Photo gallery

June 23, 2010:
Joint excursion to the Technical University in Liberec. A lecture entitled "The relations between North Bohemia and Upper Lusatia in the Middle Ages" with lecturer Dr. Rudolf Andel, Liberec (left illus.) provided an overview of historical events. The encounter with museum exhibits in the North Bohemian Museum (right illus.) in the afternoon illustrated what had been heard.

December 9, 2009:
Civic engagement honored - At the end of the semester, three active senior volunteers were thanked for their work at the university. Professor Rainer Hampel thanked Inge and Bernd Nowack (center) and Dipl.oec. Brigitte Nitsche (2nd from right) for their civic commitment. For almost ten years, they were actively involved in the working group for the Senior Citizens' College at Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences. Brigitte Nitsche came to the university on a job creation scheme (ABM) as part of a Zittau "EXPO 2000" project. She then worked at Studium fundamentale, under whose management the Seniorenkolleg was founded.

June 3, 2009:
"Politics and Media" Visit to Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk Leipzig (event in cooperation with the Saxon State Center for Political Education)

May 27, 2009:
"Architecture? From the idea to the building" Lecture and tour with Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Architect Karl Maria Böhmer, Department of Civil Engineering.

March 18, 2009:
Rector Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Rainer Hampel (m.), Dr.-Ing. Christian Müller (r.), Chairman of the Friends of the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences and Frank Schneider. At the start of the semester, Professor Hampel gave a lecture on "Nuclear energy yesterday and today".

February 18, 2009:
"Zweite Heimat Sachsen - Lebenswege deutscher Flüchtlinge und Vertriebener." A book presentation with short documentary film and discussion. The guest speaker was Heinz Drewniok, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (r.). Also present: Karin Just-Hofmann (l.), Saxon State Center for Political Education and Sigrid Thiemann (m.), AK Seniorenkolleg.

December 17, 2008:
Lecture guest from the TU Liberec "The Germans in Czechoslovakia after the Second World War (expulsion, resettlement, reckoning...)".

July 2, 2008:
Joint excursion to Rietschen. On the subject of "Who's afraid of the evil wolf?", 30 participants from the colleges learned about the work of the "Wolfsregion Lausitz" contact office in Rietschen. On behalf of the contact office, nature guide Stephan Kaasche gave a talk on the subject in the "Wolfsscheune" (wolf barn) at the Erlichthofsiedlung. After visiting the exhibition there, a tour of the heathland and pond area at the Erlichthof and the Schrotholzhaussiedlung was undertaken.

April 16, 2008:
Former Lord Mayor Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Rolf Karbaum after his lecture "German-Polish relations - relations without problems? Past, present and future of German-Polish relations using the example of the microcosm Görlitz - Zgorzelec". The picture shows Prof. Rolf Karbaum and members of the Seniorenkolleg working group (from left) Heide Löffler, Baldur Stach, Konrad Ladewig and Frank Schneider.

April 16, 2008:
Guest visit from the Senior Academy of the Lausitz University of Applied Sciences. As part of an excursion, the Lower Lusatians toured the city of Görlitz and paid a visit to the university in the afternoon. Image 1: Professor Friedrich Albrecht, Vice-Rector for Education, gave an overview of the course and the university location Zittau/Görlitz. Image 2: Dr. Wolfgang Friedrich in conversation with Professor Friedrich Albrecht and Frank Schneider. Image 3: During a tour of the campus, Frank Schneider presented the individual teaching buildings. Image 4: Students on the Communication Psychology course surprised everyone with a cake bazaar, the proceeds of which will be donated to an orphanage project in Sri Lanka.

May 16, 2007:
Some of the senior college students chose to visit Zittauer Kunststoff GmbH. As part of the joint excursion "Plastics processing and surface technology in Zittau", two other innovative technology-oriented companies were visited by the students at the same time.

May 9, 2007:
The Seniorenkolleg honored Europe Day 2007 with a lecture on "European policy today and the reasons why some countries voted no to the EU constitution". The speaker was Jakob Lempp M.A., TU Dresden.

October 25, 2006:
"Global climate change and worldwide energy requirements" an engaging lecture by Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Bernd Delakowitz, Department of Mathematics / Natural Sciences. The lecture took place in the new lecture hall building, which is now also used by the Seniorenkolleg.

July 5, 2006:
Excursion "Lusatian glass - past and present". Introduction to the topic at the Weißwasser Glass Museum. Afterwards, Dr. Olaf Seidel welcomed the participants to a factory tour at the glass manufacturer Stölzle Lausitz GmbH Weißwasser

June 10, 2006:
Students of the Seniorenkolleg take part in the Oberlausitz excursion "In search of historical traces in the Oberlausitzer Gefilde" (excursion of the Regionalgeschichtliches Kolleg). Left picture: Dr. Volker Dudeck at the cemetery in Ralbitz (Ralbicy). Right picture: In the Pulsnitz City Museum, director Cornelia Reppe explains the exhibition section on Ernst Rietschel. 

Dynamic tour guide interesting for senior citizens. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus ten Hagen (left picture, right), Department of Computer Science, presented the research project "Dynamic Tour Guide" together with some students.

Press visit by Jana Ulbrich from the Lusatian editorial office of the Sächsische Zeitung on January 11, 2006 in Görlitz. Listeners and members of the working group in conversation with the journalist.

