The Evangelische Akademie Tutzing (Protestant Academy of Tutzing) is an education and conference center in Tutzing , Bavaria, run by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria . It was founded in 1947. The main building is Schloss Tutzing on Lake Starnberg . The academy awards the Marie Luise Kaschnitz Prize for contemporary literature from 1984, and the Toleranzpreis der Evangelischen Akademie Tutzing prize for tolerance, which since 2000 has been given biennially to people who worked towards the coexistence of religions.
7-623: The Evangelische Akademie Tutzing was founded in 1947 in Tutzing , Bavaria, as Evangelisches Heimkehrer- und Freizeitheim . It was first an academy for doctors. Gerhard Hildmann, a theologian, was the director from 1948 to 1967. The bishop, Hans Meiser , coordinated the acquisition of Schloss Tutzing in 1949. After World War II, politicians met at the academy to discuss the future of German democracy. They identified actions to be taken, which were later realized. Egon Bahr spoke on 15 July 1963 about "change through rapprochement", which influenced
14-483: A round auditorium with seating in a circular arrangement. The park was created in 1840 as an English landscape garden and was expanded upon in 1870 by Carl von Effner . In 1980, Hans-Busso von Busse added a restaurant in wood and glass which recalls the architecture of the Palmenhaus . 47°54′33″N 11°16′56″E / 47.9092°N 11.2822°E / 47.9092; 11.2822 Tutzing Tutzing
21-697: Is a municipality in the district of Starnberg in Bavaria , Germany , on the west bank of the Starnberger See . Just 40 km south-west of Munich and with good views of the Alps, the town was traditionally a favourite holiday spot for those living in the city. In 1873 Johannes Brahms spent four summer months in Tutzing, completing his String Quartets Opus 51 and writing the Haydn Variations . A small lakeside park
28-418: Is dedicated to him, and a plaque stands near the large house where he lived and worked. The town of 10,000 is home to many commuters to Munich, as well as to retirees. Tutzing station is both a terminus of Munich's S-Bahn rail network and a regional train hub serving Innsbruck, Mittenwald, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Reutte, Kochel and Oberammergau. Tutzing has a regional hospital and various clinics. It hosts
35-495: The conference centre Evangelische Akademie Tutzing , founded in 1947. Tutzing has been home to various German celebrities, including the former president of the Federal Constitutional Court Hans-Jürgen Papier , musicians Peter Maffay , Leslie Mándoki , and Elly Ney , the late Guido Dessauer , and the military general and theorist Erich Ludendorff , who died and is buried in the town. During
42-587: The relationship of chancellor Willy Brandt to the German Democratic Republic , resulting in the Ostpolitik . Conferences at the academy initiated changes in politics, social sciences, religion, arts and culture. Topics have included the future of the European Union the integration of its countries, and concepts for the energy industry . The Baroque main building was built from 1693 to 1696. It
49-416: Was rebuilt by Thomas Ganseck from 1802 to 1816 for Count Friedrich Joseph von Vieregg. The additional Kavaliersbau was built in the 19th century. A separate hall was erected in 1802 as a Gartenmenagerie . It was made a Palmenhaus ( palm house ) in 1870, and remodeled in 1922 to a banquet hall with an Italian-style ceiling. The conference hall was built in 1959 by Olaf Andreas Gulbransson as
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