years, he has practiced cooperation with and provided services for a large number of municipalities in urban planning advisory and project-related functions. This close practical relevance provides excellent conditions for interlinking student teaching with real planning tasks and illustrating the practical relevance.

In the field of research, he carried out major projects and model projects on behalf of the GIZ, the Volkswagen Foundation and various ministries in Rhineland-Palatinate, among others, and was involved in an advisory capacity in various model projects.

Vocational training

1983 - 1989

Studied spatial and environmental planning at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern, graduating with a degree in engineering.

2003

Appointment as "Prof. h.c." by the state TU Georgia for special merits and achievements in the field of urban planning education in Georgia

2006

Doctorate at RPTU as Dr.-Ing., topic: "Urban planning in Georgia - from socialism to market economy."

Professional career

1989 - 1990

Freelancer in the planning offices SDU-Plan (Pirmasens) and Boxheimer & Ohmer (Dirmstein)

1990 - 2006

Research assistant in the former "Rural Town Planning" department at RPTU

2006 - 2009

Acting head of the "Rural Town Planning" department

2010 - 2022

Research assistant in the research group "Landscape and Open Space Development" at the TU Kaiserslautern with independent teaching tasks, especially in the field of urban development and rural town planning with a focus on the field of structural internal development.

Since September 2022

Research assistant at the Chair of Urban Planning

Teaching activity

Since 1990

Independent implementation of lectures, projects, exercises, seminars with a focus on urban design and rural town planning

1992 - 2001

Lecturer in the civil engineering degree program at the TU Kaiserslautern in the subject "Fundamentals of urban design"

Since 1995 - 2005

Head of university cooperation with the VUT Brno - Czech Republic, organizing/conducting workshops in the Czech Republic and Germany, professional exchanges/excursions and student exchanges

2001-2009

Organization and implementation of lectures, seminars, lecturer student scholarships between TU Kaiserslautern and TU Georgia (Tbilisi, Georgia), funded by the Volkswagen Foundation Hanover

Publications

Ziegler, Karl (2004): Grundlagen zur Ortsplanung, 6th revised edition, TU KL, photo-repro print

Ziegler, Karl (2002) Aktuelle Themen und Aufgaben der Raumplanung - Stadtentwicklung und Architektur im Spiegelbild deutsch-georgischer Erfahrungen; Documentation guest lecture series at the TU Georgia

Ziegler, Karl (2003): Contributions to spatial planning, urban development and architecture in the German-Georgian dialog - The importance of methodological approaches for practice; documentation guest lecture series at the TU Georgia

Dennhardt/Ziegler (eds.) (2003): Public Private Partnership bei der Planung und Realisierung von Baugebieten, diploma thesis by Mr. Volker Weschpfennig at the research group "Ländliche Ortsplanung", TU KL, photo-repro print

Baulig, Mania, Mildenberger, Ziegler (2004): Architectural Guide Tbilisi, TU KL, Foto-Repro-Druck (ISNB 3-936890-39-0)

Ziegler, Karl: Urban planning in Georgia - from socialism to market economy, TU KL, photo-repro print (ISBN 3-939432-04-0)

Dennhardt/Ziegler (ed.) (2006): Strategies for the identification, evaluation and conceptual development of vacant buildings in rural areas, diploma thesis by Ms. Nicole Kippenberger at the research group "Ländliche Ortsplanung", TU KL, photo-repro-print (ISBN 978-3-939432-14-2)

Prof. Kristof van Asche (ed.) et al (2009): City Culture and City Planning in Tbilisi, Beitrag Ziegler - Chapter 6: The evolution of spatial planning in Georgia from socialism to market economy, Edition: Edwin mellen press, Lewiston (USA), Queenston (CAN) and Lampeter (GB), printed in USA

Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Environment, Agriculture, Food, Viticulture and Forestry Reinland-Pfalz (ed.) (2011): "Wohneigentum für Generationen - Siedlungen zukunftsfähig gestalten", documentation ExWoSt project

Kistenmacher/Voß/Tarkan/Ziegler (authors) (2011): "Der Beitrag der öffentlichen Hand zur Bewältigung der Gebäude- Leerstandsentwicklung in Rheinland-Pfalz", position paper of the Advisory Board for Municipal Development Rhineland-Palatinate

Junkernheinrich/Ziegler (ed.) (2012): Estimation of the economic efficiency of new residential development areas in Rhineland-Palatinate - Initial cost calculator - Determination of economic threshold values for new designation, diploma thesis by Mr. Tim Fleckenstein, TU KL, photo-repro print (ISBN 978-3-941438-90-3)

Junkernheinrich/Ziegler (ed.) (2013): Räume im Wandel - Empirie und Politik, Springer VS, (ISBN 978-3-531-19188-1)

Prof. Dr. Theo Kötter et al (ed.) (2013): Leerstandsentwicklung in Rheinland-Pfalz - Situation und planerische Anforderungen in Dörfern, published in fub - Flächenmanagement und Bodenordnung, issue 05/2013, page 214 - 224

Presentations

Landkreistag Rheinland-Pfalz: Several lectures at the annual information events on village renewal on various current topics

SRL - Regional Group Bavaria 10th Autumn Conference (2004) in Bamberg - Topic: Tight budgets - urban development: Topic - Lecture: "Reorientation of planning - necessity and changed requirements for urban planning", September 2004

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Kommunale Fachkonferenz in Fulda - Topic: The consequences of demographic change for rural areas: Topic - Lecture: "Consequences of demographic change on the development of demand in rural communities", October 2005

Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz - Denkmal Akademie: Seminar of the Netzwerk Ländlicher Raum in Romrod, Topic: "Future-oriented urban land-use planning in rural areas": Topic - Lecture: "Quantitative and qualitative settlement development in rural areas against the background of future demand structures", March 2006

Advisory Council for Municipal Development Rhineland-Palatinate, 12th meeting: Topic - Lecture: "Coping with inner-local land potential and vacant buildings as a particular challenge for towns and villages in Rhineland-Palatinate", October 2009

Action Week Housing in Rhineland - Palatinate 2010, Ministry of Finance Rhineland - Palatinate: Topic - Lecture: "Mittendrin ! - Perspectives for existing owner-occupied homes", February 2010

Dialogue event "Lighthouses of sustainability", Ministry of the Environment, Forestry and Consumer Protection: Topic - Lecture: "Home ownership for generations - urban development pillar", March 2010

Advisory Council for Municipal Development Rhineland-Palatinate, 13th meeting: Topic - Lecture: "Vacancies - a diagnosis with many faces - solutions for practice", April 2010

Conference of the RLP Development Agency in Mainz - Topic: "Rural development perspectives in RLP": Topic - Lecture: "Vacancy development in rural areas", September 2010

Final presentation of the ExWoSt project "Home ownership for generations - making settlements fit for the future", urban development pillar at the BUGA Koblenz, May 2011

Rhineland-Palatinate Development Agency, "Tatort Leere" exhibition: several specialist presentations on the topic of "Vacancy development in Rhineland-Palatinate - situation and challenges" at the opening of the "Tatort Leere" touring exhibition

Housing Action Week Rhineland-Palatinate 2012: Topic - Lecture: "Motivating people to renovate existing homes - a review", September 2012

Conference Network Inner City 2013 in Dorsten, NRW: Topic - Lecture: "Designing sustainable housing - the paradigm of structural inner city development", February 2013

Forum Ländlicher - Institut für Städtebau conference in Berlin: Topic - Lecture: "Vacancy development in Rhineland-Palatinate - planning approaches", June 2013

ASG (Agrar-Soziale Gesellschaft) seminar in Kriegsfeld: Topic - Lecture: Our village by 2030 - What can be expected for the future - What can/must who do?, September 2013

Congress "Living in the village" in Wallmerod: Topic - Lecture: Investing in inner development - who can benefit and how? September 2013

Mainz - State Parliament, Enquete Commission on Municipal Finances: Topic - Expert statement: Effects of demographic change on the municipal financial situation in Rhineland-Palatinate, January 2014

Final conference - Follow-up cost calculator RLP, Environmental Campus Birkenfeld: Topic - Lecture: Urban development: Acting in a way that makes sense, February 2014

LAG Planerforum in Frankfurt: Topic - Lecture: Vacant buildings in RLP - Situation and planning approaches, March 2014

Opening of the Tatort Leere exhibition in Mellrichstadt (Bavaria): Topic - Lecture: Our village until 2030 - What can we expect for the future? - What can we do?, October 2014

7th Dresden Land Use Symposium: Topic - Lecture: Space-efficient and vital settlement development = future balance between supply and demand - experiences from RLP, May 2015

Expert workshop "EFH areas in transition" of the ARL (LAG NRW) at the ILS in Dortmund: Topic - Lecture: Experiences from RLP_ Owner-occupied homes in existing buildings - dimensions - priorities for action - solutions, February 2016

Lecture series "Mitten im Ort - mitten im Gespräch" in Rannungen (Bavaria): Topic - Lecture: Investing in inner-city development - who can benefit and how?, April 2014

Palatinate Forest Heat Working Group - focus on municipal energy planning in Maikammer: Topic - Lecture: Municipalities PLANNING climate protection - from urban land-use planning to internal development, November 2017

RLP Building Culture Week - "Inner development or new development" in the participating municipality of Wallmerod: Topic - Lecture: Development prospects in rural areas - housing requirements: New building land not at any price!, June 2018

Information event as part of the Rhineland-Palatinate model project "Strong municipalities - strong state" in Münster - Sarmsheim: Topic - Lecture: Vacancy register and land potential as a basis for building and land management, November 2018

Research

Since 1990

Implementation of numerous projects, especially in the context of applied third-party funded research in the fields of spatial planning, urban land use planning, urban redevelopment, village renewal planning, urban and local development planning, tourism development and urban development reports

1999 - 2007

Senior advisory function at what is now the Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) as part of the "Land Management Georgia" project

2009 - 2012

Head of the urban development pillar within the ExWost project "Home ownership for generations - designing sustainable settlements", funded by the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Finance

2010 - 2014

Advisory member of the project-accompanying steering committee of the state project (Rhineland-Palatinate) "Follow-up cost calculator in practice"

2011 - 2012

Participation in the content and didactic development of the traveling exhibition "Tatort Leere" as part of the model project "Vom Leerstand zum Nutzraum", State of Rhineland-Palatinate

2014 - 2015

Participation as an expert and consultant in the "Mehr Mitte Bitte" competition organized by the RLP Association of Municipalities and Towns and the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Finance for housing and living in rural town centers

2014 - 2017

Head of the "Rhineland-Palatinate vacancy risk calculator " project http://leerstandsrisikorechner-rlp.de, commissioned by the Rhineland-Palatinate Development Agency

2015 - 2017

Head of the pilot project "Municipality of the future: Martinshöhe - inside before outside in the practice of a local community", funded by the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of the Interior