About us
Barbara Classen
Barbara is the founder and director of German Tuition London in London (1995) und Deutsch in Freiburg (2006). She is passionate about brainstorming the best German language training solution for your needs. She believes that learning a foreign language actively contributes to happiness and at the age of 52 started a part time BA in Spanish Language and culture.
Caroline Willand
Caroline is from Austria and has lived in Freiburg for the last 25 years. She has worked as a German tutor since 2013 and specializes in one-to-one lessons. This way she can best bring her skills to teaching: To find out exactly, what a student needs to customize her lessons. Caroline has an eclectic mix of interests: Her background in cultural studies and her own writing as a published author contribute to her stimulating German courses.
Esther Bartmann
Esther has worked for Deutsch in Freiburg since 2006 and has had many happy students since. She is our online specialist and has students all over the world. Her German intensive courses in Freiburg are fun, effective and tailored to your (professional) situation. She believes in lifelong learning and recently started to learn Italian. She would die for her dogs George and Bonnie.
Andrea Reinacher
Andrea has taught individuals and small groups for over 20 years. She is particularly focussed on grammar, conversation and regional studies. She has also been reading German novels and thrillers with pupils for several years and runs the B1 book club at Deutsch-in-Freiburg. Foreign languages are very important to her, as she also translates children's books from English and edits translations of English crime novels. In her free time, she is constantly learning new things - including how to grow vegetables and speak Italian.
Claus Lüpkes
Claus grew up in the hinterland of the North Sea, but has lived in Freiburg for a long time. Since his youth, he has had a great passion for languages, which has also led him to explore other countries and cultures. While still a student, he taught German and supervised holiday courses for foreign students. Later, he worked as an editor at Südwestrundfunk. The focus of his work as a teacher is on direct encounters and personal exchanges with his students. Another passion of his is travelling, especially to Italy and European cities, where he likes to drift through the urban wilderness like an old-school flâneur, without any electronic crutches such as Google Maps.
Svjetlana Čičak
Svjetlana is from Croatia and grew up in Germany. She has been part of our team since 2021. She loves the personal exchange with people from diverse backgrounds. To learn foreign languages for her is much more than grammar and vocab. It’s a personal enrichment and opens new worlds. Svjetlana is keen to explore together with her students, how and in which contexts they can use the newly learnt skills in their day-to-day life and with confidence. In her free time she loves dancing and traveling.
Anna Reichelt
Anna was born in Nuremberg, Franconia, and studied Romance languages and literature as well as adult education in Bamberg and on the island of La Réunion. After teaching German enthusiastically in a French secondary school, she moved from Annecy to Freiburg with her family.
She has been supporting Barbara in the office since 2021 and has been teaching German for Deutsch in Freiburg since 2022.
Multilingualism is part of Anna's everyday life – her children are also growing up bilingual. What she particularly appreciates about teaching is the intercultural exchange. She not only teaches the language, but also learns a lot about the lives, cultures and experiences of her students.
She likes to be inspired - and wants to pass on this joy of learning.