1919 | Born as Hildegard Scholl in Stuttgart |
1940 | Apprenticeship as art dealer, Kunsthaus Schaller |
1943 | Marriage to Fritz Ruoff, move to Nürtingen |
1947 | Founds a lending library, works as a saleswoman, secretary in an architectural office, etc.; acquaintance with the author Peter Härtling |
from 1958 | curator in Nürtingen |
1977 | first photographs |
2003 | establishment of the Fritz and Hildegard Ruoff Foundation |
lives in Nürtingen |