1. www..at The House KB5 in the Global Village Kirchbach Velenje, 22.10.2008

2. www..at The Place Kirchbach in Steiermark Village in the Eastern Part of Styria (Steirisches Vulkanland) County of Feldbach Inhabitants: 1.651 Schools: Elementary and Primary School, Polytechnical School The infrastructure is quite well Many „Vereine“ 27 km to Graz, 25 km to FB, 25 km to LB, 35 km to Maribor in Slo

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4. www..at Kirchbach End of 19th Century

5. www..at Kirchbach in Steiermark anno 2006

6. www..at The Building Um 1900

7. www..at The Building 2003

8. www..at History of the Building Built 1854 Justice-Court for the County, from 1942 also Post Office until 1960 also the County-Jail 1976 Justice Court is closed 1978 – 2001 used by the Austrian Army 2002 we bought the house

9. www..at Monika Matzer Franz Steinwender Peter Mayer Ewald Binder Rupert Paier Hansjörg Matzer The people behind KB5

10. www..at The Building after the Renovation Reopening Oktober 2004 1200 m² to let 5 floors Usable also for disabled people 6 Rooms for guests Parking areas for 50 cars In the middle of the village and again the center of the village

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15. The Building Since October 2004

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21. What means global Village?? During the „Days of Utopia 2003“ Franz Nahrada from Vienna showed the ideas of „global villages“ In the Center there is a „Piazza Telematica“ where modern technologies allow you to be connected to the whole wisdom of the world. The House KB5 transfered those ideas into reality

22. www..at Our Goals Investment in a thing where you can have influence KB5 connects Kunst, (Arts) Kultur (Culture), Bildung (Education) and Business. KB5 brings the university in a small village KB5 opens the minds of the people KB5 is a sign against resignation KB5 makes the village of Kirchbach again as important as it was before the Justice-Court was closed We want to set footsteps

23. www..at The first 4 Years Reopening October 2004 Montagsakademie: –Videobridge with University of Graz –50 Sessions, two from Kirchbach to the University –2500 People The Themes : Sustainable Development Rural Development

24. www..at The first 4 Years Religion am Donnerstag Lange Nacht der Sprachen Tage der Utopie „Days of Utopia“ Bosna Quilts Frithjof Bergmann´s New Work Education Exhibitions of local and national Artists Concerts Open Source Kirchbacher Berichte Bioversität

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26. www..at The first 4 Years Prof. Frithjof Bergmann und LAbg. Josef Ober

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28. www..at Companies with offices in the KB5 Grazer Wechselseitige6 employees Ifo.net4 employees Styrion3 employees Formgeben; GIVE2 employees Kanzlei Reif und Partner2 employees Punctum Versicherungsmakler-GmbH7 employees KB5 Infrastruktur- und BeteiligungsGmbH2 employees That means 7 different Companies, 25 workplaces over all, 13 new !!!

29. www..at The first 4 Years Costs for the Renovation882000 Consulters (Lawyer, etc67000 Furniture 200000 Taxes for the village (Basic:20 people a 50 EUR p.M)48000 Interest for the credit to the savings-bank160000 Money spent in the village from the employees (Basic 1 Person a EUR 10 per day at work)250000 Taxes for the local village from the „hotel“3000 Money spent in the village from the „Hotel“-Guests (Basic 1 Person a EUR 10 per day)30000 Money spent in the village from the Visitors of Montagsakademie, Days of Utopia, Concerts, Exhibitons etc. Basic 5 EUR per visitor25000 1665000

30. www..at The Future Projects with KF-Uni Graz (Montagsakademie, Religion am Donnerstag) TU-Graz Universität für BOKU GIVE and the ideas of „Global Village“ ECOVAST (European Council of Villages and Small Towns) VTÖ (Verband der Technologiezentren Österreichs) Tage der Utopie 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015,……………. Tipovej in Slovenja (Stanko Blatnik Make your University-Studies in Kirchbach Open-Source „Linuxakademie“ Financial Crisis???????

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