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The Collegium Fridericianum (also known as the Friedrichskolleg , Friedrichskollegium , and Friedrichs-Kollegium ) was a prestigious gymnasium in Königsberg , Prussia . Alumni were known as Friderizianer .

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33-571: Using the Francke school of Halle (Saale) as a model, Theodor Gehr (died 1705), an official of Brandenburg-Prussia , founded a Pietist private school in Sackheim on 11 August 1698. It became a royal school of Frederick I , King in Prussia , on 4 March 1701. For 16,000 guilder in 1703, it acquired the hall of Obermarschall von Creytzen on Collegiengasse in eastern Löbenicht and was designated

66-587: A Latin school ( Latina ). In 1698, Francke started building the Orphanage for boys. Finished in 1701, it was a lavish building compared to comparable facilities. In the tympanum of the Orphanage, which is decorated with two eagles rising up to the sun, is written ( Isaiah 40:31 ) “But those who wait for the Lord’s help, find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles’ wings, they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired.” A visitor to

99-515: A nursing home (Altenheim der Paul-Riebeck-Stiftung) and a social consulting and education institution for families and health care (Familienkompetenzzentrum für Bildung und Gesundheit). Landfermann-Gymnasium Landfermann-Gymnasium ( LfG ) is situated in the city centre of Duisburg , Germany . It is a municipal grammar school for boys and girls, and is one of the oldest schools in Germany. Founded before 1280 as Schola Duisburgensis,

132-813: A Christian formed school city. During a World War II air raid in March 1945, some Francke Foundation buildings, including the Francke residence and the Latina, were either damaged or destroyed. In 1946, during the Soviet occupation of East Germany the presidium of the province of Saxony abolished the Francke Foundations and turned over all its assets and buildings to the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg . In

165-525: A Protestant Seminary, a social workshop for young people, two church rooms (St. Georgs Kapelle, Orthodoxe Hauskirche zum Heiligen Kreuz) and the German Federal Cultural Foundation (Kulturstiftung des Bundes). . The Cabinet of Artefacts and Curiosities is considered to be one of Germany’s oldest teaching and research collections. Today the original museum concept of the 18th century has been recreated in its original location in

198-597: A contribution to the poor, Francke thought, "Here is a goodly capital to work with; I must do a great work with this. I will found a school for the poor with it." The children were taught by students from the University. With the school gaining a strong reputation, local residents started sending their children to this school. In the spring of 1695, Francke founded the Paedagogium, a school for higher education for members of nobility and middle class. In 1697, he added

231-449: A decree on 25 October 1735 the king mentioned the school as an example for other schools in Prussia. Over 50 Baltic German students went to the school before attending university in the 18th century. Immanuel Kant began attending the school in 1732, while Johann Gottfried Herder taught there from 1763 to 1764. The school consisted of a Latin school , a German school, and a boarding school often used by foreign students. It also contained

264-410: A global correspondence network that spread the reform plans of Halle Pietism internationally. In the 18th century, Francke Foundations started a publishing house, a book store, a printing office, a pharmacy and a Cabinet of Artefacts and Curiosities. Their revenues funded the Orphanage. In 1709 a timbered, three-storey house for orphan girls and a girls' school was established. In 1710, Francke built

297-416: A non-profit educational organization housed in a complex of historic buildings. The Francke Foundations includes three kindergartens , a children’s creativity centre, four schools, a House of Generations, a youth workshop, a bible centre, traditional commercial enterprises, archives, libraries, museums, and university and non-university research facilities. More than 4,000 people learn, teach, work and live in

330-551: A wooden tower utilized as an observatory and a small church in service until 1853. The Collegium was elevated to a gymnasium on 4 September 1810, the first in Prussia, under the direction of Friedrich August Gotthold . The school had three teachers and eighteen Abitur students volunteer during the War of the Sixth Coalition in 1813, with ten dying during the fighting, including three at Großgörschen . Eight representatives of

363-534: The mansard of the Historic Orphanage. Eighteen decorated display cabinets accommodate the collection of around 3,000 naturalia artificialia, including several models. The naturalia are subdivided into stones, plants and the animal kingdom and the artefacts into the fine arts , the art of writing, coins, everyday culture and clothing. In the Historic Orphanage several exhibitions about the history of Francke Foundation and related issues were shown. In

