August hermann francke wiki

The Francke Foundations (Franckesche Stiftungen), also known as Glauchasche Anstalten were founded in in Halle, Germany as a Christian, social and educational work by August Hermann Francke

The Francke Foundations are today a non-profit educational organization housed in a complex of historic buildings.

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German Lutheran clergyman, philanthropist and Biblical scholar ().

Franke

​FRANCKE, AUGUST HERMANN (–), German Protestant divine, was born on the 22nd of March at Lübeck.

He was Protestant religious leader, educator, and social reformer who was one of the principal promoters of German Pietism.

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, people learn, teach, work and live in the Francke Foundations.

The Francke Foundations have been on the German proposal list as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since

History

17th century

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