The Waldzell Meetings at Melk Abbey
2003 to 2007
Following a meeting with the Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho in spring 2003 in Tarbes, France, Andreas Salcher and Gundula Schatz founded the Waldzell Institute, named after the fictional place "Waldzell" in Hermann Hesse's novel "The Glass Bead Game".
An international dialog
Among other things, this institute organized the "Waldzell Meetings" in the Benedictine Melk Abbey, which developed into an internationally acclaimed dialogue between artists, religious leaders and scientists. In the first four years, seven Nobel Prize winners, moral authorities such as the Dalai Lama, artists such as Christo and JC, Paulo Coelho, Frank Gehry, Isabel Allende and some of the most important scientists of our time such as Robert Gallo, Carl Djerassi, Paul Nurse, Gunter Blobel, Kary Mullis, Craig Venter and Anton Zeilinger took part.
After the fourth Waldzell Meeting in 2007, which was very well received internationally, Andreas Salcher decided to devote himself entirely to the subject of education in future. Many former Waldzell speakers support him in setting up the "CURRICULUM PROJECTS".
Personal letter on farewells and new beginnings
Closing words by Andreas Salcher at the Waldzell Meeting 2007
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In the first four years, seven Nobel Prize winners, moral authorities such as the Dalai Lama, artists such as Christo and JC, Paulo Coelho, Frank Gehry, Isabel Allende and some of the most important scientists of our time such as Robert Gallo, Carl Djerassi, Paul Nurse, Gunter Blobel, Kary Mullis, Craig Venter and Anton Zeilinger took part in the Waldzell Meetings.