At the invitation of Club Carinthia the Fresach.Think.Tank presented its program for the European tolerance talks 2016 on 3rd November in Vienna. On the podium were Fresach President Johannes Swoboda, the bishop of the Evangelical Church of Austria, Michael Bunker, the environmental historian Verena Winiwarter and PEN president Helmuth A. Niederle. For the Carinthian touch…
The Evangelical Diocesan Museum Fresach has been awarded the Austrian museum seal of approval. The young museum, incidentally Europe’s only museum of tolerance, was just opened in 2011. At that time the newly built museum building was awarded the Construction Award of Carinthia. The memorial to the history of Protestantism in Austria is a popular…
“The Borders of Europe – Human Rights and the Consequences of Climate Change” are the focus of the European tolerance talks that take place from 11 to 14 May 2016 at Fresach (Carinthia). The program and the selected speakers will be presented on November 3rd, 2015 in Vienna by Denk.Raum.Fresach (DRF), PEN-Club Austria and Club…
Optimism, co-operation and constructive exchange of information. This was the impression of the first Fresach-Day with Denk.Raum.Fresach President Hannes Swoboda on Monday. Several mayors and tourism professionals in the region, teachers, artists, and local residents took the opportunity to discuss the ideas and proposals until their heads were smoking. Eight hours, from 13.00 until 21.00…
The Board of Trustees (Think.Tank.Fresach) introduced the program of European Tolerance Talks 2016 last week. Chaired by President Hannes Swoboda, the 15-member panel decided on July 9th in Villach to extend the talks for a further day and start on Wednesday, May 11th, 2016. The general theme “The borders of Europe – Human Rights and…
The Queen of Pan Flute, Daniela dé Santos, appeared on stage in Fresach on Thursday (2 July) for the first time. Born in Augsburg (Germany) with Spanish roots she plays flute since she was 5 years old. In concerts throughout Europe she performs hits as “The Lonely Shepherd” (Gheorghe Zamfir), “Once Upon a Time in…
Most people liked it. The Video to the declaration. On the occasion of the first European Dialogues of Tolerance The Denk.Raum.Fresach (DRF) which is an independent initiative for tolerance and integration in Europe has published “Fresach’s Declaration to Tolerance 2015”. The declaration consists of three section and 20 items, in which a profound and current…
The speech of Federal President Heinz Fischer to the European tolerance talks 2015 Fresach can now be read verbatim: “Tolerance is a principle of life that helps us to enable different ways of life and to facilitate the coexistence of people …” http://bit.ly/1FdTy9O
The concept artist Gerhard Leeb from Villach has donated a painting to the Denk.Raum.Fresach on the occasion of the European Tolerance Dialogues 2015 that shall be the foundation stone to a special tolerance collection. The picture “Lampedusa 02” originates from the series “Flotsum” and was made 2014 under the impression of the Austrian Broadcast headlines…
Literature on a high level und performance ready for the stage: the participants of the Young Poetry Slam of Fresach convinced and filled the audience of the first European Tolerance Dialogues on Whitsuntide at the Carinthian mountain village with enthusiasm. Helmuth A. Niederle, President of the PEN writer’s guild praised the quality of the contributions…