Prof. Dr. Christian Antz, born 1961, is an art historian and cultural manager. After the completion of his studies, he worked as Consultant (1992-98) and Head of Department ((1998-2021) in Sachsen-Anhalt's Ministry of Economic Affairs at Magdeburg. In 2011 he was appointed Honorary Professor at the Fachhochschule Westküste (University of Applied Sciences West Coast) in Heide, Schleswig-Holstein. From 1992 to 2006 he was instrumental in setting up Sachsen-Anhalt's tourist projects "Straße der Romanik - Reise ins Mittelalter" (Road of Romanesque Art - Journey into the Middle Ages), "Blaues Band - Wassertourismus in Sachsen-Anhalt" (Blue Ribbon - water tourism in Sachsen-Anhalt) and "Gartenräume - Historische Parks in Sachsen-Anhalt" (Gardenscapes - histporical parks in Sachsen-Anhalt). Moreover, collaborating with the Christian churches in Germany, he has since 2000 developed the concept of a future "Spiritual Tourism", and since 2009 undertaken research on the growing market of "Slow Tourism". From 2017 to 2021 he advised Magdeburg, the Capital City of Sachsen-Anhalt, on its application in 2025 for the title of European Capital of Culture.