Selected Events 2005

Annaberg-Buchholz Mayor Thomas Proksch; Ute Dittrich, Annaberg-Buchholz Public Library; Consul for Public Affairs Mark Wenig, U.S. Consulate General Leipzig (From Left)

December 5, 2005
Consul for Public Affairs Mark Wenig and the director of the Information Resource Center (IRC), U.S. Consulate General Leipzig, participated in “America Day” at the city library in the Erzgebirge (Ore Mountains) town of Annaberg-Buchholz. Consul Wenig addressed two groups of students on the subject of the consulate and the U.S., one from the 10th grade at the 'Berufliches Gymnasium - Richtung Wirtschaftswissenschaft,” and the other from the 10th and 11th grades at the “Evangelisches Gymnasium Erzgebirge.” Eleven English teachers from the district also attended an afternoon presentation and discussion lead by Consul Wenig on U.S. themes. The visitors from the U.S. Consulate General Leipzig were also welcomed by Annaberg-Buchholz Mayor Thomas Proksch, who attended one of the student programs, and Consul Wenig officially presented to the Annaberg-Buchholz library some U.S. military Rhein-Main-donated children's books, as well as presentation books on U.S. society and geography.