The Board of Trustees

Studies/training in Frankfurt am Main, Tübingen, Hamburg and Berlin. Married to a flutist, 2 children, 3 grandchildren.

Deputy city director in Kempen on the Lower Rhine. Then regional cultural policy in the NRW Ministry of Culture.

Founding managing director of the festival of the arts "Ruhrtriennale", later head of the department of culture in various countries. NRW ministries. Retired since the end of 2014. Freelance as a (cultural) consultant.

Founder/artistic director of the "Kempen Monastery Concerts". Honorary board member of the Museum Insel Hombroich Foundation.
Born, raised and went to school at LSH. (Abi 1968) Co-founder of the "Poison Protection".

Born in 1952, he attended LSH as an internal student in the second generation until his Abitur in 1973. Married, three children. His two daughters also graduated from LSH.

After completing a banking apprenticeship in Frankfurt and studying business administration in the USA, he joined the Holzminden-based family business Dragoco in 1981 as managing director - a company in the fragrance and flavor industry. Served as a member of Symrise's Supervisory Board from 2003 to 2023.

Member of the Board of Trustees and in this function advises the commercial management on financial and budget issues. With the establishment of the scholarship foundation in 2007, Horst Otto Gerberding was its chairman until 2019 and is particularly committed to the topic of fundraising.

Since 2008 Professor of Education at the University of Göttingen. Head of the Network for Teacher Training. Chairman of the board of the association "Democratic Action".

The focus of my work is on the well-being of developing children and the interest in the quality of professional pedagogical work, especially in schools. Since 2010 member of the jury of the German School Award.

The Board of Trustees has the task of acting and making decisions in a future-oriented manner in the interests of the boarding school, the students, the teachers and the parents.

Former student, fully qualified lawyer and press spokeswoman - three perspectives for the foundation board.

Years of experience in university and political committees coupled with a passion for education policy and equality are the impetus for our commitment to our LSH.

Studied German language and literature and Ev. Theology in Tübingen and Heidelberg. Married and three adult children scattered throughout the republic.
For a long time headmaster of a Montessori grammar school in Mönchengladbach, since 2022 headmaster of the German School Abroad in Cairo, namely the German Evangelical High School with 150 years of tradition of encounter between Egypt and Germany.
Elected councillor in the city council of the city of Willich until I left for Cairo.
In addition to my subjects, my focus is on Design Thinking, Agile Learning and "Theatre and School".

Trained as an industrial clerk, then studied agriculture in Berlin and Kiel. Married and four adult children who live in different places in Europe and have all graduated from boarding schools. Even boarding school students in Great Britain in the 80s.
Has been with Boehringer Ingelheim for over thirty years in various management positions in Germany, Italy, Mexico and China. Currently Head of Strategy & Consulting at the headquarters in Ingelheim/Rhine.
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the NEUMAYER FOUNDATION, which supports with a focus on charity and education and upbringing. This also includes scholarships for boarding school students at German and foreign boarding schools, including the Solling boarding school.
The idea of boarding schools is more modern than ever, in a world where individuality is strongly emphasized. In schools like the Solling boarding school, young people can discover their talents and develop their own personality in a very special way. At the same time, however, they are also part of a living, learning and living community in which social bonding and community can be experienced. This mix is a wonderful experience for young people.

Born in Karachi/Pakistan and raised in Spain, she is a German entrepreneur and art historian. Before studying art history at the Free University of Berlin, she worked at the renowned Galerie Hans Mayer in Düsseldorf. During her studies, she worked for museums and galleries.
After her marriage, she developed the "Gräflicher Park Health & Balance Resort", the 240-year-old spa in Bad Driburg, into one of the best hotels in Germany and later took over the management of communications for the Graf von Oeynhausen-Sierstorpff Group.
Annabelle von Oeynhausen is the founder of the cultural association Diotima Gesellschaft e.V. in Bad Driburg, which she chaired for over 20 years. Two of her three children were at LSH.

She has been living in Berlin since 2021 and, as a proven expert in contemporary art, works as an art consultant and art consultant. With her agency "Annabelle's Choice" she curates and organizes art trips, tours and events. e.g. Georgia, Romania, Portugal, etc.) at home and abroad. She prefers to go to places that can be rediscovered through (contemporary) art. She has been an ambassador of ART COLOGNE since 2023.

I'm Uwe Paris, I live in Bochum in the Ruhr area, I'm an entrepreneur and I'm currently involved as an author and management consultant.

I got to know LSH through my son – he was a student there for 7 years. This created a close relationship with the school and its structure and values. Since my son finished school, I have been a member of the LSH Board of Trustees.

I studied art history and worked as an art educator and civil servant for many years until I became an entrepreneur in the steel industry 35 years ago.
I am committed to art, education and design processes.

In addition to the enthusiasm for the LSH idea, curiosity and the diverse experiences with people bind me to this school.

Matthias Redlefsen comes from Flensburg and now lives with his family near Hannoversch Münden, where he runs the family business together with his wife in the sixth generation. Matthias Redlefsen is a former student (Abi 1992), father of 4 children at the Solling boarding school and a member of the foundation board. In addition, he is a member of various supervisory and advisory boards.

"The Solling boarding school is a role model and should continue to be a really good school." The central idea of progressive education with its unity of head, heart and hand has lost none of its relevance for him, even after more than 100 years. It is taught at the Solling boarding school in a healthy balance of cosmopolitanism and down-to-earthness.

Stefan Weih was born in Bruchsal in 1970 and now lives in Dresden. He studied Latin, history and political science in Freiburg in Breisgau and Perugia (Italy).

After his first years as a grammar school teacher, he taught at the Landesgymnasium für Hochbegabte in Schwäbisch Gmünd from 2007 to 2012.
From 2012 to 2021 he was headmaster at the Gymnasium Achern (Baden-Württemberg), and since 2021 he has been head of the Saxon State Grammar School Sankt Afra in Meißen. As a speaker, among others for the further education institute evoc e.V., he teaches the topics of gifted and gifted promotion, mentoring, personality development in school, school development, etc.

The connection to Internat Solling came about through intensive pedagogical and conceptual exchange in numerous network meetings and mutual visits, for example as part of the "Boarding School Association" or the selection process for scholarship holders of the Dornier and Neumayer Foundation.