Judy from the Bath Bridge Club presents a lovely blue fruit bowl to the Chairman of the Braunschweig Bridge Club. A lovely gift to Braunschweig Bridge Club from the City of Bath, Bath Bridge Club and Bath Bridge and Games Club.
The Bath/Braunschweig Twinning Association fosters cultural and educational exchange visits between the two cities. The cities were formally twinned in April 1971. More information about the twinned cities can be read in the link below.
City of Bath Twinning - Mayor of Bath
mayorofbath.co.uk/twinning-associations
The Charter Trustees of the City of Bath assist the Twinning Associations to maintain the links. The Bath/Braunschweig Twinning Association has a Facebook page
The Bath Bridge Club members visited the Altstadtrathaus Museum, and viewed the model of the old medieval town, enclosed within walls and a moat, formed by diverting the River Oker to flow around the city.
Eva standing centre, took us up onto the balcony to view the Altstadt quarter of the city.
Members of the club standing with some of the "Everyday Figures" by Chrystal Leichner, that are on display throughout the city. Paul Vaughan, Chairman of the Deutsch/English Association in Braunschweig, is standing in the white jacket almost centre.
The group seeking the shade of a tree in the Burgplatz.
In the background can be seen the found of the city´s "The Castle of Henry the Lion" and the "Lion Monument." The building was damaged during WW2, and this is a modern rebuild.
Henry and his English Queen Matilda Plantagenet, the daughter of King Henry ll and his wife Eleonore of Aquitaine. She was born at Windsor Castle in 1156, and died in Braunschweig on 28th June 1189. Please read more about Henry in the link below. Some say the the marriage of these two people, made Matilda the first member of the English twinning association.
The Bridge Club members returned to Bath on Monday 29th May.
Henry the Lion - Wikipedia
Henry the Lion (German: Heinrich der Löwe; 1129/1131 – 6 August 1195) was a member of the Welf dynasty and Duke of Saxony, as Henry III, from 1142, and ...
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