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Our Program in 2018

German

January 24

  Annual General Assembly of the Freiburg-Madison-Gesellschaft

at the Greiffenegg-Schlössle at 8 p.m.

Looking back into 2017

February 7

German-American Stammtisch

Dr. Manfred Höfert:

Fire and Fury

An anthology of present US politics

at the Greiffenegg-Schlössle at 8 p.m.

Read the introduction

March 7

German-American Stammtisch

AYF Resident Director Professor Senta Görtler:

Aber ja, aber nein!

Kulturelle und sprachliche Missverständnisse

at the Greiffenegg-Schlössle at 8 p.m.

April 11

German-American Stammtisch

Brainstorming in View of the 900th Aniversary of the City of Freiburg 2020

©SWR

Our guest will be Mr. Holger Thiemann, organizer of the 900th anniversary of the
City of Freiburg

at the Greiffenegg-Schlössle at 8 p.m.

May 1

Traditional FMG Hiking Tour on German Labour Day
with the American Students

Meeting point 1: At 10:25 a.m.at Bertoldsbrunnen. Departure streetcar line 2 at 10:33 to Günterstal; stop Dorfstraße 10:46. Change at 10:52 into bus 21 direction Horben.

Meeting point 2 for our hike is the bus terminus Horben–Rathaus at 11:10 a.m.

Starting at Horben we shall hike through the Black Forest direction St. Ulrich where we will attend the 35th Maihock, a May fest. Traditional bands in local custumes, the Trachtenkapelle St. Ulrich and d`Ulricher Musikanten, will play.

Around noon we shall have lunch at the Berglusthaus. Students are invited. Around 4 p.m. we shall walk back to Horben or Bollschwiel to catch the bus.

June 8

German-American Stammtisch

Allison Wildman:

City Planning

©City of Madison    

Comparing the US and Germany

at the Greiffenegg-Schlössle at 8 p.m.

June 22

30 Years

A party at the Greiffenegg-Schlössle

July 8

 Independence Day Party

Let’s meet at the Ganter Brauerei-Biergarten for our annual 4th of July Party – a true highlight for all of us! For this year’s celebration of the 242nd Independence Day and the birth of the United States we will once more come together with friends from around the globe and enjoy a very special summer’s day.

Let’s fire up the grill and relish some fine and spicy barbecue dishes, have cool drinks and listen to lovely live music. There will be lots of fun activities for kids, festive decorations, special guests, plentiful chances to practice some classic American sports with real pros – and, of course, oodles of that glorious midsummer glow! Join us in celebrating this joyous occasion – and we’ll make sure its going to be a blast!

Veranstalter: Carl-Schurz-Haus Freiburg
Veranstaltungsort: Ganter Hausbiergarten, Leo-Wohleb-Straße 4

Beginn: So, 08.Jul.2018 um 12:00 Ende:um 18:00

Eintritt frei
Veranstaltungssprache: Deutsch & Englisch

Mit: Freiburg-Madison-Gesellschaft e.V.
Academic Year in Freiburg,
Centre Culturel Français,
Goethe-Institut Freiburg,
Konfuzius-Institut an der Universität Freiburg
 

20. Juli

StadtLesen in Freiburg

 unter der Schirmherrschaft von Herrn Ulrich von Kirchbach,
Erster Bürgermeisters der Stadt Freiburg

Kartoffelmarkt - 19. bis 22. Juli

Mit ihrer Vielzahl an Bibliotheken beweist Freiburg Bücherliebe. Das milde Klima der beliebten Touristen- und Universitätsstadt bietet sich an für ein Lesewohnzimmer unter freiem Himmel auf dem Kartoffelmarkt. On July 20, at 7 p.m. the FMG will read from a  recentltly discovered bedtime story written by Mark Twain:

September 5

Guided tour in English for the students of the
Academic Year in Freiburg (AYF). Guests are welcome.

Historic Places in Freiburg

The 2018/19 crowd ©US

Meeting place Rathausplatz (Bertold Schwarz Fountain) at 10 a.m.

September 12

Reception for the Students of the
Academic Year (AYF) in Freiburg 2018/2019

at the Greiffenegg-Schlössle at 6 p.m.

September 29

Sailing on a Saturday Afternoon

On Saturday, September 29, Till Klump, owner of Segelschule Schluchsee, member of the Freiburg-Madison-Gesellschaft, and former exchange student at Madison University, invites the students of the AYF 2018/2019 to a sailing trip on the lake up in the Schwarzwald mountains. This artificial reservoir even contains water from the river Rhine that is pumped up 600 meters producing electricity when flowing back.

Ulli Struve outlined the following program:

  Dauer :  9 Uhr bis ca. 15.30 Uhr
 Treffpunkt:  Busbahnhof Freiburg um 8:45 Uhr

 Mit dem Schnellbus A geht es ab Freiburg ZOB um 09:02 Uhr los, Umsteigen in Titisee in den E Bus nach Seebrugg. Ausstieg dann in Aha um 10:14 Uhr.  

Wir segeln anschließend von etwa 10.30-13-00 Uhr. Mitbringen müsst Ihr wohl nur Sonnencreme und warme Kleidung, da es voraussichtlich nur noch 11 Grad haben wird … Trotzdem kann es sehr schön sein am Schluchsee im Herbst; und falls es regnet oder stürmt, dann fällt es natürlich ganz aus, weil das zu gefährlich wäre.  

Zurück fahren die Busse dann ca. alle halbe Stunde, z.B. um 13:37 Uhr oder 14.03 Uhr, so dass wir ca. 15 Uhr oder 15.30 Uhr wieder in Freiburg eintreffen würden.  

Wir würden uns über rege Teilnahme sehr freuen.

Anmeldung per eMail an ulrich.struve@ayf.uni-freiburg.de

Die Teilnehmerzahl ist auf maximal 15 begrenzt.

Hier ein kleiner Vorgeschmack. Archivbild 2014.

October 3

Traditional Hiking Tour
with our American Students
around the Schönberg on German Unity Day

Our meeting place is the terminus of streetcar number 3 
to Vauban „Innsbruckerstraße“ at 10:30 a.m.
We shall walk through the vineyards to Ebringen and continue to the “Schönberger Hof” where we will have lunch around 12:45 p.m.
We will return to Freiburg Vauban around 3:30 p.m.

Happy AYF-students in 2017

October 10

German-American Stammtisch

Artur Korn, lawyer:

Zum Insolvenzrecht von Staaten im Vergleich USA – EU

at the Greiffenegg-Schlössle at 8 p.m.

November7

German-American Stammtisch

Analysis of the Midterm Elections Results

at the Greiffenegg-Schlössle at 8 p.m.

Dezember 5
Saint Nicholas

Traditional Christmas Dinner

The 2017 Black Forest badgers in concert

at the Greiffenegg-Schlössle at 7 p.m.