• born 1945 in Laubach, near Giessen, Germany
• School in Frankfurt am Main
• Civil Engineering at TU Munich 1966-1972
• Philip Holzmann, Technical Office, Frankfurt, 1972-1974
• Mathematics at TH Darmstadt 1975-1979
• Promotion TU Dortmund 1980
• Assistant Professor UC Irvine (Los Angeles) 1980-1981
• Habilitation at University of Dortmund 1982
• Assistant Professor at University of Dortmund 1982-1987
• Substitute Chair at University of Dortmund 1988-1989
• Chair of Structural Analysis at University of Kassel 1990 – 2010
• Hagebuttenweg 12, D-34225 Baunatal, hartmann@be-statik.de