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Loerrach International e.V. (
registered association) is an association of citizens, educational, sport and cultural institutions, service clubs, municipal administration and local council in
Lörrach
Lörrach () is a town in southwest Germany, in the valley of the Wiese, close to the French and the Swiss borders. It is the capital of the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg. It is the home of a number of large employers, including t ...
in southwestern Germany. It has the goal of fostering relations with the town's partner towns. Its structure has long been a model for similar town partnership organisations in other European cities.
Foundation and function
At the suggestion of
Charles de Gaulle and
Konrad Adenauer
Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer (; 5 January 1876 – 19 April 1967) was a German statesman who served as the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 1963. From 1946 to 1966, he was the first leader of the Christian Dem ...
, the then mayor of Loerrach
Egon Hugenschmidt founded the first partnership with
Sens in
France
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in 1966. Under mayor
Rainer Offergeld the partnership with
Senigallia
Senigallia (or Sinigaglia in Old Italian, Romagnol: ''S’nigaja'') is a ''comune'' and port town on Italy's Adriatic coast. It is situated in the province of Ancona in the Marche region and lies approximately 30 kilometers north-west of the pro ...
in
Italy
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followed and in 1986 and under mayor
Gudrun Heute-Bluhm in 2003 with
Chester in
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
. Further partnerships have been established with
Meerane
Meerane () is a town in the Zwickau district of Saxony, Germany. It lies midway between the towns of Altenburg and Zwickau, west of Chemnitz.
As of 31 December 2015, there were 14,851 inhabitants. The population has declined from a peak of over 2 ...
in
Saxony
Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...
,
Vyshhorod
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in the
Ukraine
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und
Lubliniec
Lubliniec (german: Lublinitz) is a town in southern Poland with 23,784 inhabitants (2019). It is the capital of Lubliniec County, part of Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999); previously it was in Częstochowa Voivodeship (1975–1998).
Geograp ...
in
Silesia
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. A special feature is the friendship with
Edirne
Edirne (, ), formerly known as Adrianople or Hadrianopolis ( Greek: Άδριανούπολις), is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace. Situated from the Greek and from the Bulgarian borders ...
in
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
, which arose from a citizens‘ initiative.
Loerrach International was founded by Gudrun Heute-Bluhm as president and
Manfred G. Raupp Manfred Gustav Raupp (born 13 November 1941 Staffort, a suburb of Stutensee) is a German
agricultural scientist and economist. He is honorary professor of the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague active in the Department of Agricultural Researc ...
as chairman on 22 September 2004. The various fractions in the city council were each asked to nominate a representative and a deputy to the extended board of the society.
Working groups
Working groups were set up for Sens, Senigallia, Chester, Meerane, and Eastern Europe, and the youth organisation SAK Lörrach, the town band, its schools (Hans-Thoma-Gymnasium Lörrach, Phaenovum Schülerforschungszentrum Lörrach-Dreiländereck) and
DHBW-Loerrach, sport and culture organisations and service clubs were invited to collaborate.
On his election to mayor in 2014
Jörg Lutz
Jörg Lutz (born 10 May 1963 in Calw, West Germany) is a German independent politician. On 20 July 2014, he was elected to mayor of the town of Lörrach in southern Germany. He officially took office on 1 October 2014.
Life and work
After finishi ...
became ex officio president of the society.
Since the society's foundation around 50 events involving the partner towns have taken place every year, the majority involving schools and youth groups from the partner towns.
Structure
The structure of the society brings together interested citizens, educational institutions, the local council and city administration. The president is ex officio the current mayor and the secretarial duties of the management committee is the responsibility of the representatives of the various town partnerships. However, all other activities are conducted by about 140 members on a voluntary basis.
Since November 2022 Prof. Dr. Sebastian Feichtmair, Head of International Business at
Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Loerrach
The Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Loerrach (DHBW-Loerrach) was founded in 1981 as ''Berufsakademie Lörrach''. It offers workplace-focused, cooperative degree courses. This means that students alternate between learning the the ...
, has been the chairperson. He took over from Susanne Daniel who became the 2nd chairperson.
Ende der Aera Manfred Raupp
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Honorary members
* Derek Jackson, KBE Chester, Chester International Link Assoziation
* Gudrun Heute-Bluhm, Loerrach, former President of Loerrach International
* Manfred G. Raupp, Stutensee, former Chairman of Loerrach International
External links
Web Pages Loerrach-International
Activities (in German)
Literature
* Manfred G. Raupp & Baerbel Bouziane: Loerrach und die Elysee Freundschaft, Loerrach 2013
* Manfred G. Raupp & Peter Lepkojis: Das deutsch-türkische Pflegeprojekt Lörrach-Edirne; Eine Information für den deutsch-türkischen Pflegekräfteaustausch, Lörrach 2013
*Manfred G. Raupp: DHBW Cooperative State University; an innovative system of higher education; Balkan Conference Edirne 2010
*Manfred G. Raupp: Lörrach Symposium; 5 Jahre Hochschul- und Kulturpartnerschaft Lörrach-Edirne, Lörrach 2011
* Manfred G. Raupp: Enver Duran; Medizinprofessor und Rektor der Trakya Universität 2004–2012, Lörrach 2012
Presentations
* Manfred G. Raupp: Die DHBW-Lörrach bietet ein innovatives Studiensystem; Balkankonferenz Edirne Mai 2010
* Bernd Martin: Lörrach-Tag Trakaya-Universität Edirne DHBW Lörrach und ihre Bedeutung für die Region
* Enver Duran: Die Entwicklung der Universitäten in der Türkei und Deutschland und deren aktuelle Chancen und Probleme; Lörrach Symposium Edirne Mai 2011
* Mukadder Seyhan Yücel: Der Stellenwert der Fremdsprachen an der Trakya Universität; Lörrach Symposium Edirne Mai 2011
* Hilmi Ibar Hilmi ( ar, حلمي) is a masculine Arabic given name, it may refer to:
* Hilmi Esat Bayındırlı (born 1962), Turkish*American para-skier
* Hilmi Güler (born 1946), Turkish politician and metallurgical engineer
* Hilmi İşgüzar (born 1929), T ...
: Die Trakya Universität und deren Engagement im Netzwerk der Balkanuniversitäten
* Manfred G. Raupp: Würdigung anlässlich der Verabschiedung von Enver Duran, Medizinprofessor und Rektor der Trakya Universität Edirne 2004–2012, Brückenbauer und Friedensstifter.
References
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