Study Trips
The educational and exploratory study trips of the International Academy HAGIA are dedicated to discover traces of matriarchal societies at the places where these cultures once flourished.
In that way, women are guided to find the “roots” of matriarchal cultures everywhere:
- on different continents all over the world,
- internationally in many European countries,
- locally in our own homelands.
Each study trip takes place only once.
The trips are organized not annually, but from time to time.
The study trips are guided by Heide Goettner-Abendroth.
The most important study trips of Academy HAGIA have been:
1987 Ireland | 1999 Brittany / France |
1987 Malta. Crete. Chios | 2000 Sardinia /Italy |
1988 Iceland | 2001 The Dolomites / Italy |
1989 Syria / West Asia | 2003 Study trip of 4 Alpine countries |
1990 Egypt / North Africa | 2009 The Region of Berchtesgaden / Germany |
1991 South England | 2013 Dreisamtal, Black Forest / Germany |
1993 South China / East Asia | 2014 Neolithic trading ways from Bavaria to |
(Exploratory trip to the Mosuo people) | Bohemia |
1994 Pyrenees / France | 2016 Region of Fanes in the Dolomites |
1997 Scotland | 2017 The Island of Ruegen |
1998 Mexico. Arizona und New Mexico / USA | 2018 The Peaks of the Bohemian Forest |
Photos from the Study Trips

Malta 1987

Syria 1988

Syria 1988

Egypt 1990

South England 1991

China 1993

The Dolomites 1993

Pyrenees 1994

Pyrenees 1994

The Island of Ruegen 1995

Scotland 1997

Mexico 1998

Mexico 1998

Arizona 1998

Brittany 1999

Sardinia 2000

Ötztal/Schnalstal 2001

Switzerland 2003

Berchtesgaden 2009

Dreisamtal, Black Forest 2013

Region of Fanes/Dolomites 2016

The Island of Ruegen2017

Bohemian Forest 2018