The history of the Francke Foundations consists of many stories. Our educational programme invites primary school and nursery groups (age 5 and above) to explore and (re)discover this historical cultural monument with its Historic Orphanage, Cabinet of Artefacts and Natural Curiosities, Library Hall Kulissenbibliothek and Utility buildings. We would particularly like to draw attention to how…
1 location, 4 topics and 300 years of history
We invite secondary school groups or classes to learn about historical research at the Francke Foundations as part of a workshop and take a closer look at it. In the process, students can acquire methodological skills for teaching and studying and gain new perspectives on different professional fields. Experts from academia, archives, libraries…
In the »Wissenschaftshistorische Seminare« (WHS, »History of Science Seminars«), leading scholars from the field of early modern history of knowledge and science regularly present their research findings. The long-standing cooperation between the Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften and the Francke Foundations in organising and holding these lecture and discussion evenings is an…
Article »Out of Borneo«
At the end of December 2025, the Jurnal Borneo-Kalimantan / Journal of Borneo–Kalimantan, an international journal on the society, culture, and history of Borneo-Kalimantan, published a collaborative article entitled »Out of Borneo – Provenance and Materiality of Objects from Borneo in the Wunderkammer at the Halle Orphanage: International Comparative Perspective.« The…
Vom Hortus Medicus zur modernen Umweltbildung
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List of publications
Cornelia Jäger: Die Geschichte der Schulgärten in Deutschland am Beispiel der Franckeschen Stiftungen in Halle (Saale). In: Die Gartenkunst. 35. Jahrgang Heft 2, 2023. S. 225-235.
Cornelia Jäger: L´histoire des jardins scolaires en Allemagne à travers l´exemple des Fondations Francke à…
Education for sustainable development
Children have less and less the opportunity to experience nature very closely. Only a few families in the city still have their own garden. Many children are therefore denied the secrets of nature or the pleasure of growing their own vegetables from a seed. Our Pflanzgarten School Garden allows children to understand nature. The terraced beds and the…
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