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396-442: The 1848 Frankfurt Parliament were Friderizianer : Eduard von Simson , Georg Bernhard Simson , Friedrich Wilhelm Schubert , Ludwig Wilhelm zu Dohna-Lauck , Johann August Muttray , Gustav von Saltzwedel , Anton von Wegnern , and Johann Jacoby . The gymnasium's building was dismantled and rebuilt in 1853, with the new structure dedicated on 17 October 1855. In 1858 the 36,000 volume library of Director Friedrich August Gotthold

429-601: The 1970s, the northerly Orphanage wall had been demolished to build an elevated road (Hochstraße) to connect Halle with Halle-Neustadt . This elevated road separates the Orphanage Pharmacy from other parts of the Foundations. On the ground of the Foundations, several high rises were built. After German Reunification in 1990, the Francke Foundations were re-established in September 1991. With assistance of

462-1135: The Archives, the Historic Library and three kindergartens, children's creative education center Krokoseum – the Faculty of Theology and the Institute for Education, the Interdisciplinary Research Centres for Enlightenment Studies (Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für die Erforschung der europäischen Aufklärung) and Interdisciplinary Centre for the Studies in Pietism of the Martin Luther University (Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Pietismusforschung), four schools (Landesgymnasium Latina "August Hermann Francke", Grundschule "August Hermann Francke", Reformschule Maria Montessori, Sekundarschule "August Hermann Francke"),

495-563: The Collegium Fridericianum or Friedrichskolleg in honor of Frederick on 10 May. The Pietist school was the first in Königsberg not to be affiliated with a parish church. The school's first director in 1702 was Heinrich Lysius (1670-1731) of Flensburg , pastor of Löbenicht Church . The school received an organ built by Johann Josua Mosengel in 1707. The Collegium was admired by King Frederick William I of Prussia ; in

528-751: The English house for English and other foreign children living in Halle. In 1711 another building was built to house a dining hall and a huge and singing hall with a capacity of 2,000 persons. In 1711, Francke and Carl Hildebrand von Canstein established the Cansteinsche Bibelanstalt (Canstein Bible Institute), the oldest bible institute in Germany. Bibles were in the early 18th century extremely expensive. An invention in letter pressing, and with financial support byvon Canstein, allowed

561-528: The Francke Foundations. The Francke Foundations have been on the German proposal list as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999. A pastor and professor in Halle, Francke began to take an interest, not just in giving to the poor every Thursday, the town's alms-giving day, but also in educating them in the principles of Christianity. His attempts, including paying for the children's schooling, made little impact. In 1695, after receiving seven 50-cent pieces as

594-540: The Francke Foundations. In recent years comprehensive and innovative cataloguing projects could be carried out with the financial support of the German Research Foundation. These improve our understanding of the sources and provide a solid basis for new research perspectives and projects. The Fritz Thyssen Fellowship of the Francke Foundations helps scientists to achieve this. Together the Archive and

627-517: The Latina. In the upper Lindenhof (linden yard), the Ökonomiegebäude was built in 1747–48 as an administration house. It is, since 1808 the base of the Stadtsingechor, the oldest boys' choir in central Germany . The Francke Foundations underwent decline in the late 18th century. In the early 19th century, August Hermann Niemeyer took over direction of the Foundations, renewing the educational programs and resolving financial issues. In 1810

660-727: The Library of the Francke Foundations form the Study Centre " August Hermann Francke ". Housed in the Historical Library building (House 22) and the neighbouring building (House 23/24). The Chapel of the Holy Cross and the resurrection of Jesus , installed in the vaults of House 24 in the year 2000, is the only Orthodox Church in Saxony-Anhalt. The walls of the barrel vaults have been painted in accordance with

693-476: The Realschule was built and in 1835 girls' secondary school. The royal paedagogium (Königliches Pädagogium) was rebuilt in 1848, Because of its good reputation and its revenues, the Francke Foundations were growing and a new building for Lateinische Hauptschule (Latina) was built. In 1911 more than 3,000 students attended the various schools. During the time of National socialism , Francke Foundations remained

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726-430: The assistance of any man but received from day to day what was required to pay the workmen and buy all the materials. "He began with nothing; he never was beforehand with his means, yet he received so much, that though venturing to build of brick and stone, and in an expensive style of finish, he was not in arrears for this work." Francke Foundations soon gained a reputation as the " New Jerusalem ". The Foundations formed

