Article »Out of Borneo«
At the end of December 2025, the Jurnal Borneo-Kalimantan / Journal of Borneo–Kalimantan, an international journal on the society, culture, and history of Borneo-Kalimantan, published a collaborative article entitled »Out of Borneo – Provenance and Materiality of Objects from Borneo in the Wunderkammer at the Halle Orphanage: International Comparative Perspective.« The…
The Ziegenbalg House
The Ziegenbalg House in Tharangambadi (Tamil Nadu) is a joint project of the Francke Foundations in Halle, the Evangelical Lutheran Mission in Lower Saxony and the Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church (TELC).
From 1706 Halle theologians worked in the Danish commercial branch Tranquebar, which is today's Tharangambadi in the Indian state Tamil Nadu. In the course of…
The Count on His Travels. Edition of the travel diary of Count Heinrich XI Reuss of Obergreiz (1740-1742)
The first is the project, which has been taking place since 2020 in cooperation with the Staatlichen Bücher- und Kupferstichsammlung in the Summer Palace in Greiz and the ThULB. It is based at the FSU Jena and is funded by the Thuringian State Chancellery to create a…
Claudia Weiß: Alchemy and Pietism: Alchemical Practice at the Halle Orphanage in the 18th Century (Dissertation)
The project focuses on determining the relationship between Pietist religiosity and alchemical practices as well as theoretical adoptions from speculative alchemy at the Halle Orphanage in the 18th century. A core thesis is that the pharmacy and medicine practiced there were…
The Förderverein der Kita Amos Comenius e. V. support association provides effective support for the nursery's work and invites all parents to get actively involved.
You are also welcome to support us as parent representatives at the nursery.
In addition, our nursery offers the opportunity to complete a voluntary social year (FSJ) or a training-accompanying internship. You can find more…
