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Showing posts with label Schaafheim. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Schaafheim. Show all posts

Friday, 2 December 2016

'Abendrot' in Schaafheim - Richelieu' s twin town in Germany


As winter closes in, the evenings darken...

photos by Wolfgang Roth, chum of the old Abbé Henri Proust
Silhouette of the town of Schaafheim

Fire brigade buildings

Christamas lights on top of the fire station's Schlauchturm (hose tower)


Christmas decorations in Ortstrasse

The Evangelist church
......Frohliche Weihnachten aus Schaafheim

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Tuesday, 14 October 2014

4th-time Mayor of Schaafheim - Well done our chum Reinhold!

Victory at the polls - 89.3%! A happy Inge with her Reinhold
On Sunday, 14 September 2014 the incumbent mayor of Schaafheim, Reinhold Hehmann, was spectacularly confirmed for the fourth time for the office of Mayor. 89.3% of all electors voted for him. The turnout was 41%. As Reinhold Hehmann was the only realistic candidate, many voters stayed away from the polls. In the Löwen the CDU member of parliament and general secretary of the Hessian Union, Manfred Pentz, the two mayors Carsten Helfmann (Eppertshausen) and Jörg Lautenschlager (Modautal) and administrator Klaus Peter Schell Haas all cheered along with the candidate Reinhold Hehmann, his family and several Schaafheim town guests at these election results. At the subsequent election party at the clubhouse, the singers of the Evangelist Church and well-wishers from Großostheim who came with Mayor Herbert Jacob were in the fore.

the victory chorus
The results were recorded in the Löwensaal. When at last the final result came (at 7.14pm), we saw a very content 'old-and-new' Mayor Reinhold Hehmann. The best result came from Mosbach, where 95.7% voted for him. Councillor Schellhaas commented pointedly: "Even the Bavarians are jealous." Reinhold himself laid the result on his many doorstep visits. 

From the Löwen they went to the great hall of the Singers Union in Old School Lane. Here the Schaafheimer Union congratulated their own successful candidate, Reinhold Hehmann. Chairman Ralph Reinhold Hehmann Pittich thanked him for his dedication, commitment and closeness. It showed that he, as before, had made ​​many home visits in the various districts for all the election campaigns. In this he was accompanied him several other CDU members. It is a exemplary list and a dedicated campaign team for the next municipal election in 2016, as Reinhold Hehmann has continued to have a very good partner for his ideas in the council of the Schaafheimer CDU. 

Reinhold Hehmann thanked the Schaafheim CDU for their strong support. Together they could achieve a lot. A special thanks to their coalition partner, the FDP community - here chairman Otto Dill worked hard for the support of this candidate. Together they have both achieved a lot for Schaafheim since 1977. 

Our member of parliament Patricia Lips came to congratulate the successful candidate. The friends of the CSU came from Großostheim. Mayor Herbert Jacob, and the local councillors Stefan Kraus and Thorsten Rollman congratulated our 'old and-new' Mayor, Reinhold Hehmann.

Schaafheim's swing-o-meter'
WELL DONE REINHOLD!
Schaafheim is twinned with the Cité Idèale of RICHELIEU

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Tuesday, 27 December 2011

bonnes fêtes de vos amis à Schaafheim!

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Prosit Neujahr 2012!
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festive photo by Wolfgang Roth

Monday, 11 January 2010

Wolfgang Roth - photographer


The river Mable canal drifting past the eastern town wall


The jet d'eau of the fountain in the place du Marché



The town's écusson in wirework

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Three pictures by Wolfgang Roth, town archivist of Schaafheim, taken durng the twin town visit.
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Thursday, 17 December 2009

Christmas market in Schaafheim, Richelieu's twinned town in Germany


Here are a few pictures from the Christmas market in Schaafheim, the small town in Germany that is twinned with Richelieu. They were taken by Wolfgang Roth, the town's archivist, who visited Richelieu last summer with many of his own townsfolk.  All the usual rituals led by our friend Bürgermeister Karlheinz Hartl (last picture).
You can find the rest of Wolfie's photos HERE.


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Friday, 19 June 2009

20th anniversary of the twin towns of (F) Richelieu - (D) Schaafheim







 The 20th year's festivities of the twinning of the towns of Richelieu and Schaafheim were held over the weekend of the 13-14 June 2009.  Schaafheim is a small town in Germany located a few miles from Frankfurt.

You can read the back story of the twinning HERE.

About 80 people came from Germany by bus and were hosted by various families from the town of Richelieu. Speeches were made; dinner was eaten in the market hall; concerts were sung; picnics were had; wineries and vineyards were visited.

The Schaafheim town band played for the gatherings.  

 M. le Maire/secrétaire d'État Hervé Novelli presented a rusting 'Cor-ten' laser-cut panel to the Burgermeister of Schaafheim, Reinhold Hehmann, to mount in the Rathaus back home.

Blogmaster Henri Proust finally met his virtual e-chum, Schaafheim archivist Wolfgang Roth.

Everyone now awaits the away fixture of 2010!

Vive l'amitié Franco-Allemande!

Wednesday, 31 December 2008

Pictures of Schaafheim

The crest of SCHAAFHEIM on the wall of the Town Hall.
Mayor Reinhold Hehmann (left) and our chum Wolfgang Roth (right), the town's archivist
The old Town Hall or Rathaus seen from the tavern 'At the sign of the Ox'
The old chapel linked to the church in the snow
The Evangelical church with the remains of the old town walls in front
The old dairy building


A short description of Schaafheim, the town in Germany twinned with Richelieu

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Monday, 22 December 2008

Our new correspondent in Schaafheim


Schaafheim's evangelical church and the parsonage alongside

Henri Proust has just become acquainted with Herr Wolfgang Roth, who is the archivist of the German town of Schaafheim, the town twinned with Richelieu since 1989.  He has sent all sorts of information so that Henri P. can do some posts on the subject of the twinned towns on this blog.  Citoyens de Richelieu have just been visiting Schaafheim and we will see those French faces look out in photographs from a very German context, the annual Schaafheimes Weihnachtsmarkt.

The Abbé had earlier noticed a German beer tent at the Richelieu Marché de Noël, and was puzzled that the little town of Richelieu was of such interest to the German brewers.  Now all is explained.  I wonder if the gute Bürger von Schaafheim are, in reflection, a hot spot for AOC Chinon consumption.  One presumes so.

But all the data is in the German language, so the good Abbé, right in the middle of his other Christmas duties, has to dust off his German/English dictionary and get down to it.  Nose to the grindstone.  
Coming SOON.
Merry Christmas to everyone!
Fröhliche Weihnachten!
Joyeux fêtes!

Monday, 15 December 2008

D-64850 Schaafheim - 45km southeast of Frankfurt-am-Main


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Schaafheim is a small town in Germany that has been twinned with Richelieu since 1989.