1974 - 1977 draftsman apprenticeship

1977 - 1978 technical secondary school (Phillip-Holzmann-Schule)

1978 - 1979 technical secondary school (Phillip-Holzmann-Schule)

1979 - 1985 architecture degree, University of Applied Sciences Frankfurt

1985 - 1988 HGP (Henrici + Geiger), Frankfurt

           1989 Entry into the German Chamber of Architects, Chamber number 10488

           1989 Hilka + Begemann, Frankfurt

           1996 Eisele Fritz Bott Hilka Begemann, ef+ architekten, Darmstadt

           1999 Architektursalon Fritz + Hilka, Darmstadt

           2008 freelance architect in Frankfurt, e.g. freelance work at Jo Franzke Architekten

since   2011 + architekten GbR, Rainer Hilka + Eduard Pilz, Frankfurt