Facilities
Culture
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In February 2020, a modern bookshop with a long tradition was opened in the Francke Foundations: in 1698, August Hermann Francke was granted the electoral privilege for the trade in books here. As a committed and reliable partner for the libraries on the premises, for the events of the Francke Foundations and their partners, it paticipates active in the educational cosmos and is an inspiring bookstore for children, parents and grandparents, for students, scientists or simply curious people.
Founded in the 12th century, the Stadtsingechor zu Halle is one of the oldest boys' choirs in Germany. The choir's work is centred mainly on the cultivation of sacred choral music, with special attention being paid the prominent music tradition of Central Germany including Scheidt, Handel, Schütz and Bach. The choir's many years of participation in the International Handel Festival in Halle and guest performances all over the world are proof of its artistic quality.
Top-class performances by internationally renowned artists and ensembles - the Chamber Music Society Halle e.V. adds this facet to the musical landscape at the Francke Foundations and throughout Halle. The »Hour of Music« series takes place in the Freylinghausen Hall, whose acoustics are particularly suitable for chamber music. The concerts are integrated into the cultural programme of the Francke Foundations.
Since 2010, the Evangelical Church in Central Germany has continued the tradition of pastoral and educational work of the foundation pastors, which has been interrupted since 1956. The diverse offers include religious education projects in the children's facilities, project-based teaching for schools and confirmands. Regular devotions and special church services provide time and space for personal reflection or the celebration of faith.
The German Federal Cultural Foundation is based in an award-winning new building at the entrance to the Francke Foundations. The building, which blends harmoniously into the existing historical row of houses, stands for the goals of the Cultural Foundation - the initiation and promotion of national and international innovative art and cultural projects. It invests in the development of new methods of preserving cultural heritage and in the development of cultural and artistic knowledge potential for the discussion of social issues.
The Noodle Factory Tranquebar offers guests and visitors of the Foundations an attractive assortment of food as well as a place to relax. According to the concept of the “fast casual food kitchen,” homemade pasta, local fruits and vegetables as well as meat and fish produced in a sustainable and ecological manner are served. Sandwiches and fresh salads as well as small desserts are also on offer.
The church, consecrated in 2000, offers a place of worship to Orthodox Christians. The understanding of Orthodox worship is reflected in the icon and fresco painting of the barrel vaults, the subdivision into anterior and main church as well as in the icon wall as a boundary to the Blessed Sacrament. The only Russian Orthodox Church in Saxony-Anhalt is also an ecumenical meeting place, whose location in the Francke Foundations can be traced back to the relations of the Halle Pietists to Russia.
Science
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The Francke Foundations are one of the most important library locations in Saxony-Anhalt. For the branch library Educational Sciences/Theology/Media and Communication Sciences/Jewish Studies of the ULB (Ha10), a bright new library building was erected in 2002. With its extensive holdings, this branch library forms a modern service area and hub of student life on campus.
The Branch Library of Saxony-Anhalt’s University and State Library (ULB) was established in 1998 in connection with the foundation of the international research centre modelled on the Duke August Library Wolfenbüttel. The open access collection includes source editions, bibliographies, handbooks and research literature on the European Enlightenment.
The interdisciplinary Centre of the Martin Luther University is primarily active in the field of basic research in education. Three main areas determine its research profile: school-related research, the combination of educational and school research with childhood and youth research, and organisational and professional research.
For years, the educational sciences of the Martin Luther University have achieved top positions in nationwide university rankings and have become an important location for pedagogical research and teaching. Six main areas of research reflect the work of the faculty in a special way: childhood and youth research, pedagogical professions, institutions of education and social welfare, pedagogical interactions, cultural studies educational research as well as prevention, rehabilitation and health.
The orphanage founder August Hermann Francke taught at the traditional theological faculty of Martin Luther University around 1700. With ten professorships, the faculty offers the diploma course/study for the First Church Examination, all teacher training courses as well as the Bachelor and Master degrees. The scientific work is characterised by the research focus of the faculty members, which also includes Hallan pietism and veil maker research.
The institute represented here by a branch office is one of the largest non-university social science research institutes at federal level. Its tasks are application-oriented fundamental research into the living conditions of children, into adolescents and families, into the initiation and scientific monitoring of model projects as to adolescent and family support, into social reporting as well as into social scientific services.
The Historical Commission for Saxony-Anhalt e.V. is an association of scholars from various disciplines who are concerned with different aspects of researching and communicating the history of Saxony-Anhalt. As a coordination, discussion and research network, it contributes to the creation of identity in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. It pursues the goal of giving new impetus to research into the history of the state and connecting new research approaches in the various disciplines.
The association supports research into the history of the city with the aim of stimulating and accompanying scientific research and making the results accessible to a broad public. The city history days, lecture series and theme evenings as well as open-air lectures directly in front of a historical location serve this purpose.
The IZEA of the Martin Luther University - one of the internationally most important German research institutes for the Enlightenment - is dedicated to research and edition projects on the Enlightenment. The Humboldt Professorship for »Modern Literary Culture and European Knowledge Transfer«, which was established in 2014, further expanded the research portfolio. The Immanuel Kant Forum and numerous other collaborations underscore the Centre's wide-ranging collaborative research.
The Interdisciplinary Centre for Pietism Research (IZP) is dedicated to the study of the cultural, social and scholarly reform ideas of Pietism, especially the Pietism which developed in Halle, as well as its structures, organisational forms and world-wide connections during the long 18th century. One of the basic tasks of the Center is the implementation of interdisciplinary research projects.
