Houston

03Mar 2024

We are excited to have a real Houston Celebrity join us for our March 2024 Meeting! Dr. Neil Frank, longtime Chief Meteorologist at KHOU-TV, will be our Guest Speaker on March 7th.  Dr Frank’s topic is “Global Warming – Can we learn something from Germany?” Will you join us? If so, please reply to houston.leipzig.sca@gmail.com or […]

11Jan 2023

The Houston-Leipzig Sister City Association cordially invites you to join us for Zoom presentation by Gisela Kallenbach, on Saturday, January 14, 2023, at 11:30 a.m. (registration link below). She has led an extraordinary life under communist dictatorship in the former East Germany and in a free, democratic Germany. Gisela Kallenbach is a person who experienced […]

06May 2022

Dr. Gabriele Goldfuss sent us a heartfelt thank you for all of the donations from members and friends of Houston-Leipzig: Dear Members and Friends of Houston-Leipzig, Thank you for choosing to support the City of Leipzig’s activities towards the help of Ukrainians in Leipzig! We are very touched to receive donations from our sister city […]

01Feb 2022

Finally we are meeting once again in-person at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston for one of Dr. Helga Aurisch’s legendary guided tours on Thursday, February 10, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. for the exquisite exhibit Incomparable Impressionism from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. According to Dr. Aurisch, the MFAH’s Curator for European Art, this […]

19Jan 2022

Remember the Peaceful Revolution beginning in Leipzig on October 9, 1989, and the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 9, 1989? After the opening of eastern Germany, a young student from Leipzig received an invitation from the American Embassy (or was it from the CIA?) to visit the United States. This visit culminated years […]

12Jan 2022

We are delighted to present Dr. Joerg Meyer as our 2022 President. He has served as Vice President and President-Elect, and has been active on various committees. He and his wife Diana with their two children have lived in Houston on and off for a total of about 20 years. He heard about Houston-Leipzig from […]

03Oct 2019

Pastor Britta Taddiken of St Thomas Church, Leipzig at Christ the King Church October 1-7 Christ the King Lutheran Church welcomes Senior Pastor Britta Taddiken of St Thomas Church in Leipzig, Germany, during the first week of October. Pastor Taddiken will preach at the morning services on October 6 at 8:30 a.m. and 10:50 a.m. […]

29Sep 2019

We have an extraordinary meeting lined up for you on Thursday, October 10, 2019, at 6:30 p.m.  You probably have heard of the Houston Innovation Corridor, and wondered what it really means.  It is an approximately four-mile “innovation corridor” that will run along Main Street from downtown to the Medical Center.  The iconic Sears & […]