Erika Simon Foundation

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Multiple support for renovation work on the Friedenskirche Jauer
A plaque on the Evangelical Church of Our Lady in Liegnitz

The Erika Simon Foundation was founded in 1993 by the entrepreneur Gerhard Simon (1914–2008) with an original foundation capital of 200,000 DM. The aim of the foundation's work includes safeguarding the cultural heritage in former German eastern regions , but focuses on German art and culture in Silesia . One focus is the preservation of the peace churches there . In addition, the unifying encounter between German and Polish young people - especially to maintain the German language - is worthy of support. In 2014 the foundation was awarded the “Special Prize of the Silesian Culture Prize” by the Lower Saxony Ministry of the Interior and Sport.

The seat of the foundation is in Rinteln . It works under the patronage of Alfons Nossol , the retired Archbishop of Opole . The foundation board consists of Waltraud Simon (1st chairwoman), the historian Arno Herzig and the university professor Wilhelm Ahrens.

Foundation projects

  • Liegnitz / Legnica : ( Lower Silesian Voivodeship ): In 2002, a replica of the carillon, which was melted down in 1943, was donated to the St. Peter and Paul Cathedral . In 2011, a bell from the sample casting for the carillon from 1893 was handed over to the Copper Museum
  • Liegnitz / Legnica : In 2000 the organ in the Evangelical Church of Our Lady Liegnitz was restored
  • Jauer / Jawor ( Lower Silesian Voivodeship ): The altar, the pulpit, the baptistery and a confessional were restored in the Friedenskirche (World Heritage Site) between 2002 and 2005. The repair of the church bells was also financed.
  • Jauer / Jawor : Reconstruction of the Auguste Viktoria House
  • Lauban / Lubań ( Powiat Lubański ): The roof of the Frauenkirche has been restored.
  • Hirschberg / Jelenia Góra ( Lower Silesian Voivodeship ): The altarpiece in the Gnadenkirche has been restored. In addition, some of the painted over German Bible verses in the galleries were exposed again.
  • Hirschberg / Jelenia Góra : repair of the roof of the Protestant prayer house church
  • Bad Warmbrunn / Cieplice Śląskie Zdrój (district of the city of Jelenia Góra , Lower Silesian Voivodeship ): In 2001, the cost of the restoration of liturgical equipment was taken over in the prayer house of the Protestant parish. These were buried in the rectory garden before the end of the Second World War.
  • Hermsdorf / Sobięcin ( Powiat Jeleniogórski , Lower Silesian Voivodeship ): The chandelier was restored in the Catholic Church.
  • Muhrau / Morawa ( Powiat Świdnicki , Strzegom municipality ): The descendants of the Wietersheim - Kramsta family have set up a kindergarten and an educational facility with overnight accommodation in the castle . The foundation co-financed the renovation of the roof. In the kindergarten, 30 children aged 4 to 5 from socially disadvantaged families in the area are looked after free of charge according to the pedagogical concept of Maria Montessori .
  • Winkeldorf / Kąty Bystrzyckie ( Powiat Kłodzki , municipality of Lądek-Zdrój ): The foundation granted aid to restore an old Silesian four-sided courtyard, the Gottwaldhof, as a museum.
  • Neisse / Nysa ( Powiat Nyski , Opole Voivodeship ): The foundation co-financed the construction and furnishing of the St. James' treasury in the bell tower of Neisse Cathedral. According to Gerhard Simon's suggestion, the all-glass construction in front of the old, unplastered masonry was included as an exhibit in the treasury and the visitor was introduced to the sacred exhibits.
  • Lubowitz / Łubowice ( Rudnik municipality , Powiat Raciborski , Silesian Voivodeship ): The master miller Gerhard Simon had set himself the task of restoring the Lubowitz mill that was ruined after the war . The mill is under the care of the Eichendorff Association and is now used as a technical museum.

In 2006, on the occasion of a concert by the Japanese pianist Junko Shioda, the foundation acquired a historic Steinway grand piano on permanent loan to Haus Schlesien in Bonn .

  • St. Peter and Paul Cathedral Liegnitz

  • Evangelical Church of Our Lady Liegnitz

  • Frauenkirche Lauban

  • Evangelical prayer house church in Hirschberg

  • Catholic Church Hermsdorf

  • Neisse bell tower

  • Watermill Lubowitz

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The name of the foundation refers to the founder's wife, who died in 1990, according to Gerhard Kaske, the Silesian donor Gerhard Simon ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in Schlesische Nachrichten , issue 22/2006, p. 15  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oberschlesien-aktuell.de
  2. ↑ a b c Interior Minister Pistorius announces award winners from April 25, 2014 on the website of the Lower Saxony Ministry of the Interior and Sport , accessed on July 20, 2014
  3. ↑ Michael Zils (Ed.): World Guide to Foundations , Volume 19: Handbook of international documentation and information , ISBN 978-3-598-11315-4 , KG Saur, 1998, p. 86
  4. ↑ Website of the palace
  5. ↑ Roswitha Oschmann, Chopin's first concert was performed in Silesia on September 1, 2006 in the Bonner Generalanzeiger , accessed on July 20, 2014