The research centre is devoted to the edition of the letters of the Lutheran theologian Philipp Jakob Spener (1635-1705), often referred to as the "Father of Pietism". The indexing of his extensive written correspondence (approx. 3,500 letters) makes an important contribution to church history and early modern research.
In the dovetailing of theory and practice, teachers are trained at the State Seminar, differentiated according to school types, subjects and specialisations, who are to support pupils in their professional and personal development. The State Examination Office is responsible for organising and conducting the career examinations. Together with the local schools and the university, LISA is an ideal location for teacher training.
Education
The school sees itself as a learning and living space in which self-responsible learning is promoted with a variety of teaching methods. The lessons take into account the social and cultural diversity of the school's catchment area as well as the children's life experiences and different learning opportunities. Intercultural learning is part of everyday life here.
The estate Stichelsdorf is a place of open child and youth work for the Francke Foundations and, with the Halle children's farm and the vegetable farmer René Zimmermann, the two tenants on the estate, offers city children and interested parties from young to old a special open space for environmental education, experiential education and animal-assisted therapy.
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At the inclusive Full-time school pupils learn together up to the 9th grade before they receive one of the possible school-leaving qualifications: The secondary modern school qualification (Hauptschulabschluss), the technical high-school diploma (Realschulabschluss) or (in cooperation with the vocational school »Friedrich List«) the high school diploma. In language classes, pupils with a migration background are taught. Evening school classes for second-chance education are also affiliated to the school.
The Bible Centre, sponsored by the Evangelical Church in Central Germany, continues tradition of the Cansteinsche Bibelanstalt, the first Bible Institute in the world, through biblical pedagogical work. An extensive programme offers lecture series, conferences, seminars, advanced tuition, performances and temporary exhibitions.
Located on the Stichelsdorf estate, the Children's farm Halle offers city children and interested parties from young to old a special space for environmental education, experiential education and animal-assisted therapy.
Integration & Work gGmbH
The non-profit integration organisation seeks to improve the participation of disadvantaged people in the labour market. People with and without a disability work jointly in small work teams and receive assistance from trained instructors. Thus, framework conditions are created for people whose participation in employment on the general labour market encounters particular difficulties after the exhaustion of all funding opportunities and the use of integration services.
The Latina is the oldest of the Francke Foundations’ schools with a history of more than three hundred years. Founded in 1991 as a State Grammar School (Landesgymnasium) it is funded by the Ministry of Education of Saxony-Anhalt. The school's high reputation is due to its specialisation in the linguistic and musical branches. Here it is possible to integrate intensive support for gifted students into everyday school life.
The Maria Montessori School is an integrated, open all-day school with classes for more than one year and an affiliated, integrative after-school care centre. Children learn according to the principles of Montessori pedagogy. As partners in the »House of Generations«, intergenerational projects are a special focus of the school. It is also a recognised observatory for Montessori pedagogy - self-determined, guided by interests and practical action.offers courses for obtaining the Montessori diploma.
This is a place to go for everyone who enjoys making music. In the private music school, about 300 children, adolescents and adults are introduced to music in their free time. Special emphasis is placed on playing music together. The »Central German Children's and Youth Orchestra« also has its seat in the music school.
The nursing home for the elderly in the Francke Foundations, one of four residential care facilities of the Paul Riebeck Foundation in Halle, supports and monitors the participation of every resident in social life by means of its new »group living« model. It aims at bringing people together and maintaining the individual’s autonomy, even in old age and with long-term care dependency.
Since the founding of the Hallesch orphanage in 1698, there has been its own pharmacy, which was initially housed in the main building. Here, among other things, medication was obtained according to in-house recipes such as the famous gold tincture Essentia Dulcis. The pharmacy and the second pharmaceutical facility, the medicine expedition, were important economic pillars of the institutions in the 18th century. Since 1870, the pharmacy has been located in its own building near the Leipzig Tower. Today it is run privately.
Pastoral care lies at the heart of church work. It extends these skills in order to understand people, to guide and strengthen them in their vitality and hope. The Pastoral Seminary of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany (EKM) offers courses to all those providing people with pastoral care on a full-time, part-time or volunteer basis. The seminar offers short courses with specific thematic content as well as courses on Clinical Pastoral Education (DGfP/KSA).
Since 2003, the historic dining hall of August Hermann Francke's school town has housed the »Mensa Franckesche Stiftungen« of the Studentenwerk Halle. Francke's thoughts and activities to support students and the needy find a good continuation here. The Historic Dining Hall enjoys great popularity and is used for numerous events beyond lunch.
The Spielehaus in the Francke Foundations is the only one of its kind in Germany. For more than twenty years, a meeting place for children, teenagers and adults from different social and cultural backgrounds was created here. More than three hundred games of all kinds provide playful access to the most diverse cultures of the world.
The family-friendly association is dedicated to preventive health promotion through offers for all age groups in the areas of exercise, relaxation, leisure and popular sports. Health and nutrition counselling supplement the range of sports on offer. With our own childcare during the course hours, participation is also uncomplicated for young families.
From 1715 on, students have lived and worked in the Long House at the Linden Courtyard.The former students earned their living by means of teaching in the orphanage. Today the Study House »Evangelisches Konvikt« makes it possible for students to live together again. It consists of 80 single rooms in residential, flat-sharing communities, a library, a hall, seminary and communal rooms.
General
Partner facilities
The Francke Foundations need committed friends. The entire history of the Francke Foundations is marked by heartfelt private commitment. Since its foundation in 1990, the Association of Friends has been a constant and reliable companion to the work of the foundations. Thanks to its large membership and high willingness to donate, it has been able to make significant contributions to the structural restoration of the foundations, to the preservation of the valuable historical collections and to the promotion of the foundation's life.
