| 1921 | Born in Ulm/Donau as son of painter Otto Schäffenacker |
| 1935-1940 | Commercial apprenticeship followed by employment as trainee in Ulm |
| 1940 | Conscription and training as medical orderly and driver for a medical reserves batallion |
| bis 1945 | Use in medical service, last rank "Untersturmführer" in reserves |
| 1945 | After the war imprisonment into camp Neuengamme, from there resulted pencil drawings about the situation |
| 1946-1948 |
Studies under sculptor Diwerge and Prof. Peters, Hamburg, after the war |
| 1947 | Return to ulm, artistic work as painter and sculptor |
| 1948 | Setting up the studio Atelier Schäffenacker, works in ceramics |
| 1949 | Training under sculptor Pauschinger in Stuttgart |
| 1953 | Receives a distinction at a prize giving of art for youths, Kunstpreis der Jugend |
| 1960 | Moves into a studio with a ceramics workshop in Ulm Böfingen |
| 1966, 1969 |
Diploma concorso internazionale della ceramica d’arte Faenza |
| 1972 | Exhibition in PUB Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1973 | Diploma Westerwaldpreis |
| 1974 | Vernissage Ulm |
| 1975 |
Wins 1st prize, XXXIII concorso internazionale della ceramica d’arte contemporeana, Faenza, Premio camera de Ravenna |
| 1975 | Diploma Westerwaldpreis |
| ab 1975 | Becomes chairman of „VBBK”, union of artists in the region Alb-Donau |
| 1976 | Diploma concorso internazionale della ceramica d’arte Faenza |
| 1982 | Travels to Japan |
| 1983 | Solo exhibition 1948-1983 in the Künstlerhaus gallery, Ulm |
| 1986 | Solo exhibition at „Ursulinenhof” in Linz, Austria |
| 1986 |
Receives „Verdienstmedaille des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland” from the Federal Republic of Germany |
| 1992 | Solo exhibition 1950-1992 in the Künstlerhaus Ulm |
| 1993 |
Shuts down the ceramic shop, enters into cooperation with a friend and ceramic artist |
| 1996 | Participates in the open air solar exhibition „Sculptura Ulm 96 Solarjahr” showing the sculpture „GIDL” |
| 1997 | Solo exhibition in the Ulmer Volksbank gallery, Ulm |
| 1998 | Solo exhibition in the Kornhauskeller gallery, Ulm |
| 2001 | Solo exhibition at the local district administration, „Landratsamt Alb-Donau-Kreis”, Ulm |
| 2006 | Edition of a book about the the artist and his work to mark the occasion of his 85th birthday |
| 2006 | Solo exhibition in the Künstlerhaus gallery Ulm on his 85th birthday |
| 2007 | His website is launched |
| 2007/2008 | Solo exhibition in the Ulmer Volksbank gallery, Ulm |
| 2010 | Passes away aged 89 |
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