Patrick Kurtz, Owner of Kurtz Detective Agency Erfurt

Patrick Kurtz is a private investigator, criminologist, writer, editor and researcher. Born in Nordhausen, he grew up in Thuringia and today lives alternately with his wife, Dr Maya Grünschloß, and their two children, Ian and Enlil, in Germany, in Barcelona (Spain) and on the Isle of Skye (Scotland).

 

As a native “Römer” and grandson of the Central German local historian Hilmar Römer, Patrick Kurtz studied Provincial Roman Archaeology, Psychology, Comparative Literature and German Studies at the universities of Oxford, Leipzig, Marburg and Hagen. In addition to editing Aidan Johnstone’s memoirs under the title Livingstones Mahnung, he published in 2012 the academic volume Von Ovid, Grass und Tintagel Castle – Wissenschaftliche und Essayistische Ausflüge in die Europäische Literatur (From Ovid, Grass and Tintagel Castle – Scholarly and Essayistic Excursions into European Literature).

 

Furthermore, Patrick Kurtz has pursued studies, with varying intensity, on subjects such as prehistory; religion and mythology; the origin, development and nature of the universe, life (with a focus on biochemistry, particularly the DNA molecule) and consciousness; philosophy; police violence; climate change; as well as democracy, demagoguery and disinformation in the 21st century. In doing so, he consistently shows interest both in established academic research and in alternative scientific approaches, looking beyond a purely Western perspective. His additional interests and passions include music (he is a multi-instrumentalist), Rishi Yoga, scuba diving (PADI certified) and various forms of sporting activity.

 

Driven by both personal interest and a natural aptitude for combination, deduction and analysis, Patrick Kurtz completed professional training as a private investigator in 2012/13 and has been working commercially since qualification as an IHK-certified detective specialist. His academic and investigative focus in this field is criminology, applying insights from human ethology.

 

His further qualifications in the field of investigation and security include the IHK expert examination pursuant to § 34a GewO, the commercial firearms proficiency certificate pursuant to § 7 WaffG, certified knowledge of life-saving emergency measures including defibrillator training, certification as an intervention specialist in accordance with VdS guidelines, and even qualification as a lift attendant pursuant to TRBS 3121.

 

Language skills: German, English and Spanish (each conversationally fluent), as well as, with varying degrees of basic vocabulary and conversational ability, Italian, French, Catalan and Greek. Patrick Kurtz also holds the Latinum qualification and is familiar with the Hebrew alphabet.

 

Patrick Kurtz is regularly consulted as an expert by television, radio and print media as well as by other institutions, including the University of Potsdam as an advisor within the framework of a research project, and frequently by Sat.1, RTL, ZDF, BBC Worldwide, WDR Radio, Galileo (ProSieben), Klett-Cotta academic publishing, the Berliner Tagesspiegel, Die Wirtschaft Köln, the Weser-Kurier, Merkurist Frankfurt, the Offenbach-Post, Antenne Münster, Sat.1 NRW, BILD, MDR Television, MDR Radio (including Figaro), NDR Television, Der Spiegel, the IHK Magazine, VICE Magazine, ze.tt (youth magazine of DIE ZEIT), pflichtlektüre (WAZ Media Group), the children’s and youth magazine tut, Blick, Watson (all Switzerland), the Berlin Security Academy, Star FM Berlin, Radio NPR Berlin, Radio Wuppertal, the Leipziger Volkszeitung, the Dresdner Morgenpost, the Sächsische Zeitung, the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, and also as a “maxperte™” for the online streaming service maxdome.

 

Since 2016, he has been a continuous and committed supporter of the Neven Subotic Foundation.

 

If you are interested in booking Patrick Kurtz for lectures or media productions, please use the following link:

https://www.patrick-kurtz.com/kontakt-vortrags-und-medienproduktionsbuchung/.