Celebration weekend for the Year of Town Twinning 2016
On April 23, 2016, representatives of the twin cities and twinning associations signed the Golden Book of the state capital Wiesbaden.
Lord Mayor Sven Gerich has declared 2016 the Year of Town Twinning, which honors all of the town twinning relationships that the state capital maintains with a total of 18 cities and municipalities. The voluntary commitment of the twinning associations and private individuals, who maintain and keep alive the relationships between the citizens with their activities, also deserves special appreciation.
During a festive reception, at which the Minister of State for Europe at the Federal Foreign Office, Michael Roth MdB, gave the speech, the mayors and representatives of the partner municipalities as well as the chairmen of the foreign and local twinning associations signed the Golden Book of the state capital Wiesbaden. Jazz musicians from the 2016 European Capitals of Culture Wroclaw and San Sebastian as well as the Wiesbaden Music and Art School, who came together for a "European Jazz Meeting" for the occasion, provided the musical backdrop. The jazz musicians also gave a concert at the Kulturforum on Saturday evening.
Finally, Lord Mayor Sven Gerich unveiled the stele of the twin cities on the Dern site, which had been extended to include the district twin cities.
Photo back row from left to right:
Dr. Horst Engel, Heimatverband der Karlsbader; Dr. Thilo Tilemann, Partnerschaft Wiesbaden-Istanbul/Fatih e.V.; Patric Chouzenoux, Jumelage Terrasson; Jadwiga Lange, Deutsch-Polnischer Verein Wiesbaden-Wrocław e.V.; Dr. Johann Zilien, Freundeskreis Kfar Saba e.V.; Dr. Peter Beckers, Deputy District Mayor of Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg; Jean-Pierre Choplain, Jumelage Fondettes-Naurod; Christian Marti, Mayor of Glarus; Frank Hennig, Partnerschaftsverein Wiesbaden-Biebrich-Glarus e.V.; Dejan Crnek, Deputy Mayor of Ljubljana; Laurent Wehrli, National Councillor and Mayor of Montreux; Eneko Goia, Mayor of San Sebastián; Joachim Hellwig, Partnerschaftsverein Wiesbaden-Bierstadt-Terrasson e.V.; Arlette Verdier, Deputy Mayor of Terrasson; Armin Klein, Partnerschaftsverein Wiesbaden-San Sebastián e.V.
Photo front row from left to right:
Sylvain Debeure, Deputy Mayor of Fondettes; Nilüfer Türütgen, Advisor to the Mayor of Istanbul/Fatih; Dr. Jacek Ossowski; Chairman of the City Parliament of Wroclaw; Christine Becht, Partnerschaftsverein Wiesbaden-Naurod-Fondettes e.V.; Adelheid Omiotek, Nueva Nicaragua e.V.; Dr. Maria-Luise Mathiaschitz, Mayor of Klagenfurt; Siegfried Deinege, Lord Mayor of Görlitz; Elke Wansner, Partnerschaftsverein Wiesbaden-Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg e.V.; Lord Mayor Sven Gerich; Wolfgang Nickel, former City Councillor; Julian Stanyer, Tunbridge Wells Twinning & Friendship Association; Christiane Laubach, Royal Tunbridge Wells-Wiesbaden Vereinigung e.V.; David Elliott, Mayor of Tunbridge Wells.