Friedensau has had a visitor guidance and information system since the end of November 2020. There are approximately 45 cm x 130 cm boards at 36 different locations in the village that provide information, in German and English, about the history and significance of a site, building, or personality. New signposts provide better orientation in the village. The information is supplemented by a digital offer at www.friedensau.de. Various tours are available that can be followed with a smartphone as a navigation aid. The information on offer is constantly being expanded.
The signs are made of an extruded aluminum plaque with a powder-coated surface. The conception, graphics, and digitalisation were carried out by Ecke-Design (Berlin); the implementation was financially supported by the state of Saxony-Anhalt, for the promotion of tourism infrastructure within the framework of the EAFRD programme of the European Union.
Friedensau is frequently visited by domestic and foreign guests due to the high number of international students and - except in times of the coronavirus - the conferences, congresses, and scout camps that take place several times a year. Popular destinations in Friedensau are the library, the museum and culture barn, the shop-café at the old fire station, the tent site, the arena with 1,500 seats, the eco-partner house, the hut village on the tent site, the playgrounds in the village, the senior citizens' home with exercise pool, the Bible garden, the natural swimming pond, the guest house, and the hiking and forest paths around the village.
Visitors can better understand Friedensau, which was founded in 1899 as a training centre for missionaries and nurses, and make use of what it has to offer if they are given clear information. Until now, the historical recounting of the location was only possible within a registered guided tour. In the future, this can be done by the visitor guidance and information system.
Friedensau Theological College is located on the grounds of Friedensau, which has been part of the town of Möckern since 2002. It is a state-recognised university run by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Eight B.A. and M.A. degree courses can be taken here - some of them part-time - in the fields of Christian Social Work and Theology, as well as a course in 'German as a Foreign Language'. 38 nations are represented among the students.
