Posts Tagged ‘gedern’
‘Wunderbar together’ in Columbia
Columbia once again welcomed a collection of students from Gedern, Germany, with 2023 marking the 30th anniversary of the sister cities exchange. Along with being a milestone year for the…
Read MoreGermans enjoy Columbia visit
Visitors from Gedern, Germany recently returned home following a week of tours and celebrations locally organized by Sister Cities of Columbia. The group arrived in Columbia on Sept. 16, taking…
Read MoreAnother roundabout for Columbia
With finishing touches still being completed on one Quarry Road roundabout, members of the Columbia City Council were somewhat surprised at the announcement the city had been awarded nearly $1.2…
Read MoreCHS students visit Germany
Students from Columbia High School recently returned from a roughly two-week trip to Germany. The student exchange is an annual event that takes place between Columbia and its German sister…
Read MoreSister Cities trip sparks lifetime of travel
Over 20 years ago, Joshua Vise traveled to Columbia’s Sister City of Gedern, Germany, while in high school. This experience, the Columbia native said, charted the course for decades of…
Read MoreColumbia’s dead end dilemma
As the City of Columbia continues to attract new people to the area, residents in at least one of the older parts of the city are facing a problem with…
Read MoreGerman students arrive in Columbia
High school students from Gedern, Germany, began a three-week visit to Columbia, Gedern’s Sister City, arriving to a welcoming party on Monday afternoon. Columbia High School German teacher Taylor Nickerson…
Read MoreGerman roots remembered
If a person in Monroe County has the last name Kaufmann, Fults, Koch, Taake, Rick (or Rueck), Schaefer, Prange, Hoffmann, Meyer, Krebel, Melliere, or one of more than 50 other…
Read MoreGerman students experience America
As is tradition, Columbia is currently home to 25 students from Gedern, Germany. The partnership between Gedern and Columbia, which is in its 26th year, allows Columbia High School students…
Read MoreCHS students get glimpse of Gedern
In 1956, President Dwight Eisenhower created the Sister Cities International program to foster citizen diplomacy. “I have long believed, as many before me, that peaceful relations between nations requires understanding…
Read MoreGedern visitors enjoy stay in Columbia
Delegates from Gedern, Germany arrived in their sister city of Columbia on Oct. 6. Some came for the first time while others, for the 14th. Regardless, everyone enjoyed the experience…
Read MoreColumbia says farewell to German exchange students
Auf wiedersehen! Columbia will say goodbye to 26 German exchange students and their fellow teachers this week when the group returns home to Gedern, Germany. Their three-week long stay here…
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