1. Sokrates Grundtvig Learning Partnership 2010 - 2012 Volkshochschule Schrobenhausen e. V. Ancient cities and their reflection to today‘s world

2. Where do we come from? Schrobenhausen is a rural town in Southern Bavaria 60 km north of Munich Schrobenhausen has almost 17 000 inhabitants The beginnings of the town date back to the 9 th century

3. Areal view of Schrobenhausen

4. Who we are? (I) Volkshochschule (vhs) Schrobenhausen is a non- profit organisation for adult education. vhs Schrobenhausen is serving the town of Schrobenhausen and its environs totalling about 35 000 inhabitants. vhs Schrobenhausen offers about 600 courses, seminars, lectures and other performanes a year.

5. Who we are? (II) vhs Schrobenhausen counts 5000 to 5500 attendants a year. We offer courses in 9 languages incl. Greek, information technology, psychology, education, history, law, literature, painting, music, health, dancing, cookery, ecology etc. vhs Schrobenhausen is managed by the headmaster and three part- time assistants. There are 152 free- lance teachers and lecturers. vhs Schrobenhausen‘s Head Office in the historic town centre.

6. ACT and our objectives (I) Examination of the ancient Roman towns and infrastructure of the province of Raetia, the area, where the later Schrobenhausen is situated. On the right: Roman fortification Castra Regina (today Regensburg) 80 km from Schrobenhausen

7. ACT and our objectives (II): Philhellenism 1823: Lord Byron‘s arrival at Missolonghi. Examination of the influence of ancient Greek culture to intellectual history of the modern world of the 19th and 20th century:  Classicism  Philhellenism  Humanistic ideal of education, etc.

8. ACT and our objectives (III): Learning from each other during our common work on the project. Tracing common roots for our joint work creating an unified Europe. Glyptothek at Munich, Bavaria vhs Schrobenhausen, Benno Bickel, 9 th October 2010