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Freundeskreis Polozk
AbbreviationFreundskreis Polozk e.V.
Formation21.June 1995
Legal statusNot-for-profit, membership-based organisation
PurposeFostering the relationship to twin town Polack in Belarus
Location
Region served
Germany
Second chairman
Elvira Müller, Hubert Weiss
Websitewww.freundeskreis-polozk.de

Freundeskreis Polozk is a German registered association in Friedrichshafen that manages relationship with sister cities.

History

It was founded on the initiative of city councilor Rotraut Binder and citizen Karl Bachmann with the intention to establish a club to stimulate Friedrichshafen committed citizens to organize the new urban partnership between Friedrichshafen and the Belarusian city Polack.

In 1985, the regional council of Friedrichshafen identified Polack as a city in the Soviet Union with a comparable degree of destruction during the second world war and linked with it in 1990.[1][2] In 1995 the association was founded. The demand was for war reparations. In 1996[3] and 2004[3] the group traveled to Polack, In 2011 Project Clear water Polozk was conducted.[4] In 2013 Project 'Hört mit' ( hearing aids for Polack) was conducted.[5] In 2015 25 Jjähriges Jubiläum der Städtepartnerschaft in Polozk was conducted.[6] In 2018 the group cycled to Polack.[7]

Friedrichshafen's other sister cities are Sarajevo/Bosnia and Herzegovina, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges/France, Delitzsch/Germany, Imperia/Italy and Peoria/Illinois/United States.

Supraregional meaning

Because of the complex political situation and dictatorial leadership of president Alexander Lukashenko,[8] European Union sanctions and the German government,[9] and political pressure on Russian and Belarusian governments, the Minsk administration surrounding Lukashenko is fostering urban partnerships.[10]

The association serves a supra-regional function for the projects they organise.[11] The commitment was affirmed at the Sustainability Conference at Minsk, in June 2018.[12] The trip covered. 2200 km in 10 days on a folding bike.[13]

Humanitarian projects

Freundeskreis Polack organized Warm Winter, Meeting lonesome people, Woman's help for women projects and supported projects together with the Belarusian association Strumok and Tschernobyl echo.[14]

Meetings

Citizens of the sister cities meet with the group.[15] 13 train trips and 4 camper trips were organized since 1995.

References

  1. ^ "Partnerstädte". friedrichshafen.de (in German). Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Local council signes up twin city agreement". www.friedrichshafen.de (in German). Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Reisen – Freundeskreis Polozk e.V."
  4. ^ "Projekt ist Sprungbrett für sauberes Wasser in Weißrussland". Schwäbische. 11 February 2011.
  5. ^ "Humanitarian aid for Polotsk". www.competition2013.belarusinfocus.info (in German). Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  6. ^ Kehlert, Karin (June 20, 2016). "Friedrichshafen: Fest der Freundschaft: 25 Jahre Städtepartnerschaft zwischen Friedrichshafen und". Südkurier.
  7. ^ "Heldenabend 2018: RusslandFALTzug". Radsport am Bodensee. 8 December 2018.
  8. ^ Rausing, Sigrid (7 October 2012). "Belarus: inside Europe's last dictatorship". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  9. ^ Isken, C. (28 February 2019). "EU Council: Restrictive measures against Belarus extended". Bundesanzeigerverlag. Berlin. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  10. ^ "General informations to bilateral relationships between Belarus and Germany". minsk.diplo.de (in German). Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  11. ^ "The project "House without solitude" launched Polotsk together with German Association". vitvesti.by (in Belarusian). Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  12. ^ "Internationale Nachhaltigkeitskonferenz in Minsk". ibb-d.de (in German). Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  13. ^ "Auf dem Klapprad nach Polozk". Schwäbische. 12 December 2018.
  14. ^ "Projekte – Übersicht – Freundeskreis Polozk e.V."
  15. ^ "Studierende aus Polozk besuchten Zeppelin Universität". www.zu.de.

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