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Looking back into 2009 

 

Our Program in 2010

 

12 January

 

Annual General Assembly of the Freiburg Madison Gesellschaft

at the Greiffenegg-Schlössle at 8 p.m.

 

3 February

 

German-American Stammtisch. Dr. Manfred Höfert will inform about

The 48ers - Fugitives of the Baden Revolution in the US

at the Greiffenegg-Schlössle at 8 p.m.

 

3 March

 

Deutsch-Amerikanischer Stammtisch: Freddie Meier behandelt das Thema

Thomas Paine and His Common Sense

A visionary European during the gründerzeit in the US

Im Greiffenegg-Schlössle um 20 Uhr

 

7 April

 

German-American Stammtisch will analyze the

Banks in the States and Germany Following the Financial Crisis

at the Greiffenegg-Schlössle at 8 p.m.

 

1 May

 

Traditional Hiking Tour with Walter Kolb, the FMG, the Circle of Business Juniors and the Students from Madison

 

This year again we shall hike in the Kaiserstuhl. Walter Kolb will guide us into the vineyards and we will end up at Freiherr von Gleichenstein's winery.

 

We shall meet on the P+R parking lot Paduaallee just opposite the number 1 streetcar stop Sundgauallee at 10.30 a.m. for car-pooling. From there we drive via Gottenheim-Bötzingen-Vogelsangpass-Oberbergen to Oberrotweil. Turn right just behind the winery von Gleichenstein following the direction Bischoffingen-Burkheim to the parking lot of of Oberrotweil's cemetery just opposite  of von Gleichenstein's winery.

 

From there we start around 11.00 a.m. passing Oberrotweil and hiking through the vineyards to Oberbergen. We continue to Mondhalte for a break and longer stop enjoying the pretty view down on the Rhine valley and the Vosges mountains.

 

At about 1.30 p.m. we shall arrive at von Gleichenstein's winery for a snack waiting for us. The American students are invited.

 

We shall be back at the parking lot the latest at 3.30 p.m. and return to Freiburg as you wish.

 

5 May

 

German-American Stammtisch: Dr. Mechthild Hesse will teach us

How to get the Landeslehrpreis Baden-Württemberg

at the Greiffenegg-Schlössle at 8 p.m.

 

2 June

 

German-American Stammtisch: Prof. Kathleen Canning will introduce the topic:

Political Polarization in the US

at the Greiffenegg-Schlössle at 8 p.m.

 

10 - 12 June

 

 5th Market Place of Freiburg's Partner Cities

at the Rathausplatz

7 July

 

German-American Stammtisch:

An Evening at the Beergarden

of the Greiffenegg-Schlössle at 8 p.m.

 

1 September

 

German-American Stammtisch:

Volunteers and Sponsoring in the US and Germany, a Comparison

at the Greiffenegg-Schlössle at 8 p.m.

 

15 September

 

Historic Places in Freiburg

Guided tour in English for the students of the AYF.  Guests are welcome.
Meeting place Rathausplatz  (Bertold Schwarz Fountain) at 10 a. m.

 

15 September

 

Reception for the Students of the Academic Year in Freiburg 2010/2011

at the Greiffenegg-Schlössle at 6 p. m.

 

3 October

 

Hiking Tour on the Day of the German Unity
with Walter Kolb, the FMG, and the Students from Madison

 

6 October

 

German-American Stammtisch: Dr. Peter Günther will present

the Dream of America: Puritanisches Erbe und politische Religion

at the Greiffenegg-Schlössle at 8 p.m.

 

3 November

 

German-American Stammtisch:

Volunteers and Sponsoring in the US and Germany, a Comparison

at the Greiffenegg-Schlössle at 8 p.m.

 

1 December

 

Traditional Christmas Dinner

at the Greiffenegg-Schlössle at 7 p.m.

 

Aktualisiert am 04 September, 2010