History

Higher education at the Köthen site is more than 125 years old. The focus has always been on teaching and research in the applied sciences. After the closure of Köthen Technical University, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences resumed operations under new conditions in 1991. In 1995, the Institute for Energy and Environmental Technology Köthen e.V. was founded as an affiliated institute of the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences. With the Köthen Technology Center, a further research location was created in 1988, to the planning and construction of which the Institute made a significant contribution.

The participating eight founding members on July 17, 1995 included the following instructors or professors: Henry Bergmann, Karl Geier, Kurt Gramlich, Günther Klappach, Klaus Lorenz, Lothar Martens, Johanna Rollin and Achim Strauss. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Kurt Gramlich was elected as the first director of the institute.