Jeff S. Klotz

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Jeff Stephan Klotz von Eckartsberg (born 1990 in Pforzheim) is a German writer, publisher, museum director and entrepreneur. [1] He lives in Schloss Bauschlott (municipality of Neulingen) where he runs the J. S. Klotz Verlagshaus (publishing company). [2] [3] From 2009 to 2019 he was active in local politics in Remchingen. [4] [5] Jeff Klotz is above all active in various areas of the Protestant Church and welfare and social work, and runs the Protestant Academy Schloss Bauschlott. Since 2020 he has been a member of the State Synod of the Evangelischen Landeskirche in Baden and since 2021 also a member of the Synode der Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD). [6] [7]

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Life and Work

Jeff Klotz grew up in Remchingen and Kopenhagen and studied history, Classical Archeology and Ancient and Early History at Heidelberg University.

Since 2008 he has been jointly responsible for setting up the Roemermuseum (Roman museum) Remchingen which he has run on a voluntary basis since 2009. [8] Since 2011 he has developed the museum to specialise in religious history. In addition, he has since 2013 organised the association Kultur- und Museumslandschaft Nordschwarzwald (culture and museum sector of the northern Black Forest area) and since 2015 has been curator of Pforzheim Archeological Museum. [9]

He is director of J. S. Klotz Publishing in Schloss Bauschlott in Neulingen and the market place in Karlsruhe, and also the Historical Museum Schloss Bauschlott in Bauschlott and the Cafe in Schloss Bauschlott. A further focus is his work in cultural areas in schools. As an example, in the frame of a cooperation with Lessing-Gymnasium Karlsruhe he organised events and excursions for the pupils with archeological and historical themes. [10] Klotz runs a culture centre in Pforzheim in the Villa Wagner, one of the best preserved art nouveau buildings in Baden-Wuerttemberg. [11]

In 2016 he received the archeological promotion award of the state of Baden-Württemberg. The main focus of his research lies in building research, architectural and church history. [12]

He is a member of the church district council and of the area synod of the Enz area, the state synod of the reformatic church in Baden and the synod of the Reformatic Church in Germany (EKD). In addition, he founded in 2021 the Baden-Wuertemberg Scientific Society and is planning the establishment of the Culture Foundation of Baden-Wuertemberg

Klotz collection

Jeff S. Klotz is an active art collector. His collection of around 300 works centres on the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century and forms the basis of the Schloss Bauschlott Art Museum. His collection began in 2008 with a drawing by Theodor Verhas, and it now contains works by Wilhelm Leibl, Franz von Lenbach, Auguste Rodin, Louis Gurlitt, Otto Dix and other artists. Also included are large numbers of works by K. R. H. Sonderborg, Ivo Hauptmann und Carlos Grethe. He also manages the estate of the artist couple Vera and Bert Joho for the Reinshagen family.

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Honours

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