With much sadness we heard that Dr. Hinrich Lehmann-Grube, first Mayor of Leipzig after the fall of the Wall, died on Sunday, August 6, 2017.  He was 84 years old.  Dr. Lehmann-Grube was Mayor when the sister city relationship between Houston and Leipzig was established, and he was instrumental and supportive in bringing the cities of Houston and Leipzig together.  He made the famous quote: “Leipzig wants to be what Houston is and Houston wants to be what Leipzig was.”

Here are the first news from Leipzig:

http://www.lvz.de/Leipzig/Lokales/Hinrich-Lehmann-Grube-Der-Ehren-Leipziger

http://www.lvz.de/Leipzig/Lokales/Hinrich-Lehmann-Grube-ist-tot-Leipziger-Ex-OBM-mit-84-Jahren-gestorben

We will always remember Dr. Lehmann-Grube and his support of our sister city relationship.

01Aug 2018

Germany has taken in more than 1,000,000 asylum seekers and fugitives, and we are all wondering how it is going to work out.  Will they assimilate?  Will they take us over?  Do join us on Thursday, August 9, 6:30 p.m. at L’Alliance Française, 427 Lovett, Houston, TX  77006 (please note parking restrictions below) to see […]

13Jun 2018

Houston-Leipzig Summer Movie Night July 19, 2018, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. L’Alliance Française It’s too hot outside – come and watch a delightful satiric comedy (comedic satire?) with us!  It’s almost time for Houston-Leipzig’s July movie night, and we cordially invite you to join us for Billy Wilder’s Cold War classic comedy One, Two, Three […]

04Apr 2018

Once again it promises to be a great evening, as we enjoy a delectable performance by three young HGO Studio performers from their Artists-in-Residence program:   Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Richard Trey Smagur, and Jonathan Gmeinder, on Thursday, April 12, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall of Christ the King Lutheran Church, 2353 Rice Boulevard, […]

04Apr 2018

Many of you know Secilia Pappert, freelance radio and newspaper journalist, who visited Houston twice, and was one of the members of the Buergerreise from Leipzig this past February. Here you can find an excellent interview by her with District Chief Jimmy McDonald and firefighters at Fire Station 16 in Houston (click on the link […]