Adam Müller Guttenbrunn Foundation

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Adam Müller Guttenbrunn Foundation
(AMG)
legal form Foundation, endowment
founding 1994
founder Helmut Schneider
Seat Timișoara
purpose Social and cultural institution to support the German minority in Banat , Romania
Chair Helmut Weinschrott
Website hilfswerk-der-banater-schwaben.de
Adam Müller Guttenbrunn House

The Adam Müller Guttenbrunn Foundation ( AMG Foundation for short ) is a social and cultural institution in the Romanian city ​​of Timișoara (dt. Timişoara ). It was founded in 1994 with the support of the Interior Ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany . It is named after the poet and cultural politician Adam Müller-Guttenbrunn .

founding

The association on which this facility is based is the Banater Schwaben e. V. The relief organization was founded in 1989 on the initiative of Helmut Schneider . What began in 1989 with food parcels and aid shipments has developed into an important social project for the region. With the help of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Helmut Schneider was able to create a model project in 1994 with the Adam Müller Guttenbrunn House in Timișoara. The AMG House is the main part of the AMG Foundation.

purpose

The Adam Müller Guttenbrunn Foundation in Timișoara to support the German minority in the Banat comprises a social and a cultural area. Between 1992 and 1994 the new Adam Müller Guttenbrunn Foundation was built in Timișoara. The opening ceremony was held in 1994 in the presence of the then Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany, Klaus Kinkel .

Social area

The social area of ​​the AMG Foundation includes the old people's homes in Timișoara, Bakowa , Sanktanna and the social stations in Billed and Großsanktnikolaus . Helmut Weinschrott has been the head of the nursing home since it was founded .

Retirement home in Timisoara

The building , which is conveniently located on Strada Gheorghe Lazar , was put into operation in 1994. It includes an old people's home, a social station , a house chapel , a museum on the 5th floor and four guest rooms for the residents of the home.

In 2009, the house looked after 84 residents, meals on wheels were delivered to an average of 100 people every day , and around 70 senior citizens came to the house for lunch every day .

Branch offices

  • The Bakowa retirement home is the oldest branch and was founded in 2001. There 17 people are cared for in inpatient care , and around 40 villagers are also provided with meals on wheels . Around 40 children receive a warm meal every day in the dining room of the old people's home.
  • The Sanktanna nursing home was opened in 2002. There, 40 people are cared for in inpatient care, 20 people are provided with meals on wheels and 15 children are given a warm meal every day.
  • The Billed social station was founded in 1994. Here 20 people are cared for in outpatient care, they get a warm meal every day. A meal with meals on wheels is delivered to their home for those who can no longer collect their own food .
  • The Großsanktnikolaus social station was opened in 1994. Here, 20 people are cared for in outpatient care; they receive a warm meal every day, which is delivered to their home with meals on wheels .

Around 35% of the home residents are care recipients. Each house employs a nurse and a carer per home and shift .

Political area

The Democratic Forum of Germans in the Banat (DFDB for short) , which sees itself as the political organ of the German minority in the Banat, also has its seat in the AMG House . The forum was founded on January 5, 1990 to represent the interests of the remaining Banat people from the German ethnic group.

The first seat of the forum was in the Nikolaus-Lenau-Lyceum . Since the completion of the AMG house in 1994, the seat of the forum has been in the left wing of the house. Ovidiu Ganț is currently represented as a forum deputy in the Romanian parliament . The forum is also represented on the Timișoara city ​​council by Helene Wolf , director of the Nikolaus-Lenau-Lyceum. Karl Singer was chairman of the DFDB until 2014 . Since 2014 has Johann Fernbach presides.

Cultural area

Cultural events

The cultural area of ​​the DFDB is under the direction of chairman Karl Singer.

  • Home days of the Banat Germans
  • Temeswar German Culture Days
  • Cultural decade of the mountainous Germans
  • German Literature Days in Reschitza

In order to create an independent cultural life, efforts were made to establish new cultural and educational institutions in addition to traditional institutions such as schools and kindergartens . Numerous traditional costumes, dance, music and youth clubs were created. The following associations and activities are part of the AMG-Haus:

  • the Timișoara Adult Education Center
  • the youth costume association Banater Rosmarein
  • the senior dance group Bunter Herbstreigen
  • the German public library Timisoara
  • Symposia, meetings , lectures , seminars , round table discussions, cultural festivals
  • Presentation of publications in its own edition
  • Choral activity of the Timisoara song wreath
  • Seminars by the Banatia Foundation for International Cooperation
  • Public relations work by the Stefan Jäger Foundation
  • Literature circle relay

The founding of the literary group Stafette under the direction of Annemarie Podlipny-Hehn has contributed significantly to the emergence of a new generation of young people. These are mainly students from the Nikolaus-Lenau-Lyceum who are not native German speakers , but who feel connected to the German language and culture.

Since 2002, students from the Nikolaus-Lenau-Lyceum have participated in the European literary competition every year . Numerous award winners have emerged from this literary circle.

Permanent museum exhibition

Museum permanent exhibition
space deportation to the Bărăgan steppe

The museum's permanent exhibition was brought to life in painstaking detail by the head of the AMG House, Helmut Weinschrott. It is located on the top floor of the AMG House and comprises several rooms that document everyday life and the fate of the Banat Swabians:

Economic area

The economic demands were also taken into account. This is how:

  • 1991: The Banatia Foundation for International Cooperation , financed by the Ministry of the Interior of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • 1996: the Stefan Jäger Foundation to promote vocational training for young people and to promote the maintenance of traditions and customs

The AMG Foundation is financed by:

literature

  • Temeschburger Heimatblatt 2009 , published by HOG Temeswar

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ funkforum.net ( memento of February 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), the new chairman for the Democratic Forum of Germans in the Banat is Johann Fernbach