Category Archives: Göttingen News

The very successful Peace Camp took place in Cheltenham this summer with young people from Göttingen and Wittenberg in Germany, Torun in Poland and Cheltenham coming together to enjoy a week of activities around the theme of sustainability. The originally titled ‘Youth for Peace Camp’ was started in 1995 in Göttingen to mark 50 yearsContinue reading “Peace Camp 2023”

It is not unusual for local councillors with an interest in international relations to take part in visits to our twin towns to see what they can learn and then share that knowledge on their return. One such councillor did just that on the visit to Göttingen in September 2023 and the account of hisContinue reading “Working Together”

During the citizens group visit to Göttingen from 21-28 September 2023, the second edition of the book 13 Short Stories was launched. At the Official Reception hosted by Petra Broistedt, Mayor of Göttingen, the author William Lewis read one of the stories and the translator Christiane Christen read it in German.  The evening was attendedContinue reading “Cheltenham and Göttingen Storytelling Project Success”

The City of Göttingen’s International Relations Officer, Frau Karin Ropeter, was presented with a citation scroll acknowledging her dedication and unstinting commitment to the twinning link between Cheltenham and Göttingen during over 40 years of service in the International Department of Stadt Göttingen. The Mayor of Cheltenham, Cllr Matt Babbage, presented Karin Ropeter with theContinue reading “40 Years of Twinning Service Recognised”

During the citizens visit to Göttingen in September 2023, the Deputy Mayor of Göttingen (an English teacher) asked if any of the group wished to to assist her in an English lesson she would be giving at the Juvenile Detention Centre in  Göttingen. Four willing volunteers stepped forward and armed with just their ID wentContinue reading “Cheltenham Visitors help Young Offenders”

On a lovely sunny September morning in Göttingen, the co-founder of the Cheltenham Göttingen Youth Sports Exchange was remembered with the unveiling of a plaque in his honour at the Göttingen Sports Centre’s Guest House. Phillip Gordon ‘Jasper’ Cook founded the exchange of young sports people between the two twin towns in 1967 together withContinue reading “Founder of Cheltenham Göttingen Youth Sports Exchange Honoured”

On Thursday 21 September 2023, 38 Cheltenham twinning enthusiasts set off by coach for their twin town of Göttingen, Germany. With an overnight stop in Antwerp the group made it to Göttingen in the late afternoon the next day. A programme of events had been drawn up by the German hosts, but unfortunately the discoveryContinue reading “Successful Twinning Trip to Göttingen”

The young people on the Peace camp are from Cheltenham’s twin town of Göttingen, and its twin cities of Torun in Poland and Wittenberg in former East Germany.  From 6-13 August they will be staying at Cranham Scout Centre, together with Cheltenham youngsters from Brizen and Springbank youth centres.  There will be workshops with membersContinue reading “Celebrating Twinning and Young People”

Göttingen bass clarinet player and improvisor, Ove Volquartz, teamed up with Cheltenham musician Chris Cundy and Cheltenham Improvisers Orchestra to perform as part of Cheltenham’s Jazz Festival’s Around Town programme.   The combined improvised jazz concert took place at The Wilson on Thursday 27 April and highlights a true example of international artistic collaboration through music.

Göttingen Musician, Ove Volquartz, in Cheltenham We are very happy to welcome bass clarinet player, composer and improviser Ove Volquartz who visits us from our German twin town of Göttingen, to participate in the prestigious Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2023, in recognition of cross-cultural music and artistic exchanges. During his visit, he will take part inContinue reading “Göttingen Musician performs at Jazz Festival”