As noted in Wikipedia: The Thomanerchor (English: St. Thomas Choir of Leipzig) is a boys’ choir in Leipzig, Germany. The choir was founded in 1212. At present, the choir consists of 92 boys from 9 to 18 years of age. The members, called Thomaner, live in a boarding school, the Thomasalumnat, and attend Thomasschule zu […]
Several high school students waited nervously in a cool anteroom for the Leipzig-Tag to begin. Outside summer had already arrived in Houston with hot days and sweltering humidity. They had done their homework: they had read the Wikipedia article in English and Wikipedia article in German about Leipzig. They had watched Youtube video #1 about […]
From October 5 – October 13, 2010, Houston had the pleasure of a visit from a group of people from Leipzig.
The Houston-Leipzig Sister City Association received the 2010 Arts & Culture Award for Population over 500,001 in Sister Cities International’s Annual Awards Program for that year. The award was given to HLSCA for sponsoring the Peace Window (pictured on left) in St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, the Peace Cantata, and the multi-media presentation of rare […]
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