Who we are
The Böckler Mare Balticum Foundation is a non-profit foundation under civil law. It was founded in 1977 by the architect Dr Erich Böckler (b. 25.01.1904 Tallinn, d. 11.01.1990 Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe) as the Martin Carl Adolf Böckler Foundation. The Mare Balticum Foundation was established in 1998, and this merged with the Böckler Foundation, becoming the M.C.A. Böckler Mare Balticum Foundation. The name was changed again to its current version in 2016.
What we do
The foundation’s mission is to support research into the art and cultural history of the Baltic Sea Region, with a focus on the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania). To promote academic exchange, the foundation hosts an annual conference (Homburger Gespräch) which incorporates excursions. It also awards an annual grant, the Lisbeth and Erich Böckler Grant, for further research, networking, and acquisition of the German language, as well as twice-yearly donations towards academic publications (printing costs). It supports research projects, conferences (travel expenses), and exhibitions that further its founder’s goals. The Edition Mare Balticum is an academic publication series first released by the foundation in 2017.
Alongside this support work, the foundation is also itself active. Since December 2017 it has been cooperating with other contributors on the DEHIO Portal and the DEHIO Handbook of Art Monuments in the Baltic States, with the generous support of the German federal government representative for culture and media Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (BKM), the ZEIT-Foundation Ebelin and Gerd Bucerius ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius und die Gerda Henkel Stiftung, and the Gerda Henkel Foundation DEHIO Portal und das DEHIO-Handbuch der Kunstdenkmäler in den baltischen Ländern.
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