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So that the past has a future –

The German Foundation for Monument Protection

Conference, Mechelen

23.03.2009

Dr. Holger Rescher, Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz

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What does the German Foundation for Monument Protection do ?

•Founded in 1985

•Largest private historical-preservation initiative in Germany

•Helped to preserve 3400 monuments

•So far 400 million euros

•More than 180.000 donors

•Proceeds from the lottery

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A race

against ruin

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Plänitz, Dorfkirche before

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Plänitz, Dorfkirche, after

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Halle (Saale), Stadtgottesacker before

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Halle (Saale), Stadtgottesacker, after

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Görlitz, Ratsapotheke, before

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Görlitz, Ratsapotheke, after

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Bremerhaven, Leuchtturm Roter Sand, before

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Bremerhaven, Leuchtturm Roter Sand, after

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Winning over young people

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school project “denkmal aktiv”

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Quedlinburg, Jugendbauhütte

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Creating public interest

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Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz

European Heritage Day

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Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz

magazine

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Thank you !

Contact: Dr. Holger Rescher, 0049 228 39063988

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