Projekt
In terms of academic research into the Francke Foundations, the focus is clearly on the 18th century. There are understandable reasons for this, given the Foundations' global reach during this period. However, the Research Centre has also set itself the task of strengthening research into the history of the Foundations in the 19th and 20th centuries. On the one hand, the character of the…
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Our support association effectively supports the work of the children's home, for example by purchasing specialist books for the in-house library or Montessori materials for the groups. It also provides us with financial support for special events (e.g. flea market, Advent celebrations). We are very grateful for this!
In addition, we offer…
Orphanage Register
In this project, sponsored by the Friends of the Francke Foundations, orphanages established in Germany from the end of the Thirty Years' War to the end of the Old Empire were recorded in a database. To this end, relevant primary and secondary literature as well as archival sources were evaluated. The database includes information on the founders and privileges, affiliated…
In a joint project of the Francke Foundations with the Georgia Salzburger Society, Savannah (Georgia), and Prof. Russel Kleckley, Minneapolis (Minnesota), the letters of Johann Ernst Bergmann (1755–1824), the last Lutheran pastor sent from Halle to Georgia, kept at the Archive of the Francke Foundations were prepared for an English-language edition. In 1786, ten years after the secession of the…
Johann Adam Steinmetz und Kloster Berge
Reference: Brigitte Klosterberg u. Julia Knödler: The library of Berge Monastery: sources, holdings, tradition in Halle.
Under Steinmetz, the pedagogical institute at Berge Monastary flourished once again and enjoyed an excellent reputation among aristocratic and bourgeois circles. The school's teaching methods were based on the educational…
On the occasion of the centennial of the founding of the Georgia Salzburger Society in 2025, another joint project between the Francke Foundations, Prof. em. Russell Kleckley, South Carolina, and the society of the descendants of Salzburger emigrants in Georgia was agreed upon in September 2023. Following the edition of the letters of Johann Martin Boltzius (1703-1765) and Johann Ernst Bergmann…
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