10 Facts About Eugen Eckert

Eugen Eckert was born on 1954 and is a German social worker, minister, singer-songwriter and academic teacher.

Eugen Eckert is known for his lyrics for new spiritual songs, and his oratorios and musical plays.

Eugen Eckert studied from 1977 Protestant theology, pedagogic psychology and Slavic languages at the Frankfurt University and the Mainz University.

Eugen Eckert has been a minister for students of the Frankfurt University since 1996, and is the minister of the stadium Commerzbank-Arena.

Eugen Eckert wrote from 1976 lyrics of Neues Geistliches Lied, producing more than thousand songs, ten oratorios, several Singspiele and cantatas.

Eugen Eckert was in 1975 founding member of the band Habakuk, for which he has worked as songwriter, singer and manager.

Eugen Eckert was active in the Arbeitskreis Kirchenmusik und Jugendseelsorge im Bistum Limburg from 1980.

When Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, then the bishop, dismissed its president Patrick Dehm as director of the "Haus der Begegnung", Eugen Eckert resigned to express his protest.

Eugen Eckert is a founding member and vice president of the ecumenical association inTAKT, founded on 8 April 2013 to promote Neues Geistliches Lied.

Eugen Eckert wrote the lyrics for more than 1000 songs of the genre Neues Geistliches Lied, oratorios and musical plays.