Foundation for the Sorbian People
The Foundation for the Sorbian People ( Sorbian ) supports the preservation and development, promotion and dissemination of the Sorbian language , culture and traditions as an expression of the Sorbian identity as a joint instrument of the federal government and the two states of Brandenburg and Saxony People .
Structure and history
The foundation is based in the house of the Sorbs in Bautzen and maintains a branch in Cottbus and regional offices in Crostwitz , Hoyerswerda and Runde . As a foundation , it represents the financial basis of the Sorbian institutional landscape. It was founded on October 19, 1991 in the Evangelical Church of Lohsa .
The federal government supports the foundation on the basis of a financing agreement with Brandenburg and Saxony. The total funding amounts to around € 18.6 million per year from 2016. The sponsored institutions include the Sorbian National Ensemble , the Domowina with the Witaj Language Center , the Domowina Publishing House , the Sorbian Institute , the German-Sorbian People's Theater , the Wendish Museum and the School for Lower Sorbian Language and Culture.
The foundation director was Marko Suchy from 1992 to 2015 ; From December 21, 2015, Michaela Moosche managed the foundation's business. On April 12, 2016, Jan Budar was elected as the new director of the foundation. He took office on October 1, 2016.
Board of Trustees
The determining body of the foundation is the foundation council, which consists of 15 members, including six Sorbian representatives (four from Saxony and two from Brandenburg). Susann Schenk has been Chair of the Board of Trustees since November 22, 2016 .
Representatives of the Sorbian people
- Bernhard Ziesch (Bjarnat Cyž) , former managing director of Domowina e. V.
- Susann Schenk (Susann Šenkec) , former General Secretary FUEN Oxlund / Schleswig-Holstein
- Julian Nitzsche (Julian Nyča)
- Daniel J. Mirtschink (Daniel J. Měrćink)
- Marcus Koinzer (Marcus Końcaŕ)
- Frank Kossick (Frank Kosyk)
Representative of the Free State of Saxony
- Uwe Gaul , State Secretary in the Saxon State Ministry for Science and Art
- Kay-Uwe Voss, Head of Department in the Saxon State Ministry of Finance
Representative of the state of Brandenburg
- Ulrike Gutheil , State Secretary in the Ministry of Science, Research and Culture
- Daniela Trochowski , State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance
Federal representative
- Hans-Leo Dirks, Head of Division in the Federal Ministry of the Interior
- Jan Ehlers, Federal Ministry of the Interior
Representative of the Saxon District Assembly and the Saxon City and Municipal Assembly
- Alexander Ahrens , Lord Mayor of the City of Bautzen
- Michael Harig , District Administrator of the Bautzen District
Representative of the district assembly and the Brandenburg Association of Towns and Municipalities
- Holger Kelch , Lord Mayor of Cottbus , Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Parliamentary Advisory Council
The foundation's parliamentary advisory board is made up of representatives from the German Bundestag as well as the state parliaments of Brandenburg and the Free State of Saxony .
Members of the acting advisory board
- Gabriela Heinrich (SPD), Member of the Bundestag
- Klaus-Peter Schulze (CDU), Member of the Bundestag
- Kerstin Kircheis (SPD), Member of the State Parliament in Brandenburg
- Heide Schinowsky (Greens), MdL in Brandenburg
- Aloysius Mikwauschk (CDU), Member of the State Parliament in Saxony
- Marko Schiemann (CDU), Member of the State Parliament in Saxony, Chairman of the Parliamentary Advisory Board since 1994
Known former members
- Gerd-Rüdiger Hoffmann , Member of the State Parliament in Brandenburg
- Steffen Reiche , Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag in Brandenburg
- Uta-Brigitte Müller , MdL in Brandenburg
Ćišinski Prize
As a rule, the foundation awards the Ćišinski Prize, named after the Sorbian poet Jakub Bart-Ćišinski , every two years as the main and promotional prize. It is awarded for outstanding achievements in the field of Sorbian culture, art and science or for promising beginnings in these areas. The main prize is endowed with € 7,500, the advancement award with € 2,500.
literature
- Karlheinz Blaschke u. a .: The Sorbs in Germany. 3rd, revised. Ed. By Maria Schiemann. Text editing by Dietrich Scholze. Photos and reproductions by Matthias Bulang et al. Foundation for the Sorbian People, Bautzen 1999, OCLC 938475118 .
Web links
- stiftung.sorben.com - Website of the foundation for the Sorbian people
- State treaty between the State of Brandenburg and the Free State of Saxony on the establishment of the "Foundation for the Sorbian People" of August 28, 1998 (SächsGVBl. 1998 No. 23, p. 630, Fsn-No .: 103-1V. Version valid from: January 1, 1999), accessed April 22, 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jubilee in Cottbus. The Sorbian Foundation has problems with young talent. rbb-online.de, October 22, 2016, archived from the original on October 26 ; accessed on October 22, 2016 .
- ^ Founding event of the Foundation for the Sorbian People on October 10, 1991 , footage from the Sorabia Film Studios
- ↑ Sorbs receive more money ( memento from February 15, 2016 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed on April 22, 2016.
- ↑ Ćišinski Prize , website of the Foundation for the Sorbian People, accessed on March 16, 2017