Tischner was born in Greiz and graduated from the
vocational high school in Greiz in 1998 with a secondary school leaving certificate (
Realschulabschluss ) and in 2001 with a business-oriented university entrance qualification (
Abitur) in 2001. From 2001 to 2006, he studied history and political science for secondary school teaching at the Friedrich Schiller
University of Jena and the
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. After passing his first
state examination in 2006, he began his teaching traineeship at the Greiz State High School , which he completed in 2008 with his second state examination. He then worked at the same school as a history and social studies teacher until 2010. Alongside his work as a teacher, he was a research assistant at the Chair of Political Didactics at Friedrich Schiller University Jena from 2008. In 2010, he served as the organizational head of the Chair of Political Education there for one year. From 2010 to 2012, Tischner was a doctoral scholarship recipient of the
Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and from 2011 to 2016, he was a lecturer at the
Center for Key Qualifications at the
University of Passau. In 2012, he became a lecturer at the Institute of Political Science at the
University of Jena, and from 2012 to 2013, he was a university lecturer at the Chair of Political Science and its Didactics at the University of Bremen. In 2013, he returned to teaching at the Adolf Reichwein Cooperative Comprehensive School in
Jena. Tischner is the author of essays and books on various political
didactics and
historical topics. Christian Tischner is Protestant, married, and lives in Greiz. He has two children.
Voluntary engagement Tischner has been the state chairman of the
German War Graves Commission (Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.) in
Thuringia since 2024. Since 2018, he has been chairman of the Friends of the (Förderverein der Vogtlandphilharmonie Greiz-Reichenbach e.V.). He is also a board member of the Greiz District Sports Association (Kreissportbund Greiz e.V.), the Seminar for Political Education and Information (Seminar für politische Bildung und Information e.V.), the (Deutsche Vereinigung für politische Bildung e.V.) , the Lebenshilfe Greiz (Lebenshilfe Greiz e.V.), and the Greiz Theater Festival (Greizer Theaterherbst e.V.). == Politics ==