Civic Commitment –
A Driving Force for Sustainable Development

In the tradition of its founder, the Ernst Freiberger Foundation actively takes responsibility for common welfare. The foundation’s work rests on the firm conviction that entrepreneurship and civic commitment are driving forces for social progress. By means of academic research the Ernst Freiberger Foundation aims to identify early on challenges society is faced with and seeks to implement exemplary solutions

The Founder

It all began in 1976 when Ernst Freiberger took over a nearly bankrupt delivery service pizza bakery. Back then, the company had 20 employees and a daily output of 6000 frozen pizzas. Today, Ernst Freiberger is one of the key developers of architectural heritage, he holds a principal position in the field of health care and rehabilitation and he is the proprietor of a range of first-class hotels.
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Mission Statement

What do Thomas Mann, Walther Rathenau and Edith Stein have in common? How do close personal ties and family values develop in a world without growth – in Germany as well as in other cultural regions? And where is it possible for elderly and lonely people to learn how to handle a computer and to use the internet?
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