Madison-Freiburg Sister City Committee Newsletters 2011 |
====July 26, 2011==== Madison-Freiburg Sister City Committee newsletter for August .the Madison-Freiburg Committee is about to receive a Freiburg flag as a gift from the city of Freiburg. Is there a Madison flag? I was told it exists but cannot recall ever seeing one. The Freiburg flag could enhance the FREIBURG TABLE AT THE SQUAREJohn and Marge Jacoby have been regulars at the Square each Saturday morning during the farmers' market. They deliver the table and display materials early and pick up the gear at noon at the King street corner. Besides John and Marge the following members have been fielding questions and heard about Freiburg from passers-by: Janice Geary, Carolyn Hackler, Charles James, Tom and Connie Seversen, Eric Lewandowski, and Tom Kaminski. (If I forgot you please call me and I will give you one of those elevated Hollywood director chairs for your next Saturday at the Square.) Call John at 231-2616 if you want to be there Sat. Aug 13. While there Tom Kaminski met former Academic Year in Freiburg (AYF) students, and a couple who decided to start their retirement by moving to Freiburg for three months this fall. NEXT MADISON MEETINGS Sunday, Aug 7, 5-7, we will meet at the eastside Great Dane, 876 Jupiter Drive, Madison, WI 53718. This is the one with the view of Madison, in the Grandview subdivision off Cottage Grove Road just east of I-90/39. The Great Dane serves food, so we cannot bring our own. Sunday, September 11, 11-7 oktoberfest Fritz and Laurine Carstens are chairing Oktoberfest at the Elks this year. They invite Freiburg Sister City members and friends to be their guests for this event. The 20-25 piece Freistadt Alte Kameraden Band will play from 1-5 PM; bar hours are 11AM to 7 PM. German Oktoberfest beer will be available and hot pretzels will be sold. A Bavarian Buffet consisting of Sauerbraten, Spaetzle, mashed potatoes, Rotkohl, sausages, Sauerkraut, hot German potato salad and Apfelkuchen will be served from 2:30 to 5:30 PM. Advance tickets are on sale now for $25 for adults and include the music and the buffet. Same day tickets will be $30 each. Tables of 8 can be reserved for groups at no extra charge. You may enjoy getting your own group together. Dianne Redsten, 221-3225 and Mary Lottes, 222-0955 can be contacted for tickets. Overflow parking has been arranged for through MGE, who have offered the use of their Good Neighbor Lot, located at 623 Railroad Street, between Blair and Blount St. for that day. The lot is a short walk from the Elks at 711 Jenifer St. If you have questions please feel free to call Fritz and Laurine Carstens, 222-7540. Sep/Oct, TBA, Prof James Steakley, the academic director of the Academic Year in Freiburg 2010-11, and once previously, will update us about the Freiburg Muenster, recent findings and developments. Also, if requested, he would talk about Freiburg and German politics and 'green' activities. Monday, Nov 7, 5-8 we will meet in the Dorfhaus in Roxbury, 8931 Highway Y, Roxbury, WI 53583, (608) 643-3980. More at http://www.foodspot.com/Clients/WI/SaukCity/DorfHausSupperClub/default.aspx?accid=19510 The Bavarian Smorgasboard option is $ 16, with music by an Oompah band. And now about an unusual engineering feat, reported by Beverly Beyer - (this html formatted mesage with many pix omitted here) ====June 8, 2011==== Madison-Freiburg Sister City Committee newsletterThe Madison-Freiburg Committee will again have an information table at the Farmers' Market this summer from June thru August, Saturdays from 8 -12 noon.. Can you volunteer to be at the table for one of the Saturdays? Committee members will set up the table and collect the material at the end of the morning. What is there to do? Tell people about the sister city relationship, our get-togethers here in Madison, the planned Christmas market trip from Frankfurt via Wuerzburg, Rothenburg, Bamberg and Nuremberg to Freiburg ..., and if you have been to Freiburg, what it is like, the Baechele, Muenster, green city... An enjoyable experience meeting people with similar interests and reconnecting with neighbors and old friends! Contact John Jacoby, email mlcj@tds.net or phone 231 2616.
