Some of the Foundation's Ongoing Projects
- Planning and implementation of the Kurlandtag in April of 2000, which more than 80 participants attended
- Contribution to the renovation of Edwahlen castle (Latvian cultural center) in Courland
- Contribution to the rehabilitation of the baroque Appricken church in Courland, implemented in cooperation with the Federal German government
- Replacement of all windows and doors of Stenden church in Courland is begun
- Delivery of a tractor, a seeder, a computer, and an automobile to the psycho-neurological clinic 'Tabor' in Mitau (Jelgava)
- Funding of a German publication edited by the museum of Ruhenthal castle
- Edition of a tri-lingual documentation of the church in Alt-Born, now in Riga
- Contribution to having the captions of exhibits in a Riga museum translated into German
- Expansion of a collection of photographs of historic sepulchers in Courland
- Contributions to genealogical research · Publication of the eighth issue of the KURLAND series
Edwahlen
castle
Ambulance given to the Tabor clinic
Left to right: Otto Baron Grotthuss, Alfred Katterfeld,
and Dr. Sturm, the director of Tabor hospital
issue of
the KURLAND series
- Funding for the publication 'Garrosen und Lambertshof' by the museum of Ruhenthal castle
- Grant for the extension of the castle and cultural center in Edwahlen in Courland
- Contribution to replaching the floor of Ilmajen church in Courland
- Replacement of all windows and doors of Stenden church in Courland completed
- Cooperation in constructive outside repair work for Rudbahren manor (Latvian school with boarding facilities) in Courland
- Delivery of furniture to the psycho-neurological hospital 'Tabor' in Mitau (Jelgawa)
- Data capture for electronic data processing of the register on the records concerning the Courlandic Knightage kept by the State's Archives in Riga;
- Support grant to the author of a study on the history of Courland
- Edition of Count Paul v. der Pahlen's memoirs
- Funding of genealogical research on Courlandic families, with special regard to newly discovered Polish sources
- Publication of the nineth issue of the KURLAND serie
Roof of the baroque Appricken church in Courland
during rehabilitation
Ilmajen curch (a country church) is given a new floor, at projects costs of DM 10.000.-. Half of these costs are borne by the Graubner and v. Bordelius families, and the other half is funded by the Foundations.