Fugger-Forum “Footprints of Jakob Fugger in Europe” – Augsburg 2022

On the occasion of the first mobility week in Augsburg, the partner schools presented their historical and current connections to Jakob Fugger.  The Fugger-Forum took place on Thursday, 5th of May at 7pm at the Jakob-Fugger-Gymnasium in Augsburg. All the presentations were streamed online to be available in real time for all those who could Read More …

Searching for #footprints of Jacob Fugger in Banská Bystrica

Once again we followed the footsteps of Jacob Fugger in our city with our Erasmus team.  We know that there are quite a few of them. It is even possible that Jakub Fugger, who is the protagonist in our Erasmus+ project, has never visited Banská Bystrica. But despite this, he and Ján Thurz managed to Read More …

An Italian comes to the Netherlands

As an introduction to the Erasmus+ project on Jakob Fugger, the pupils of 5ECMTb-LMT visited the exhibition „Komt een Italiaan naar de Nederlanden“ (An Italian comes to the Netherlands) in the Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp on Tuesday 1 February. Based on quotations from Lodovico Guicciardini in his 16th century bestseller „Descrittione di tutti i Paesi Read More …

Workshop im Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum

Am 3. Dezember 2021 besuchten die Schülerinnen und Schüler des Jakob-Fugger-Gymnasiums zusammen mit ihren Lehrkräften Christina Obermeier und Jürgen Wünsch im Rahmen des Erasmus+-Projekts das Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum in der Augsburger Innenstadt. Wir hatten die Gelegenheit, an einem Workshop zum Hauptthema des Museums teilzunehmen, das sich mit Geschichte als wissenschaftlicher Disziplin aus einer postkolonialen Read More …

Weihnachts-Videokonferenz

Weihnachten in Europa, Europa in unseren Schulen und auf unseren Bildschirmen. So sah es am Freitag, den 17. Dezember 2021, in allen Partnerschulen aus, die an unserem Erasmus+ Projekt beteiligt waren, während des Online-Weihnachtstreffens von Schülern und Lehrern. Für ein paar Dutzend Minuten tauschten wir gerne den regulären Unterricht gegen Weihnachtslieder von Schülern aus Sterzing, Read More …

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 …