Selected Events 2006

Consul for Public Affairs Mark Wenig; Prof. Michael Hinner; Prof. Charles Berger; Birgit Kämmer and Angelika Albrecht (From left)

June 26, 2006
Consul for Public Affairs Mark Wenig, joined by University of California Davis Communications Professor Dr. Charles R. Berger, addressed some 30 students from the Pestalozzi Gymnasium on a visit to the city of Meerane. Berger, whose grandfather emigrated from Meerane to the U.S. in the late 1880s, was on a visit to find his roots. Also present were Birgit Kaemmer, Cultural Affairs Assistant at the Consulate General Leipzig, who addressed the students about exchange opportunities in the U.S., Prof. Michael B. Hinner of the Bergakademie in Freiberg, and Leipzig intern Andrew Martinez. Following the student meeting, the visitors were taken by the Meerane Mayor Lothar Ungerer on a city tour.