759-403: The books have been housed in a purpose-built building whose original library fittings, including the stage-set like shelving, have been preserved in their entirety. From 1996 to 1998 the building was restored according to the old plans; it can now be seen again as it was in 1746. The Study Centre is a service institution for the cataloguing of and research into the Archive and Library holdings of

792-413: The federal state of Saxony-Anhalt and private donations, the Francke Foundations building were renovated. Today the Francke Foundations buildings are almost completely restored and the ensemble has been revived as cultural and scientific, social and educational institution. On the grounds of the Francke Foundations there are now besides the institutions owned by the foundation – the Historic Orphanage,

825-513: The former prayer and singing hall, now the Freylinghausen-Saal, events, meetings and concerts take place. In the basement the children’s creative centre Krokoseum offers activities in cultural education. The Historical Library was founded at the end of the 17th century by Francke. The old library's holdings contain around 50,000 books on all areas of knowledge, but particularly on early modern church and educational history. Since 1728

858-399: The institute to produce inexpensive Bibles in a large quantities. Until the middle of the 20th century millions of Bibles had been published. In the following years a number of buildings were built, e.g. the long house (Langes Haus) in 1713, the largest high-timbered five- and six-storey building. It houses today a hall of residents (Evangelisches Konvikt) and a boarding school for students of

891-678: The institution, Baron Canstein, wrote to a member of the Prussian government in 1706 that his visit was so pleasant and so quickening to his faith that he could not deny himself the privilege of describing the home - "a kind of little world, yet all in harmony and a state of great efficiency." The history of the school was uncommon in that it had not been fostered by government patronage but was built, and continued, through reliance on faith. "Professor Francke has been emboldened to go on with this work, beginning it without capital, and only expecting that God would provide from day to day." Francke did not ask

924-599: The outbreak of war in 1914, 20 teachers and 139 students volunteered for service, with hundreds following during the course of the war. Casualties included three teachers and fifty students. The gymnasium was destroyed during the 1944 Bombing of Königsberg in World War II , with interim classes ceasing in January 1945. At least 160 representatives of the school had been killed during the war or in its aftermath by 1948. The Landfermann-Gymnasium of Duisburg has sponsored

957-405: The school was transformed into a Latin school in 1559, which today's Landfermann-Gymnasium acknowledges as its official founding year. In 1925 it was renamed after Dietrich Wilhelm Landfermann (1800–1882), who was head of the school from 1835-1841. 51°26′03″N 6°46′25″E  /  51.4342°N 6.7736°E  / 51.4342; 6.7736 This German school-related article

990-538: The traditions of Orthodox art. They depict icons of figures from both the Old and New Testaments as well as scenes from biblical history. The iconostases of beech wood were made by a master craftsman from Halle. Originally constructed as the royal paedagogium, this building was redeveloped in 2005, as the House of Generations (Haus der Generationen). It contains a primary Montessori school (Reformschule Maria Montessori),

1023-530: The traditions of the former Friedrichskollegium through several endowments since 28 May 1955. 54°42′48″N 20°31′34″E  /  54.71333°N 20.52611°E  / 54.71333; 20.52611 Francke Foundations The Francke Foundations (Franckesche Stiftungen), also known as Glauchasche Anstalten were founded in 1695 in Halle , Germany as a Christian, social and educational work by August Hermann Francke The Francke Foundations are today

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1056-539: Was donated to the Royal and University Library . The gymnasium counted 508 students in 1865. During the Franco-Prussian War the school's volunteers included two teachers and nine students, all of whom survived the war. In 1890 the Prussian government acquired the property of the stately Groß Jägerhof on Jägerhofstraße between Königstraße and Vorder-Roßgarten . The school moved into this new property, which

1089-625: Was remodeled by Ernst von Ihne and dedicated in 1893. The Collegium's former location on Collegiengasse was later used by the Burgschule . The teacher Gustav Zippel began a history of the Friedrichskollegium to commemorate its bicentennial in 1898. In 1901 the Friedrichskollegium consisted of 32 teachers and 845 students; it was the largest school in Königsberg prior to World War I . By 1902 its faculty library consisted of 9,000 volumes and its student library had 1,200 volumes. Upon

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