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The Grafen von Luxburg Family Foundation, Fürsten zu Carolath-Beuthen und Prinzen von Schoenaich-Carolath short name Foundation Luxburg-Carolath (Spanish fundacion Luxburg Carolath) is a civil, nonpolitical, charitable and non-profit foundation founded on June 14, 1940 by Karl Graf von Luxburg in the city of Maracaibo state Zulia, Venezuela. Whose purpose is to recuperate cultural and historical heritage, serve the communities, participating responsibly and actively in the formation of a society with realistic and pluralistic criteria, in the search for a harmonious relationship between human beings and their environment.

History
In 1940 Karl von Luxburg, seeing that World war 2 would wreak humanity, began a race against time to establish the foundations that will society during and afther the war, its vast relations with South American leaders and Precidents, diplomatic ties and their family relations between the members of the European Royal families reigning in Europe many of them residential in Latin America, allowed him to create one of the first charitable and most important foundation of Venezuela and South America. Karl Graf von Luxburg Carolath is one of the most important and prominent Germans who has lived in Latin America. Definite the most important Nobility German in latin America. In the years 1945-1950, Karl von Luxburg entered into direct negotiations with the Soviets who occupied part of Germany, mediating for the liberation from the Soviet concentration camp Princess Hermine Reuss of Greiz Empress of Prussia and wife of Kaiser William II of Germany In 1950 he tried to establish relations with the communist government of Poland to restore and turn the Bytom Odrzański castle into a museum. The main residence of his family by the Princes of Carolath-Beuthen and Prince of Schoenaich-Carolath. The Polish communist government, which had the castle in its territory, rejected Karl's offer for not only ideological principles, they demanded that Karl return all the fortune of the Schoenach Carolath royal house to Communist Poland, however he decided to help and give resources to the Jewish survivors of the Holocaust and all to the emigrants the Europeans who were affected by the war (Germans, Austrians, Italians, Swiss, Poles among many others who escaped the war and resided in Latin America . For these reasons the Soviet government and the Polish communist government at that time considered that Karl being the most influential and wealthy German in Latin America, for these reasons they considered he was involved in hiding and moving to Latin America the historical treasures of his family and nobility of Prussia and Like hiding many Polish emigrant Jews that the vast majority recognized the Royal Prussian titles of which he was the highest surviving direct bearer. In 1955 at 84 years old, Karl Ludwig Count of Luxburg in one of the last gestures of prominent German philanthropist decided to donate Aschach Castle with all of his inventory and all the land of the Lower Franconia region. Germany to establish a museum of the castle, which was inaugurated in the year 1957. On September 14, 1955, the complete change of ownership of the castle and its art collection to (which did not reach Latin America during the Nazi period, which was in hiding places that he had created for preservation were opened by Karl to preserve for the posterity of Germany and make accessible to the public for cultural and representative purposes) region of Lower Franconia.

After the death of Karl Luxburg in 1956 the castle was carefully transformed, under the direction of the director of the Mainfränkisches museum, Max H. van Freeden as Castle Museum. The 36 rooms of the castle were equipped with furniture and works of art, with the family character preserved. These are, among other things, Judith's painting with the head of Helofernes by Lucas Cranach the Elder and the baptism of Christ by Michael Wohlgemuth. Until the end of this transformation in the castle lived Eberhard Horst Graf von Luxburg, who asked Karl to include in his European will a special gift to his country and hometown Zurich (Switzerland) - 34 objects were included in the will of Count Karl from China that were transferred in 1968 to the Rietberg museum in Zurich.

Cementery El Cuadrado Luxburg Carolath
The Foundation owns since agust 2019 the most historical cemetery of Zulia and Venezuela. Whose name original el Cuadrado was extended by ex owners to el Cuadrado de la familia Graf von Luxburg Furst Zu Carolath-Beuthen und Prinz von Schoenaich-Carolath. Short name El Cuadrado Luxburg Carolath

Mission and Institutional Pillar
Direct execution projects or through agreements with public and private institutions, in key areas of the country.

Mutual respect
To respect is to act or to stop acting, trying not to harm or stop benefiting oneself or others. We have the right to be respected and the duty to respect other people, laying the foundations for coexistence, dialogue and collaboration.

Solidarity
It means conceiving ourselves as an integral part of the whole, getting involved, identifying and acting with firm and persevering determination for the common good, that is, for the good of each and every one.

Focus of action
Seeks to promote local development through various programs, initiatives and activities that positively impact communities.

Activities
This strategy focuses primarily on the generation of capacities in different groups of the population, in order to contribute to produce the transformations that are required to achieve integral human development. A development that takes into account their potential, skills, and relationship practices, which allow them to generate processes to positively transform their lives, those of their families and those of their environment.

To promote and promote this model of local development, we consider education, in its broadest sense, as the most effective link.

Education
Through this programmatic line, the aim is to contribute to the consolidation of quality education in the elementary school through an innovative accompaniment plan based on Unesco's proposal “quality education for all”. With an integral vision of the educational process, we strengthen the work of teachers, management staff, parents, representatives, managers and educational councils. In addition, we favor meaningful learning in minors; Strengthen the knowledge, values and principles that will enrich the training of tomorrow's adults.

We believe that it is in the school where changes must be propelled, making learning a meaningful and impactful experience for each of the actors that are part of it.

Strengthening
Through this programmatic line we empower the community leader and the grassroots organization to be the protagonists of their development and that of their environment. We work together with them to develop capacities and ensure that the community itself detects their needs through the methodology of rapid participatory diagnosis and design projects that offer effective responses. Likewise, we give special relevance to the creation and strengthening of networks that facilitate organizations and leaders to work together, share and exchange experiences and learnings. This allows them to understand each other as part of a whole and act on it.

As for local organizations, community councils continue to be very important nuclei for our work. Likewise, we increasingly diversify our support, reaching a greater number of cooperatives, sports organizations, cultural organizations, foundations, associations, nursing homes, among others.

Training
We seek to create job placement opportunities and motivate the economic entrepreneurship of local people and organizations. We do it through a portfolio of products that offer training in technical and craft trades, power income generation projects and strengthen socio-productive organizations.

Our training processes include an integral vision of the person or the organization. We care about offering tools for personal and group growth, as well as basic knowledge that allows us to perform a trade successfully or consolidate as a source of income generation for their families and neighbors.

This programmatic line allows community members to identify local business opportunities and / or can raise their production levels. All this translates into the increase in family income and the generation of greater and better opportunities for employment and entrepreneurship.

Recreation
Through this programmatic line we develop recreational, sports and cultural activities, whose fundamental axis is related to issues of values for life, self-expression, coexistence and good relationships. Develop the capacities of individuals, families and community organizations around recreation and the good use of free time. We promote the cultivation of well-being, good physical and spiritual health, integral protection and social coexistence within the framework of a responsible culture.

Awards
The Foundation has highest Awards of Zulia state for its historical and cultural apport to the state of Zulia and city of Maracaibo – The medal of First Class of Rafael Maria Baralt and the heist Medal of the city of Maracaibo Casique Nigale.

Directive
Friederich Ulrich Maximilian Johann Graf von Luxburg, Furst Zu Carolath-Beuthen und Prinz von Schoenaich-Carolath, current president of the foundation.