Calendar of the Francke Foundations
Coffee Lectures at the Study Centre: Interesting facts during the coffee break
The August Hermann Francke Study Centre invites you regularly to a coffee break with information content. On the last Tuesday of every month at 1 p.m., colleagues from the Study Centre and the Research Centre will give short, entertaining talks of about 15 minutes, providing insights into the various areas and services offered by the Science Department of the Francke Foundations: From literature research, information on the collections in the archive and library, questions about the Old Book to interesting facts about current projects.
Interested users of the reading room, students, colleagues from the departments of the Francke Foundations and their partner institutions on the Foundation grounds are invited to attend.
The event will be held in German.
Tuesday, 02/25/2025
Historical building plans in the digital collections of the Study Centre (A. Steubler)
Tuesday, 03/25/2025
Acquisition in the library of the Francke Foundations (M. Hübner)
Tuesday, 04/29/2025
Blaue Sarge, graues Tuch, grünes Frieß, braunes Zeug. Die Farben der Waisenkinder
Tuesday, 06/24/2025
Social work at the Francke Foundations
Highlights
Axel Hacke im Gespräch »Über das Sammeln und Ordnen«
21. November 2025
Der Autor Axel Hacke zu Gast in der Reihe »Persönlichkeiten im Gespräch« in Kooperation mit MDR Kultur
Weltblicke
22. November 2025
Eine Museumswerkstatt für Geschichten, Objekte und Perspektiven
Familienstunde im Museum
07. December 2025
Kultur-Aperitif
17. December 2025
Kurze, pointierte und unterhaltsame Führung zur Mittagszeit mit geselligem Ausklang
Healing body and soul. Medicine and Hygiene in the 18th Century
02. May - 17. October 2021
In 1721, the foundation stone for the children's hospital in Germany was laid at the Francke Foundations. The 300th anniversary of this event is the occasion for the annual...
Der Besuch des preußischen Königs
22. January 2026
Theatraler Rundgang durch das Historische Waisenhaus
Kolloquium im Dr. Liselotte Kirchner-Stipendienprogramm
02. February 2026
Events
Coffee Lectures at the Study Centre: Interesting facts during the coffee break
The August Hermann Francke Study Centre invites you regularly to a coffee break with information content. On the last Tuesday of every month at 1 p.m., colleagues from the Study Centre and the Research Centre will give short, entertaining talks of about 15 minutes, providing insights into the various areas and services offered by the Science Department of the Francke Foundations: From literature research, information on the collections in the archive and library, questions about the Old Book to interesting facts about current projects.
Interested users of the reading room, students, colleagues from the departments of the Francke Foundations and their partner institutions on the Foundation grounds are invited to attend.
The event will be held in German.
