Our Chair, Gray Allan, was pleased and surprised to be presented with the German-British Friendship Award by German Ambassador to the UK, Susanne Baumann at a lunch on Monday, 10th November. This was at Howie’s in Edinburgh, and was hosted by the German Consul General, Christiane Hullmann. As he was allowed to invite three guests,Continue reading “German-British Friendship Award”
Category Archives: Odenwald
Odenwald Association 50th Anniversary Celebrations
Detlef Kuhn and his partner, Claudia, Martina Emmerich and her family, Franziska and Torsten Löw, and Gudrun Eder came over from the Odenwald for our 50th Anniversary. We celebrated the German Unity Day (Friday, October 3rd) at the Rock Bottom pub in Falkirk with the Tonkerers playing for us, and had an exhibition in theContinue reading “Odenwald Association 50th Anniversary Celebrations”
Visit by German Consul
German Consul, Christiane Hullmann, came over from Edinburgh to talk to the Odenwald Association on Tuesday, 11th February. She told us about her career to date which has included posts in Kyiv, Berlin, Brussels, the Balkans, and in New York at the Permanent Mission to the UN. She also told us about the work ofContinue reading “Visit by German Consul”
OA Summer Outing
Twelve of us sailed to Inchcolm Island in the Firth of Forth for our summer outing in June. We set off at 1 p.m. on the Forth Belle from Port Edgar with Forth Boat Tours, sailing under the bridges in fairly calm waters, though it was a bit breezy. At least it was dry. WeContinue reading “OA Summer Outing”
Winterzauber im Odenwald
Five OA members, Gray, Isabella, Walter, Anne, and Amanda, and one friend, Graham, flew into Frankfurt in the late afternoon on Friday, 1 st December. Hanne met us there and transported us to the Michelstädter Hof, then onto Erbach to see the Christmas market and meet up with Detlef and other SLV members. It startedContinue reading “Winterzauber im Odenwald”
What we did this summer
Three Schottland-Vereinigung Board members, Detlef, Rainer and Markus, visited Falkirk as part of a Wissmüller coach tour, bringing whisky from St. Kilian’s Distillers with them, enough to host a very enjoyable whisky-tasting at St. Francis Xavier’s church hall. The week after we entertained the Löw family with a meal at the Sanam, a visit toContinue reading “What we did this summer”
Robert Stirling
Odenwald Association members were saddened to hear of the passing of one of its long-standing members, Robert Stirling, before Christmas. Robert travelled to the Odenwald on many occasions to attend the Schottische Nacht and the Burns Supper events and was well known in the Odenwald. Memories of Robert are of a larger than life characterContinue reading “Robert Stirling”
Visit from the German Consul
The German Consul, Dr. Andreas Zimmer, came over from Edinburgh to speak to us at our last meeting on 8th November. He told us about the work of the Consulate, and about his long and varied career which has included postings in Indonesia, Eritrea, Poland, New York and Atlanta, and in Berlin. We then spentContinue reading “Visit from the German Consul”
What we did in July
It felt good to be back behind our tombola bottle stall and helping on the entrance gates at the 150th Airth Games after a gap of three years. We raised some much-needed funds, and met up with friends old and new, including lots of German visitors. We even got our picture in the Falkirk Herald.Continue reading “What we did in July”
Odenwald Association – meeting at FTH Studio 24 May
Our May meeting will be held on Tuesday, 24th May (a little later than usual due to other commitments) in the Studio at Falkirk Town Hall at 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. We will be discussing the programme for the 2022 – 2023 session, and all the events and outings which will take place overContinue reading “Odenwald Association – meeting at FTH Studio 24 May”
Odenwald Association AGM
Our 44th Annual General Meeting will be held in person on Tuesday, April 12th at 7 p.m. in the Studio at Falkirk Town Hall. The Studio is upstairs and there is a lift. We will be electing office bearers, reviewing the events of the last three years, and looking forward to summer activities. All members,Continue reading “Odenwald Association AGM”
Online Burns supper
For the second year in a row, the Odenwald Association hosted an online Burns supper, together with our friends from the Schottland Vereinigung. With a mixture of song, dance, poems, and chat, presented by Charlie Tibbles, the life and works of Burns were celebrated in style. The online show was broadcast on 25 January. YouContinue reading “Online Burns supper”
Virtual concert – save the date!
After the success of the Odenwald Association’s last two virtual concerts, the Open Evening and the Burns Supper, we are organising another one, this time to coincide with the Falkirk Tryst Festival. Entitled “Willkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome”, the event will take place on Tuesday 27th July 2021 at 7pm. This is a joint venture withContinue reading “Virtual concert – save the date!”
Virtual open evening
The first meeting of the new session of the Odenwald Association always takes the form of an Open Evening, when we invite everyone interested in twinning and/or the Odenwald to come along, and we hope to gain some new members. This year, 2020, we decided to hold it online as there were still restrictions inContinue reading “Virtual open evening”
German Consul visits Association
The Odenwald Association was very pleased to welcome Mrs. Barbara Quick, the German Consul for Scotland and the North of England, to the group’s meeting on Tuesday, 10th March. Mrs. Quick, who took over the post in July 2019, gave us a very interesting talk about her career to date, and the work of theContinue reading “German Consul visits Association”
Burns Night in Beerfelden
The Schottland Vereinigung celebration of Robert Burns took place in the Alte Turnhalle, Beerfelden on February 1, 2020. About 150 people attended and the evening was opened by the Clan Pipers Frankfurt, joined by Neil Clark (Falkirk) and Lothar Eckmayer (Bad König). Rüdiger Holschuh welcomed everyone and the very heavy haggis was brought in byContinue reading “Burns Night in Beerfelden”
Archive: Odenwald minutes
Minutes from previous meetings of the Odenwald Association are published below. If you have any queries, please contact the Association. Minute of Meeting of Odenwald Association held on 12th November, 2019 at 7.00 p.m. in Municipal Buildings, Falkirk Present: Gray Allan (Chair), Walter Simms (Vice-Chair), Anne Simms (Secretary), Charlie Tibbles (Treasurer), Andy and Myra Christie,Continue reading “Archive: Odenwald minutes”
HippFest presentation
Alison Strauss, Arts Development Officer (Film and Media) and Director of HippFest came along in November 2019 to talk to the Odenwald Association about the Hippodrome Silent Film Festival (HippFest), Scotland’s only silent film festival. The festival takes place mainly in the Hippodrome in Bo’ness, Scotland’s first purpose-built cinema, originally designed by Bo’ness architect MatthewContinue reading “HippFest presentation”
Odenwald visitors / civic reception
Members of the Odenwald Association were pleased to be able to repay some of the hospitality extended by the SLV and Odenwaldkreis to us in August with a Civic Reception in the Council Chambers hosted by Provost Buchanan, and attended by councillors, OA members and Detlef Kuhn of the SLV. The 50 year-long twinning linkContinue reading “Odenwald visitors / civic reception”
Schottische Nacht in Odenwald
On August 7, 2019, a 94-strong party consisting of Odenwald Association members, Jenkins School of Highland Dancing, Falkirk Junior Gaelic Choir, local bands, The Tonkerers, Glenbervie Folk Duo, and Lads wi’ Gear, and assorted parents and friends, travelled by coach, car, plane and ferry to the Odenwald in Germany. The reason for the trip wasContinue reading “Schottische Nacht in Odenwald”
Falkirk Twinning 