The Francke Foundations are a public foundation. The amended Charter of June 1st 2003 describes the organisation and structure. The Board of Trustees is the highest ranking organ in the Francke Foundations. It supervises the director, who conducts the affairs of the Foundations. The Society of Friends of the Francke Foundations contributes to the promotion of the ideals and finances of the Foundations. The institutions on the Foundations' estate are encompassed in the Forum.
The Board of Trustees of the Francke Foundations |
Honorary Chairman
Dr. h.c. Hans-Dietrich Genscher († 2016)
Federal Foreign Minister
Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Paul Raabe († 2013)
Foreign Director of the Francke Foundations
Chairman
Prof. Dr. Helmut Obst
Faculties of Philosophy and Theology of the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Vice-chairman
Brigitte Andrae
President of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany
Other members
Dr. Sigrid Bias-Engels
Leiterin der Gruppe Kunst- und Kulturförderung bei der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government for Culture and the Media)
Torsten Bönnhoff
Managing partner STUDIO HALLE Gruppe
Dr. Jan Hofmann
State Secretary of the Ministry of Culture Policy in Saxony-Anhalt
Prof. Dr. Christoph Kähler
Member of the German Ethics Council
Michael Reinboth
President of the Association of Friends of the Francke Foundations
Johann Michael Möller
Radio director, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk
Michael Richter
State Secretary of the Ministry of Finance of Saxony-Anhalt
Propst Dr. Johann Schneider
Bishop of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany
Dr. Sabine Solf
Member of the German Commission for UNESCO
Prof. Dr. Udo Sträter
President of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Dr. Bernd Wiegand
The Lord Mayor of the City of Halle
The Forum of the Francke Foundations |
All institutions on the Francke Foundations’ premises are connected in the forum of the Francke Foundations. It forms the basis for cooperation and networking projects of the scientific, cultural, Christian and educational institutions now located at August Hermann Francke’s school town.
Forum members
Edmund Baron
Head of the Orphanage Bookshop "Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses"
Christina Busch
Head of the nursing home for the elderly in the House of Generations
Jens Deutsch
Head of Family Support Centre
Prof. Dr. Jörg Dierken
Head of the Faculty of Theology of the Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Svetlana Dietzsch
Orthodox House Church, the Chapel of the Holy Cross
Dr. Siegfried Eisenmann
Director of Landesinstituts für Schulqualität und Lehrerbildung Sachsen-Anhalt (State Institute for School Quality and Teacher Training)
Alexander Farenholtz
Head of Administration, Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation)
Clemens Flämig
Head of the Halle City Boys' Choir
Dirk Friederich
Owner of the Waisenhaus-Apotheke (Orphanage apothecary)
Prof. Dr. Torsten Fritzlar
Head of the Faculty of Philosophy III - Education, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Prof. Dr. Daniel Fulda
Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for European Enlightenment Studies at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Chaplain Sven Hanson
Head of Canstein Bible Institute
Dr. Gisela Heinzelmann
Seniorenkolleg (Lifelong Learning College), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Prof. Dr. Werner Helsper
Director of the Centre for School and Educational Research, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Dr. Horst Heyroth
Head of Integration und Arbeit gGmbH (Integration and work)
Dr. Anna-Elisabeth Hintzsche
Head of the International Georg-Wilhelm-Steller Society e.V.
Dietmar Hoge
Headmaster, Latina August Hermann Francke
Dr. Lydia Hüskens
Head of the Student Union Halle
Dirk Jürgens
Head of the Volkssolidarität Querfurt-Merseburg e.V. (Bauhof)
Claudia-Celine Kownatzki
Headmaster of the Protestant Primary School "Maria Montessori"
Annette Kuntze
Headmaster of the Secondary School August Hermann Francke
Thomas Kuscher
Head of the Youth University Halle
Birgit Küster
Head of Administration Latina August Hermann Francke and the Boarding House
Dr. Irene Lau
Head of the Kammermusikvereins Halle e.V.
Melanie Milde
Headmaster of the Primary School August Hermann Francke
Christiane Noll
Head of the Music school Musik-Etage Schule für Musik + mehr
Dr. Klaus vom Orde
Research Center Director of the Project "Edition of the Letters of Philipp Jakob Spener" at the Saxon Academy of Science in Leipzig
Michael Reinboth
President of the Association of Friends of the Francke Foundations
Dr. Birgit Reißig
Deutsches Jugendinstitut e.V.
Ralf Rodewald
Head of Studentenclub Fornix
Prof. Dr. Christa Schlenker-Schulte
Forschungsstelle zur Rehabilitation von Menschen mit kommunikativer Behinderung an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg e.V.
Prof. Dr. Pia Schmid
Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Pietism Research
Henry Ventur
Coordinator of the Music Department of the August Hermann Francke Grammar School Latina
Eckart Warner
Foundations' Chaplain
Dr. Karl-Ernst Wehnert
Director of the University and State Library Saxony-Anhalt, Halle
Dr. Kay Weißflog
Inspector of the Study House of the Protestant Church in Central Germany
Dr. Penelope Willard
Deputy Director of the Francke Foundations
Paul Zaprasis
Head of the Spielehaus e.V.
Prof. Dr. Holger Zaunstöck
Head of Verein für hallische Stadtgeschichte e.V.