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First encounter with the work of Eugeen Van Mieghem

In the 16th century, Antwerp experienced its Golden Age. You could say its importance in those days can be compared to that of New York today. Antwerp owed its wealth to its Port, which was also frequently used by Jakob Fugger. After the Spanish occupation and the closure of the Scheldt, however, things went downhill, Read More …

History of the mines in Almadén

The Erasmus+-project team at IES Pablo Ruiz Picasso started their project work about the minerals and the mines in Almadén on the base of a article published by José Eugenio Ortiz, Octavio Puche, Isabel Rábano, Luis Felipe Mazadiego named „The Almadén mercury mining district“. They worked together with their English teachers on this very detailed scientifical report Read More …

Erste Erasmus+-Projekttage in Almadén

Leider war es aufgrund pandemiebedingter Einschränkungen lange Zeit nicht möglich, durch Europa zu reisen, aber die teilnehmenden Länder zu besuchen ist einer der Hauptkerne des internationalen Erasmus+ Projekts namens Jakob Fugger a historical European influencer – #economic#political#social#medial#ecological#footprint.  Daher war das Projektteam sehr froh, dass vom 6. bis 10. Oktober 2021 endlich die erste Lehrerfortbildung in Read More …

Exploring Banská Bystrica with a mining dwarf

Have you ever met a mine goblin „Permonik“ on the square? No? Well, our pupils from the fifth classes have. They met him there in person one September day. The mine goblin was a special one and he had also some assistants, pupils who are a part of the project   Erasmus+  Jakob Fugger a historical European influencer – #economic #political Read More …

Exkursion in die Fuggerei

Nach monatelangen virtuellen Treffen, Videokonferenzen und nach Klassen getrennten Aktionen durften die Schülerinnen des Erasmusprojekts am 23.07.2021 zum ersten Mal alle gemeinsam eine reelle Exkursion in die Fuggerei unternehmen. In zwei Gruppen aufgeteilt und von kompetenten Führerinnen angeleitet, erfuhren sie, wie die Fuggerei entstanden ist, welche Tätigkeiten die Familie Fugger ausübte, wie sie ihr Imperium Read More …

Europe Day – Project week in Banská Bystrica

On the occasion of The Europe Day (Mai 9th), our students had the opportunity to take part in various activities from our interesting programe, created according to the european spirit. During the whole week, our students were working on topics like European Union and the Member Countries, Flags of the EU, European Currency, Human Rights, Read More …

Europatag in Augsburg

Anlässlich des Europatages fand pandemiebedingt am  Jakob-Fugger-Gymnasium eine Videokonferenz zum Europatag mit folgenden Themen statt: Was ist der Europatag? Start der Umfrage zum Thema „Jakob Fugger“ Beginn der Bearbeitung der interaktiven Fugger-Map Vorbereitung des Wettbewerbs Nach einer kurzen Einführung in die Bedeutung des Europatags, der auf zwei Ereignissen beruht, wurde den Schülerinnen und Schülern die Read More …

Europe Day in Antwerp

As part of Europe Day 2021, we organised an interactive in-class session to acquaint our students with Jakob Fugger and his relevance in today’s world. Werner De Smet, German teacher at our school and co-coordinator of the Erasmus+ project, started off this session by making a connection with refugees. The students were prompted to think Read More …