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

On the occasion of the third project week in Almadén (08.-15.10.22), the partner schools presented their historical and current connections to Jakob Fugger on Monday, 10th of October at 7pm at the IES Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Almadén and also with a livestream On this evening we were very happy to welcome Don Ángel Hernández, an Read More …

Student Mobility in Sterzing 2022

De uitwisselingsbijeenkomst startte op de avond van 17 september met de aankomst van de bus met gasten. De deelnemers konden elkaar leren kennen tijdens een gezellig diner met pizza en pasta. De eigenaar van het restaurant stelde zelfs de disco op de eerste verdieping exclusief voor de groep open, waar de studenten in een ontspannen Read More …

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

On the occasion of the second project week in Sterzing (17.-23.09.22), the partner schools present their historical and current connections to Jakob Fugger and Sterzing on Thursday, 22nd of October at 7pm at the Oberschulzentrum Sterzing and also with a livestream On this evening we were very happy to welcome two experts about Jakob Fugger Read More …

Visit to the State Archives of Slovak Republic

In the project Jakob Fugger a historical European influencer for over two years we have been searching for economical, political, medial, social and environmental footprints which had been left by the richest man in the world in our city. Sooner or later, every proper researcher will visit the archives, where the most important written sources Read More …

Second teacher’s meeting in Banská Bystrica

Van zaterdag 28 mei tot en met woensdag 1 juni vond de tweede teacher’s meeting binnen het project “Jakob Fugger: a historical European influencer” plaats. We trokken daarvoor richting Banska Bystrica in Slowakije. Het was een blij weerzien tussen de verschillende collega’s, die elkaar onlangs nog in Augsburg bij de eerste mobiliteit met leerlingen getroffen Read More …

Ľubietová – biodiversity on the mining heaps

The mountain village of Ľubietová near Banská Bystrica was an important centre of copper and iron ore mining and processing. On Saturday, 18 June, some of the pupils involved in the Erasmus+ project went to the most famous deposit of this area – Podlipa, which lies on the southern slope of the Vysoká hill. The Read More …

Fuggerei Next500 – from 1521 to the future

On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the Fuggerei, the Fugger Foundation presented how the Fuggerei can contribute to solving social challenges worldwide in a pavilion on Augsburg’s town hall square. For this purpose, the core ideas were presented in a futuristic pavilion, which was sustainably built from the wood of the Fugger forests Read More …