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 […]
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 […]
The Houston-Leipzig Sister City Association presents a talk on The Energy Situation in Germany and the EU under the Impact of the War in the Ukraine with Special Emphasis on the Situation in Central Germany on Saturday, September 17, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. CDT via Zoom. Please register here in advance for the meeting, and […]
Come and join us on Saturday, May 14, 2022, at 11:30 a.m. to hear Gabe Rodriguez, an IT entrepreneur par excellence, explain to us cryptocurrencies, bitcoin, blockchain, wallets, mining . . . and all you ever wanted to know about this complex topic. This will be a most fascinating meeting. Gabe is located in Berlin, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dear Members and Friends, The new freedoms gained after the fall of the Berlin Wall inspired many East Germans to spread their wings and reach out to learn about other countries’ people and cultures. In those early days, invited to visit the United States was Stefan Roehrbein, a language and sociology student born and raised […]
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 […]
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 […]
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