{"id":330924,"date":"2019-10-11T17:37:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T15:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webdev.flars.net\/the-town-hall-of-augsburg-a-historical-place\/"},"modified":"2019-10-11T17:37:20","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T15:37:20","slug":"the-town-hall-of-augsburg-a-historical-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.together4europe.org\/en\/the-town-hall-of-augsburg-a-historical-place\/","title":{"rendered":"The Town Hall of Augsburg \u2013 a historical place"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>20th anniversary of <em>Together for Europe<\/em>, 7 \u2013 9.11.2019 at Ottmaring and Augsburg<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In 2019 <em>Together for Europe<\/em> returns to Germany: to the ecumenical Centre of Ottmaring\/Augsburg where it all started back in 1999. Leaders and representatives of various Movements and Communities belonging to the Catholic, Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox and the Free Churches will meet at a European level to take stock of the situation and plan for the future.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday November 8, 2019 an official reception for the \u2018Friends of <em>Together for Europe\u2019<\/em> will take place at the Town Hall of Augsburg. In This historical place the City wants to honour this international initiative.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The \u2018Golden Hall\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The heart of the Town Hall of Augsburg is the \u2018Golden Hall\u2019, which was built between 1615 and 1620 by Elias Holl. In virtue of its impressive doorways, paintings and the magnificent lacunar ceiling, the \u2018Golden Hall\u2019 was immediately hailed as an apex of internal artistic design. The Hall was so named because of the many golden ornaments that adorn the interior.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Augustan Peace Prize \u2013 The Winner of the Inter-Confessional Prize<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the \u201cGolden Hall\u2019, in 1988, on the Feast day of the Augustan Peace, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/chi-siamo\/#chiaralubich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chiara Lubich<\/a> was honoured with the Prize for Peace for her commitment in the ecumenical field on a world-wide level. \u00a0The prize, which exists since 1985, honours those leading personalities who have given a special contribution toward an open and peaceful cohabitation of culture and religions. Among others it was granted to Rabbi Levinson, Pope Schenuda III of the Coptic Church, the former German Federal President, Richard von Weizs\u00e4cker and the former Head of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev. In 2017, this prestigious honour was given to the General Secretary of the World Lutheran Federation, Martin Junge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018<em>Oberer Fletz<\/em>\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the floor under the \u2018Golden Hall\u2019 there is the historical \u2018<em>Oberer Fletz\u2019 <\/em>\u2013 a hall with a characteristic style where the Town Council holds its meetings. That is where, on November 9, 2019, the participants of the annual meeting of the \u2018Friends of <em>Together for Europe\u2019<\/em> will converge.<\/p>\n<p><em>Beatriz Lauenroth<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>20th anniversary of Together for Europe, 7 \u2013 9.11.2019 at Ottmaring and Augsburg In 2019 Together for Europe returns to Germany: to the ecumenical Centre of Ottmaring\/Augsburg where it all started back in 1999. 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