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Siemens to open turbine blade plant in Bristol as city strengthens role as low-carbon tech capital
16 Apr 2014 |
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BITA Quiz 2014 – Bristol China Partnership wins in style
14 Mar 2014 |
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The new holders of the Paul Garland trophy are Bristol China Partnership, who won the 2014 BITA quiz. Organised by Bristol Hannover Council, this year’s event was held at Bristol’s Bavarian Beerhouse (now a regular haunt for Bristol Hannover Council members!).
Rosenmontag party at the Bavarian Beerhouse!
07 Mar 2014 |
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This year’s Rosenmontag/Fasching party, on Monday 3rd March, was held at the Bavarian Beerhouse, a new venture in order to give a suitably German flavour to the festivities. Tables were decorated with British and German flags on the red and white checked tablecloths in the very comfortable upper room of the Beerhouse just off Queen Square. We ate Wurst, cheese, salad and pretzels and drank beer and wine – and of course sang the Karneval songs with great gusto! A great time was had by all, and we hope to be able to repeat it next year. In the meantime, join us there for our monthly ‘Hannoverfest’,...Tartete – an Underground Art group in Hannover during the Second World War
26 Feb 2014 |
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We were contacted recently by Sam Ford, a UWE art student, who through a chance meeting with Karl Übergriff, son of founder members of an underground art group in Hannover during the Second World War. The name of the group is an abbreviation of ‘Entartete Kunst’ – Degenerate Art, the name given by Hitler to modern and expressionist art, especially by Jews, during the 1930s and 1940s. Sam gave a spellbinding account of the group’s story in the crypt of St John the Baptist Church, Nelson St, as related by Karl, who came to Britain in the 1950s, having lost his parents. His parents...Bristol in pictures in Hannover!
04 Feb 2014 |
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Professor Rolf Nobel of the Technical University in Hannover brought a team of 15 photographers to Bristol in July 2013, to photograph ‘Life in Bristol’ as part of their ongoing LANDMARKER project. The group have put on several exhibitions of their pictures around the world, the last city to be photographed in this way being Bangkok. BHC Chair Ann Kennard went to Hannover in January to attend the official opening by the new Oberbürgermeister of Hannover, Stefan Schostok, of an exhibition of around 100 of the best photographs of Bristol. In his opening address, Herr Schostok paid tribute...Frohe Weihnachten from Bristol Hannover Council
20 Dec 2013 |
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Christmas is coming and for their Christmas celebration, the Bristol Hannover Council took to the streets of a rainy central Bristol to gather for lunch at the German Christmas market. They were honoured to be joined by Cllr Peter Main (Deputy Lord Mayor of Bristol, 2013 – 2014) and enjoyed a wonderfully Germanic lunch of Bratwurst, Sauerkraut and Beer/Glühwein in truly Germanic setting.
See you in the New Year!Climate Culture Cities symposium
14 Dec 2013 |
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KlimaKunstStädte, Künstlerhaus Hannover
Carolyn Hassan, Director of Knowle West Media Centre, and Mark Leach from Bristol City Council's Sustainability Team, were invited to attend the Climate Culture Cities symposium in Hannover this September by Janika Millan (Twining Officer within Städtepartnerschaften der Kulturbüro-Landeshauptstadt, City of Hannover.
The event started with the representatives from Hannover's twin cities meeting up for a tour of the city. Led by Cathérine Bartholomé, a freelance events organiser newly specialising in environmental events, we saw the City Hall (including...Cotham and Goethe School Exchange
10 Dec 2013 |
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From Dr John Veale
About 20 pupils of Year Nine from the Hannover Goetheschule have been exchanging every year with pupils from Cotham School, originally led by Dietrich Doelitzsch and his wife. The latest group were here again this year (1st October) and were received by the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House.
BHC is very happy that Cotham continues with this exchange and was pleased to be represented at one of this year’s twinning social events. One of our main objectives is to promote and support links with young people of our two cities.24 Hours in Bristol – Hannover Photo journalists visit Bristol
20 Nov 2013 |
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Hannover photo-journalism project photographers took part in the 24 Hours in Bristol competition and have succeeded in getting 5 of their images into the top 70 photographs out of over 1000 submitted. They also managed to save a man from suffocating in the river mud when they went to take photos of the Flower Market at 4am.
Full story from the Bristol Evening Post here: http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Appeal-identify-mud-man-pulled-river-bank-Bristol/story-20072253-detail/story.html
AGM 2013: Economy, ecology and enterprise all on the agenda
01 Nov 2013 |
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Bristol Hannover Council held their Annual General Meeting on Thursday 31st October. They were pleased to welcome the Deputy Lord Mayor of Bristol, Cllr Peter Main and Robin McDowell, Economy, Enterprise and Inclusion Team Manager at Bristol City Council as well as Association members and friends. Following the opening remarks from Cllr Main, Bristol Hannover Council Chair, Dr Ann Kennard reminded everyone of what had been a busy year for the Bristol Hannover Council and how a bigger and busier year lay ahead in 2014, with the celebrations of the 300th Anniversary of the Accession of the Elector...
