… garden
We regularly visit the Francke Foundations' Pflanzgarten with the preschool children for environmental education activities.
Foundations' Chaplain
On certain occasions during the church year, the foundation's pastor visits the nursery school, during Advent, at Christmas and Easter, at Pentecost, on Thanksgiving Day and on St. Martin's Day. The preschool children learn in a playful way…
… Prof. Dr. Udo Sträter Rektor a.D. Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
The Board Trustees decides on all fundamental matters of the foundations. It is composed of high representatives from state, church and society.
The Forum of the Franckesche Foundations
The Forum of the Francke Foundations brings together all the Institutions on the site. It forms the basis for the fruitful cooperation and…
… starting point for this study is a slim octavo volume by the Halle theologian Johann Jacob Rambach (1693–1735) entitled Geistliche Poesien (Sacred Poetry) from 1720, which contains cantata texts for all church Sundays and holidays. Forty-five composers can be identified as having set the texts of this cantata year to music, including such renowned figures as Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767), Wilhelm…
… of polemical writings, dogmatics, encyclopaedias and journals.In particular, the effectiveness of baptism was debated: is it to be understood as a means of grace or as a rite of initiation into the church community? Transformations in the doctrine of justification and original sin led in many cases to the relevance of baptism for salvation being called into question. The strict separation between the…
… Materien ... Halle : Waisenhaus, 1764. Signatur: BFSt: FS.2:150+4
Description Gotthilf August Francke (1696–1769), the son of August Hermann Francke, published theological treatises and articles on church history in the »Wöchentliche hallische Anzeigen« from 1746 onwards, which have been compiled and published in this volume. Damages The entire spine is missing, so both covers are loose. Restoration…
… 1746 to 1791 and document the ministry of these pastors as well as their attempt to transfer Halle-style Pietism to Pennsylvania. They also document the successful efforts to establish a Lutheran church in North America's immigrant community under difficult conditions.
