VISITING
AUTHOR-ARTICLE
OCTOBER
2009
The
Ambassador
of
the Federal Republic of Germany
visits
Cleveland
by Karoline
Lindenmaier (Hetzel)
Translated by
Thomas C. Thornton, M.D.
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Doctor Klaus Scharioth |
On 31 August 2009 the Danube Swabians of Cleveland had the honor of
receiving the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, Doctor Klaus
Scharioth, in the German-American cultural center.
10 days prior to this event, the special consul in Cleveland, Mrs.
Diana Thimmig had informed the Danube Swabian office that the German
Ambassador, as well as the new general consul, Mr. Onno Hückmann of the
general consulate, Chicago, would arrive on 31 August 2009 in Cleveland and
briefly welcome the representatives of the local German clubs. For
this event the Danube Swabians, as well as representatives of other German
clubs of Cleveland and the surrounding area, Pastor Hörst Hoyer, Dr. Robert
Ward and some broadcast announcers arrived at 11 a.m. in Holzer Hall of
Lenaupark. They were cordially
welcomed by our president Franz Rimpf.
The special consul, Diana Thimmig, joined the honored guests and
opened the event. She introduced the ambassador, Dr. Scharioth, and general
consul Hückmann. She listed
their impressive credentials. The attendees discovered that Ambassador
Scharioth was born in the year 1946, in Essen, Nordrhein Westfalen, is
married and has three children. He
has been active for 33 years in foreign service and, since 2006, has served
as ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States.
Dr. Scharioth cordially opened his remarks and stressed the
importance of the cooperation
between the United States and Germany. He
discussed some recent activities of the two countries. The attendees
introduced themselves and affiliation with their respective clubs in
Cleveland. President Rimpf took
the opportunity to discuss the 50 year anniversary of our club as well as
its activities.
Dr. Scharioth gave a lecture in the evening with the “Cleveland
Council of World Affairs“ on the subject of: “Transatlantic Agenda “.
We are grateful that these gentlemen, even if only briefly, took the time to
spend an hour with us for coffee (there were leckere cakes) and mingle with
several attendees. Photographs
were taken of this memorable meeting with these honored guests.
Karoline
Lindenmaier (Hetzel)
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Ingrid
Dorr, Karoline Lindenmaier, Mina Rimpf, Diana Thimmig, Onno Hückmann
,
Franz Rimpf,
Klaus
Scharioth, Josef Holzer, Elisabeth Filippi, Robert Filippi,
Pastor Horst Hoyer, Frank Awender
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