Voluntary sports activities for those interested: some of the college participants meet monthly for bowling on the initiative of Christina Wiedemann, as here on November 24, 2005 in Zittau.

November 23, 2005
Science and practice: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Schoenherr presents the material refinement and application possibilities of peat bog together with members of his research project and practical partners.

Semester opening on October 12, 2005:
Prof. Dr. jur. Hansjörg Huber stands beaming in front of his eager listeners.

October 26, 2006:
Prof. Gisela Thiele before her lecture in Zittau with students of the college.

Start of the semester on October 26, 2005:
5 Jahre SeniorenKolleg an der Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz.

Excursion "The Sorbs in the past and present" to Bautzen on May 18, 2005: Sorbian Institute and Sorbian Museum (in the picture Dr. Gisela Bruk).

Lecture guest Prof. Dr. med. Peter Stosiek and members of the working group after his lecture on patient sovereignty.

Computer seminar with Wolfram Trenkler on April 20, 2005.

Biotechnology with Prof. Dr. Bernd Schubert in the laboratory on December 15, 2004.

Information stand at the "Activa - Messe rund um das Ehrenamt" on December 5, 2004 in the sports hall at Ottokarplatz in Zittau.

Crowded lecture hall at the lecture on digital photography with Sven Bäsler on November 24, 2004.

Opening of the semester on October 27, 2004 in Görlitz: Greetings from the Vice-Rector for Education, Prof. Dr. Erika Steinert. Afterwards, Prof. Dr. Gisela Thiele will speak in the large lecture hall of the Hermann-Heitkamp-Haus on partnership relationships in old age.

Information meeting with the Görlitz Seniors' Advisory Council on September 6, 2004 in the Herrmann-Heitkamp-Haus. Right picture: (from right to left) Dr.-Ing. Peter Reinhold, Chancellor of Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, Prof. Dr. Peter Dierich, Rectorate Representative for the Studium fundamentale, Siegmar Freund, Chairman of the Seniors' Advisory Council.

Excursion to Löbau on June 16, 2004, lecture and guided tour with Professor Jos Tomlow, Department of Civil Engineering, on the topic "A gem of modernism in Upper Lusatia - the Schminke factory owner's villa designed by Hans Scharoun (1893-1972)" through the Schminke House / Scharoun House.

Semester opening summer semester 2004 with Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Riesner on the subject of "Alternative energies".

Hort Bäsler, member of the German Society for Photography, during his lecture on "The History of Photography" on December 3, 2003.

Students visit the Dresden automobile factory with participants of the SeniorenKolleg under the direction of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Bornmann on November 27, 2003.

History of technology live at the Saxon Industrial Museum Chemnitz. One of the two groups of students attending the "History of Technology and Science" lecture during the introductory lecture in the exhibition hall. The excursion took over 40 technology enthusiasts to Chemnitz on November 13, 2003.

"Will start-ups save Lusatia as a business location?" was the title of the lecture at the opening of the semester of the SeniorenKolleg on October 15, 2003 in Zittau. The guest speaker was Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Bornmann, honorary professor for business start-ups, Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences (FH).

Prof. Dr. Peter Dierich welcomes the students of the SeniorenKolleg to the opening of the winter semester 2003/4 in Zittau on October 15, 2003.

Semester opening WS 2003/04 of the SeniorenKolleg in Görlitz on October 8, 2003. Opening lecture "The 'unloved' university location Görlitz: Origin and development of the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences" with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Dierich. Prof. Dr. Erika Steinert (from right), Vice-Rector for Education, was welcomed as a guest.

Ms. Kovalnikova (2nd from left) and participants of the excursion of the university's Senior College to the Liberec Scientific Library on June 11 .

Zittau and Görlitz participants at the university's senior college during a joint excursion on June 11, 2003 in front of the town hall in Liberec.

The Zittau teaching and research reactor was a lecture event on April 23, 2003.

Lecture event on October 30, 2002 with the head of S-Direct of Kreissparkasse Löbau-Zittau, Mr. Andre Tronicher (m. l.), on the subject of "Online Banking".

At the start of the winter semester on October 9 , 2002, students of the SeniorenKolleg will discuss the law on guardianship with Professor Thomas Eissing.

Professor Jutta Blin (h. m.), Vice-Rector for Education, at the opening of the SenoirenKolleg in Görlitz in the summer semester 2002. The first lecture was given by Dipl.-Ing. Manfred Kramer (h. l.).

Model making workshop: On February 27, 2002, the SeniorenKolleg visited master model builder Jens Freudenberg (right) to find out more about architectural training at the university.

Modern communication using personal computers and the Internet was the topic of a meeting of the SeniorenKolleg in Görlitz on December 12, 2001 in a PC pool of the Department of Computer Science. 

SeniorenKolleg explores the Internet: Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Gabriele Girle from the Department of Computer Science gives tips and advice on the PC.

Opening event of the SeniorenKolleg winter semester 2001/02 on November 28, 2001 in Zittau: guest speaker Christa Lörcher, Member of the Bundestag, talks about "The future of nursing care".

Member of the Bundestag Christa Löcher and camera crew from "Punkt 1 Oberlausitz TV": At the end of her talk at the SeniorenKolleg, she gave a short interview to the regional broadcaster. 

SeniorenKolleg in Görlitz on November 14, 2001 with Professor Dr. Bernd Griebel, Department of Languages.

"Senior citizens do experiments" Senior citizens on 14.12.2000 under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Ramm