Incipio

Ninth century AD: The Nova Corbeia monastery is commissioned to missionise pagans in Saxony. The young Benedictine monk Johannes from Franconia sets off on a dangerous journey into pagan territory as a courier under escort. On the way, however, he not only has to brave the dangers of unruly nature and wild animals, Brother Johannes also learns a lot: he steers a wagon and a boat, soon speaks several pagan dialects and familiarises himself with the healing powers of plants. It is not long before the young monk leaves the safe har- bour of the monastery to make his home on the high seas of life: A missionary assignment sends him to a pagan village settlement in inhospitable territory.

Born in Bremerhaven in 1949. - Grew up and played in the city's war ruins. - Graduated from secondary school at the Theodor Storm School in Bremerhaven. - Compulsory military service: from July 1966 to November 1967 as a paramedic. - Apprenticeship in Bremerhaven - Training as a meditation teacher at the Meru (Maharishi European Research University) in Switzerland. - Master craftsman and technician training at the Justus von Liebigschule in Hanover. Degree: Agricultural Engineer, Department of Horticulture and Landscaping and Master Horticulator. - Employed until 2014. - From 2014 active as a writer.