“Sacral buildings as European locations of remembrance: developing potentials, strengthening competences” is the title of this Erasmus+ project (project period of two years from September 2015). Given the "Kirchensterben” in Europe (the phenomenon of abandoned churches) ten partners from Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Italy and Latvia foster new perspectives for the heritage of European religious heritage site with the conception of innovative resources of education. Aim of the project is to look for sacral buildings to become accessible as cultural capital for the general public. This cultural capital finds expression in sacral buildings as “European sites for remembrance”, since they embody a European identity that exceeds the mere function of a religious connoted place or just a tourist sight. Such a look certainly is not only relevant for churches alone, but includes synagogues and mosques. The driving force to give a qualitative impetus for education is the practical experience of people who are engaged locally with the subject for many years. They witness a need for education that is further conceptualized by practitioners, whereas a top down approach is considered as misleading. Hence, the task is to foster a knowledge transfer from the bottom that reaches the actors. The need for mutual learning as a social process finds recognition in the heterogeneous composition of the consortium. Practitioners with an economical religious bias as well as partners that approach the subject from a rather cultural and historical stance are included. Furthermore, actors from adult education university sector are associated. Above all, the project seeks to address and connect relevant civil initiatives, educational institutions and multipliers that share the aspiration of a long-term strategic commitment to strengthen the potential of sacral buildings as cultural capital. The project strengthens respective competences by developing modules feasible for adult education, school education, university sector and vocational training. The modules have a multidisciplinary conception, are based on the experience of practitioners and include elements of computer pedagogics with a focus on sacral room as analytical space of perception an space of meaning. They refer to a concrete local situation, are applied at six project meetings, presented publicly at a local place of remembrance and get evaluated by extern experts. In the follow-up of each meeting, the modules will be enhanced and documented to make them reproducible for educational offer. Members of civilian initiatives, persons working in educational institutions as well multipliers are integrated at the project meetings in order to foster networking on the local level and discuss the possibilities of certification. In addition, modules are tested at a summer school in the broader framework of further education of staff in the educational sector. Embedded in the jubilee of reformation in 2017, a multiplier event takes place in Berlin to reach the professional audience. Besides the curriculum a 3 d visualization is produced that explains a fundamental understanding of sacral room. The outcomes of the project recognize the special need of people with disabilities. They are distributed in form of multilingual booklet, as well as digital as a DVD, the project website plus an app version and via social media. Furthermore, the basis for a digital atlas of sacral buildings via Google maps is set and further developed. The project covers European history and common European identity and links sacral buildings as European places of remembrance to core issues of European history such as migration and departure, banishment, rule and submission as well as understanding of people, intercultural dialogue, empowerment and renovation. Hence, the project aims to reinforce civil society structures and contributes to the awareness of European culture of memory.