About the sister city fair in Freiburg at the end of May, Manfred Hoefert reports
NEXT MADISON MEETINGS
Tuesday, June 21, 7-9 PM, Solstice Sunset watching from the McKenna boathouse deck in Shorewood Hills on Lake Mendota. One may park on Edgehill Parkway, corner Edgehill Drive, then walk to the boathouse thru the ravine underneath the Lake Mendota Drive bridge. Soda pop, beer and cups provided, you may bring your own snacks and wine. The deck is under a large roof, suitable for inclement weather. Sunday, July 10, 2-4, Capital Brewery Beer Garden, 7734 Terrace Ave, Middleton. Look for a table with a small German flag or a large Madison-Freiburg banner. You may bring in or order in food, but beverage carry in is prohibited. Anybody thinking about attending Milwaukee's German Fest? Thu-Sun, July 28-31 at the Festival Grounds, 200 North Harbor Drive. If so, do you want to coordinate ride sharing, or form a group? Please let Mike know, 233-3051, mike.vons@gmail.com. Links to Milwaukee's ethnic fests are at http://milwaukee.about.com/od/festivalsevents/a/MilwaukeeFests.htm
====April 11, 2011==== John Jacoby, mlcj@tds.net, made arrangements for a Christmas Market trip, November 29 to December 10, 2011: Fly from Chicago to Frankfurt. Frankfurt day two, Wertheim day three, Wurzburg day four, Wurzburg [Rothenburg] day five, Bamberg day six, Nuremberg day seven, train from Nuremberg to Freiburg. From Frankfurt to Nuremburg is a river cruise. Price includes accomdations and most meals aboard the ship. We will have three nights of homestays in Freiburg and will leave by train from Freiburg for Frankfurt airport on 10 December and arrive in Chicago on 10 December. Cost including cruise, train and air is $3733. To book a place for the trip contact Brenda @ Pyramid Travel 608 845 6880. The sooner you book the more options you will have. Freiburg Politics Below a quote from the Financial Times, 2 April 2011: "... Voters in Baden-Wuerttemberg last weekend ousted Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union, which has ruled the state without interruption sine 1953. They replaced it with the Green Party, which had its beginnings in the anti-nuclear movement of the 1980s, and which will be heading a state government for the first time. The CDU tried to join the post-Fukushima discontent, but too late, and unconvincingly." I had to wait 30 minutes for the next tram in the Altstadt city center,
while some 1000 were marching (Madison style) slowly down Kaiser Joseph
Strasse where pedestrians share the road with streetcars . They asked
for the shutdown of the Fessenheim nuke plant, which is in France across
the Rhine river!
Forthcoming activities in Madison Monday, April 18, 7:30, 104 Van Hise Hall, UW campus John Reindl will talk about Recycling in Freiburg. John Reindl is the retired Recycling Coordinator for Dane County. In the fall of 2010 he spent a month at the Goethe Institute in Freiburg polishing his German, which gave him plenty time to connect with Freiburg colleagues and to study their methods. Parking is tricky on the central campus, but it is usually possible to park on Observatory Drive overlooking Lake Mendota and walk over the hill to the fourth floor of Van Hise and then come down to the first floor from there. Sunday, May 1, 3-5 PM we will meet at the Ale Asylum, 3698 Kinsman Blvd, Madison, WI 53704-2509, (608) 663-3926; just off N. Stoughton Road.
