Bristol Hannover Council

MAY 13-18 BHC EXCHANGE VISIT TO HANNOVER
2026-05-13 08:00 - 2026-05-18 17:00 UTC

JUNE 9: DARTS EVENING
2026-06-09 08:00 - 17:00

JUNE 16: Film night "Westen" at Stoke Lodge
2026-06-16 19:00 - 21:30
** This year’s season of films gets underway with this 2013 drama from Hannover-based director Christian Schochow, starring Joerdis Triebel. East German Nelly Senff and her young son Alexej emigrate to West Germany in the late 1970s, three years after Nelly’s boyfriend Wassilij was killed in a car accident. In the west, she wants to start a new life, but at first she and Alexej land at a refugee transit camp in West Berlin. There, Allied intelligence agencies interrogate Nelly and demand information about her dead boyfriend, who is suspected to have been a spy. In German with English subtitles. For those of you who enjoyed our season of films from Christian Petzold last year, you might also want to try his 2023 film ‘Afire,’ currently available on BBC iPlayer.
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JUNE 18: Online Talk 'The Steelyard: a German Hanseatic League trading post in Renaissance London - Sabine Purshouse
2026-06-18 19:30 - 21:30
** The Hanseatic League, considered an ancient forerunner of the European Union, ruled the waves in the Renaissance. Based along the German-speaking Baltic and North Sea coasts, it had an important outpost in London, now almost forgotten. Located on the Thames near modern-day Cannon Street station, the Steelyard was a walled community that served as the League’s base in England from the 13th to the 16th century, handling vast amounts of wool and cloth exports and imports like beeswax and furs. This trading post was greatly valued by ruling monarchs of Britain at the time. Sabine Purshouse studied at the universities of Hannover, Glasgow and Bristol. Fee: £8.00
https://www.brlsi.org/whatson/the-steelyard-a-german-hanseatic-league-trading-post-in-renaissance-london
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