Anna-Nicole Heinrich

Heinrich was born to non-religious parents in Schwandorf. She grew up in Nittenau with her father working as a truck driver. She was baptised at school age with her mother.^[2] She studied philosophy at the University of Regensburg from 2015 to 2019, followed by a master's in digital humanities and ethics.^[2] She works as a research assistant at the chair of pastoral theology and homiletics.^[3]

Heinrich has been a board member of the youth wing of the German evangelical church since 2017 and member of the Bavarian synod since 2020.^[4] She was elected praeses in May 2021. At the age of 25, she is the youngest praeses of the Evangelical Church in Germany to date.^[5]