The House KB5 in the Global Village Kirchbach

1. The House KB5 in the Global Village Kirchbach Velenje, 22.10.2008 www. .at

2. The Place • Kirchbach in Steiermark • Village in the Eastern Part of Styria (Steirisches Vulkanland) County of Feldbach • Inhabitants: 1.651 • Schools: Elementary and Primary School, Polytechnical School • The infrastructure is quite well • Many „Vereine“ • 27 km to Graz, 25 km to FB, 25 km to LB, 35 km to Maribor in Slo www. .at

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4. KirchbachEnd of 19th Century www. .at

5. Kirchbach in Steiermark anno 2006 www. .at

6. The Building • Um 1900 www. .at

7. The Building • 2003 www. .at

8. History of the Building • Built 1854 • Justice-Court for the County, • from 1942 also Post Office • until 1960 also the County-Jail • 1976 Justice Court is closed • 1978 – 2001 used by the Austrian Army • 2002 we bought the house www. .at

9. The people behind KB5 Monika Matzer Franz Steinwender Peter Mayer Ewald Binder Rupert Paier Hansjörg Matzer www. .at

10. The Building after the Renovation • Reopening Oktober 2004 • 1200 m² to let • 5 floors • Usable also for disabled people • 6 Rooms for guests • Parking areas for 50 cars • In the middle of the village and again the center of the village www. .at

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15. The Building Since October 2004 www. .at

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21. What means global Village?? • During the „Days of Utopia 2003“ Franz Nahrada from Vienna showed the ideas of „global villages“ • In the Center there is a „Piazza Telematica“ where modern technologies allow you to be connected to the whole wisdom of the world. • The House KB5 transfered those ideas into reality www. .at

22. Our Goals • Investment in a thing where you can have influence • KB5 connects Kunst, (Arts) Kultur (Culture), Bildung (Education) and Business. • KB5 brings the university in a small village • KB5 opens the minds of the people • KB5 is a sign against resignation • KB5 makes the village of Kirchbach again as important as it was before the Justice-Court was closed • We want to set footsteps www. .at

23. The first 4 Years • Reopening October 2004 • Montagsakademie: • Videobridge with University of Graz • 50 Sessions, two from Kirchbach to the University • 2500 People The Themes : Sustainable Development Rural Development www. .at

24. The first 4 Years • Religion am Donnerstag • Lange Nacht der Sprachen • Tage der Utopie „Days of Utopia“ • Bosna Quilts • Frithjof Bergmann´s New Work • Education • Exhibitions of local and national Artists • Concerts • Open Source • Kirchbacher Berichte • Bioversität www. .at

25. The first 4 Years • Montagsakademie www. .at

26. The first 4 Years • Prof. Frithjof Bergmann und LAbg. Josef Ober www. .at

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28. Companies with offices in the KB5 Grazer Wechselseitige 6 employees Ifo.net 4 employees Styrion 3 employees Formgeben; GIVE 2 employees Kanzlei Reif und Partner 2 employees Punctum Versicherungsmakler-GmbH 7 employees KB5 Infrastruktur- und BeteiligungsGmbH 2 employees That means 7 different Companies, 25 workplaces over all, 13 new !!! www. .at

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30. The Future • Projects with • KF-Uni Graz (Montagsakademie, Religion am Donnerstag) • TU-Graz • Universität für BOKU • GIVE and the ideas of „Global Village“ • ECOVAST (European Council of Villages and Small Towns) • VTÖ (Verband der Technologiezentren Österreichs) • Tage der Utopie 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015,……………. • Tipovej in Slovenja (Stanko Blatnik • Make your University-Studies in Kirchbach • Open-Source „Linuxakademie“ • Financial Crisis??????? www. .at

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