====March 2011==== Our Annual Meeting and Dinner was held March 2 in a MATC student lounge. Almost 40 members showed up. There was guitarmusic by Miles McConnell, <Milesofguitar@hotmail.com>. And Manfred Hoefert, came all the way from Freiburg to tell us about the background and contributions to the American Civil War of four Baden 49ers. BTW, Manfred came just in time to see Wisconsin democracy being practiced at the Capitol, where he chatted with demonstrators and quickly posted his impressions on http://Freiburg-Madison.de/aktuell.htm - unfortunately only in German right now. He hopes you will follow his English language blog at http://mhoefert.blogspot.com/ For 2011 elected were Mike von Schneidemesser as president, and Dick Kotenbeutel as vice-president. THANK YOUs go to those who donated to our MadisonFreiburg Committee. And to Tom Kaminski, who arranged for the venue and was really worried when the food was served earlier than exprected, and to Al Schams, who tended bar. From the MadisonFreiburg table at the International Fest, March 5, on the 3rd floor in the Overture Hall one had a good view of the Capitol, but still it was too far removed from the action in the Overture or the Capitol. Nevertheless, people stopped by to chat or even buy some Freiburg souvenirs from John, Eric, and Manfred. Monday, March 14, 6:30 PM until dark, Arboretum Council Ring, a few steps south of the Arboretum Visitor Center parking lot. Hopefully, we will see American Woodcocks dance in the sky. The earliest Woodcocks have been observed in the Arboreturm was March 10. More about these unusual birds is at http://mrines.com/Birds/Woodcock/. If the woodcocks have not arrived yet or there is rain or snow let us try again March 21, 7PM. Depending on the weather bring a seat cushion or thermos. April 18, 7:30-9 PM, 104 Van Hise Hall John Reindl about Recycling in Freiburg The retired Recycling Coordinator for Dane County spent a month in Freiburg, Madison's German sister city, where he connect with colleagues and observed their methods. at the Goethe Institute in Freiburg polishing his German, which gave him plenty time to connect with Freiburg colleagues and to study their methods. Parking is always tricky on Bascom Hill, but it is usually possible to find parking on Observatory Drive overlooking Lake Mendota and walk over the hill to the fourth floor of Van Hise and then come down to the first floor from there. Announce Reindl talk to Sherry Gruder@engr.wisc.edu, Beth Tryon Young people looking for host families. A 15-year old boy from Dueseldorf, Germany would like to visit the US in the summer. He has heard good things about Madison. and wants to learn more about the US. His school vacations are from July 23 to Sep. 7. Ideally, he would like to visit for 2 or 3 weeks. This would not be his first time away from home, he already participated in a school exchange with France. If you know of anyone who would be interested, please contact Carolyn Hackler, <catwmn2_2@netzero.net>, 276-5987, or Mike vonS, mike.vons@gamil.com, 233-3051. Another inquiry forwarded by Ariane Hoetzer of Freiburg's "ariane.hoetzer@stadt.freiburg.de", Tel. 0049 761/201-1024: "Selma Bolanz" <selma.bolanz@web.de> is looking for a host family from mid-July to the beginning of September approximately. She very much would like a family with small children. Please contact Ariane or Selma directly.
==== February 2011==== ANNUAL MEETING, Dinner, and Election of Officers will be held on MATC's Truax campus, room 142C (same as last year) from 6-9 PM, Wednesday, March 2, 2011. 6:00 PM Happy Hour with musical entertainment by Miles McConnell, guitar. Cash bar. 7:00 PM Election of Officers President - Mike von Schneidemesser Vice President - Dick Kotenbeutel Other candidates for these offices would be very much appreciated, please forward your nominations to our current co-president Tom Kaminski, tjkaminski49@gmail.com, 233-1845. Dinner will be served right after that about 7:15. Entree choices are still being formulated and will include Beef or pork Seefood Vegetarian Entrees to include a vegetable, choice of potato, rice or pasta, beverage and dessert. The meal is $ 22. After that, at about 8:00, Dr. Manfred Hoefert from our Freiburg sister city will speak about "The '48ers Who Came in From Baden" (Baden is the larger region around Freiburg.) The Baden '48 Revolutionairies - Hecker, Sigel, Struve - fled and ended up in the US when the revolution failed. Later they fought in the US Civil War. Manfred will illustrate their achievements with many documents he dug up in Germany, Switzerland and the US. Please send you reservation by February 25 with a check to 'Madison-Freiburg Committee' to Luanne von Schneidemesser Treasurer, Madison-Freiburg Committee 3555 Tally Ho Ln Madison, WI 53705-2126 If you can please indicate # of meat, seafoood, or vegetarian choices, else call or email once we have emailed you the exact menu choices. And think about sending along with your dinner reservation a tax deductible donation to our Madison-Freiburg Sister City Committee, since we have no annual dues. If you like what you have seen and heard about the 'Baden 48ers', you can get more about this from March 3-5, 2011 at the Max Kade CONFERENCE ON GERMAN AND GERMAN-AMERICAN DIMENSIONS OF THE CIVIL WAR, University of Wisconsin Memorial Union, . More about this conference at http://mki.wisc.edu/ For example Dr. Hoefert will be presenting Saturday, March 5, 10:30 - 11:00 "The Baden Revolution and the American Civil War: A Crossover?" For 2011 activities of the Madison Freiburg Committee, see http://madisonfreiburg.org/calendar.htm. In progress, so check it out now and then. |
