Wolfgang Loschelder: Rector, Professor, Doctor of Law (1940-2013)
The article is devoted to the biography and honoring of the former Rector of the University of Potsdam, Professor, Doctor of Law Wolfgang Loschelder, who passed away in February 2013. While being a Professor at the Universities of Trier, Bochum and Potsdam, Wolfgang Loschelder studied law in its vast variety, including public service law, administrative, municipal, environmental law, foodstuffs legislation, family, ecclesiastical and religious constitutional law. For many hears he was a member, and then the President of the German Commission on Foodstuffs and the Chairman of the Budget Commission of the Goerres Society in Support of Science. He was born in Rome and taptized in St. Peter's Dome, he was a devout Catholic, and he deserved his fame by his work for the good of science, Church and society. He has laid the foundation for the restoration of the Rabbin education in Germany, and has founded church law institutions under the auspices of the University of Potsdam.