Villa Lessing - Liberal Foundation Saar
| Villa Lessing - Liberal Foundation Saar e. V. Villa Lessing - Liberal Foundation Saar (VL) |
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| Legal form: |
registered association , foundation under civil law |
| Purpose: | Political education |
| Chair: | Walter Teusch |
| Board of Trustees: | Karin Nehl |
| Managing directors: | Hermann Simon |
| Consist: | since 1999 (registered association), since 2012 (foundation) |
| Seat: | Lessingstrasse 10 66121 Saarbrücken |
| Website: | www.villa-lessing.de |
The association “Villa Lessing - Liberale Stiftung Saar e. V. “(VL) is a non-profit association based in Saarbrücken . The Villa Lessing Foundation - Liberal Foundation Saar (VL) is a foundation under civil law, also based in Saarbrücken. The VL is an institution of political education work on a liberal basis and a party-affiliated foundation of the FDP Saar .
Origin and structure
The non-profit association “Villa Lessing - Liberale Stiftung Saar e. V. ”was founded in its current form on May 17, 1999, the foundation of civil law on January 16, 2012. The foundation is supported by the association. The emergence of the VL goes back to the decision of the Saarland Landtag on November 5, 1969 to release the Saarbrücker Zeitung from the state and to privatize it again. The newspaper, which was privately founded in 1761 , was integrated into the NSDAP publishing empire in 1935 after the Saar was reintegrated into the German Reich. After the Second World War it was placed under French sequester administration and transferred to Saarland in 1956 on the basis of the Luxembourg Treaty .
With the state parliament decision of November 5, 1969, the new ownership structure of the Saarbrücker Zeitung Verlag und Druckerei GmbH was created. The majority shareholder is currently the Rheinische Post Mediengruppe , the minority shareholder with around 28% is the Society for Citizenship Education (GsB). The GsB owns the Union Stiftung e. V., the Democratic Society Saarland e. V. and the Villa Lessing - Liberale Stiftung Saar e. V. at. The VL is financed exclusively from private funds. The VL does not receive any grants from the public sector or from political parties.
The supervisory body of the VL is the board of trustees / the foundation board. It consists of a minimum of three and a maximum of five people. The members of the board of trustees are elected by the general assembly of the VL for a period of four years. The board of trustees / the foundation board monitors the work of the board and advises it. The board consists of three people, namely the chairman, the deputy chairman and the treasurer. These are elected by the general assembly for a period of four years. There is a personal union between the bodies of the association and the foundation. Walter Teusch is currently the chairman of the board, Karin Nehl is the chairman of the board of trustees and Jürgen Morlok is her deputy .
Purpose, goals and offers
According to the statutes, the purpose of the VL is to promote democratic, civic education as well as the promotion of science, research and culture on a liberal basis, international understanding and European unification. The VL has a wide range of offers ready to achieve the purpose and objectives:
- one-day and multi-day seminars
- Lectures, discussions, readings, concerts, art exhibitions
- one-day and multi-day study or educational trips
- Events that disseminate and deepen liberal ideas and values
- supraregional events to promote liberal ideas
- Creation and publication of information and educational materials
- Purposeful promotion of individuals, organizations and projects
- Sponsorship awards and scholarships for gifted people
Prices
Tolerance price
The VL awards the Villa Lessing Tolerance Prize for students in the Saarland for each school year. The background and idea behind the Tolerance Prize is to educate the young generation to be tolerant and against any form of extremism , as this is an educational task that is new for each generation. This is exemplified by the repeatedly emerging tendencies towards right-wing and left-wing radical thinking and acting, even in parts of the younger generation. In order to counteract these tendencies and to promote tolerance, paired with moral courage , in the future generations of the Saarland, the Villa Lessing awards the tolerance prize for schoolchildren every year. The prize is awarded for exemplary behavior and projects that promote tolerance and promote tolerance for individual students, groups of students and entire school classes. The decision on the award of the Villa Lessing Tolerance Prize lies with an independent jury.
Europe price
The VL awards the “Villa Lessing European Prize” once a year to students of the European Institute at Saarland University . All students of the Europa-Institut, the Law Section and the Economics Section whose theses deal with developments in law and the economy in Europe and, in particular, the strengthening of freedom and competition in Europe and European integration, can apply on a liberal basis, the strengthening of European civil society and the position of the citizen in the process of European unification. The decision on the award of the Villa Lessing European Prize is made by an independent jury. In 2015, four prizes were awarded, each worth 1,500 euros.
Scholarships
The VL awards scholarships to students and doctoral candidates at the university or other universities in the Saarland in the form of a right of residence in the Villa Lessing. The right to live in a student room is free of charge and is usually granted for a maximum of three semesters.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Committees of the Villa Lessing. Villa Lessing, accessed on November 11, 2019 .