The Francke Foundations (Franckesche Stiftungen), also known as Glauchasche Anstalten were founded in 1695 in Halle, Germany as a Christian, social and educational work by August Hermann Francke The Francke Foundations are today a non-profit educational organization housed in a complex of historic buildings. The Francke Foundations includes three kindergartens, a children’s creativity centre, four schools, a House of Generations, a youth workshop, a bible centre, traditional commercial enterprises, archives, libraries, museums, and university and non-university research facilities. More than 4,000 people learn, teach, work and live in the Francke Foundations.The Francke Foundations have been on the German proposal list as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999..
Die Mitteldeutsche Gesellschaft für Pneumologie (MDGP) ist die jüngste der vier wissenschaftlichen Regionalgesellschaften für Pneumologie in Deutschland. Sie wurde am 8.7.1998 in Leipzig gegründet. Gründungsmitglieder waren Reiner Bonnet (Bad Berka), Manfred Franke (Sonneberg), Klaus Harzbecker (Aue), Joachim Schauer (Leipzig), Wolfgang Schütte (Halle), Bernhard Wiesner (Bad Berka) und Hubert Wirtz (Leipzig).
