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THE BRIDGE successful with research- and robot competition

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Premiere of the FIRST LEGO LEAGUE Challenge in Central Hesse

POHLHEIM (rge/ger) – For the German-American Club DIE BRÜCKE Giessen-Wetzlar was the organization of the research- and robot competition FIRST LEGO League Challenge was the biggest task in recent years and was also a first. In the people's hall of the Limes town of Pohlheim near Gießen 100 Young researchers in 12 Teams aged between 9 and 16 years her results on the topic “Superpowered – The energy of tomorrow.”. In addition, the young people steered their self-built and programmed Lego robots through a task course. All this in front of a jury of personalities from universities, schools, politics and society. The patron was the director of the mathematics department in Gießen, Prof. DR. Albrecht Beutelspacher.

“In view of the highly motivated young people, I am no longer worried about the future of our business location.” District Administrator Anita Schneider

The district administrator of the Gießen district made it to the final of the research, which was held for the first time in Central Hesse in the Limes town of Pohlheim- and robot competition FIRST LEGO League Challenge in a nutshell. “In view of the highly motivated young people, I'm no longer worried about the future of our business location," she said, especially with a hopeful look at domestic companies, who are desperately looking for skilled workers. She especially praised the courageous organizers from the German-American Club DIE BRÜCKE Gießen-Wetzlar, who had brought this competition to the region and that in partnership with the association Hands on Technology based in Leipzig, which operates nationwide with educational programs.

After the final, Brücke President Petra Bröckmann and the officials presented gold medals and certificates to all participants and the winners their trophies in the research areas (Lucky Lego Group Giessen), core values (Roboldtianer Aßlar), Roboterdesign (Lords of the Stones Hadamar), Robot-Game (Lords of the Stones Hadamar) and coaching (Prometheus Herborn) present. The champion of the day was the Masch Misch High Voltage team from Friedberg. Thanks went from Bröckmann to all the bridge helpers around the organizers Henri Becker and Roger Schmidt, who had successfully mastered this challenging joint task of the club after the pandemic.

"We were able to establish a network from the US High School in Wiesbaden via the Technical University of Central Hesse, the Justus Liebig University, the media centers and schools, the Hessian Ministry of Education and companies, that helped us, to organize the FIRST LEGO League Challenge in Pohlheim.”

BRIDGE launches new internship program INTERKULTUR with partner companies

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New bridge program for young people! Bridge board member with responsibility for the new internship program Helmut Ott (on the right) with Interkultur President Günter Titsch (links) the first placement tag from the American Andrew Price Watson (Center); behind his new Intercultural colleagues, Project Manager Jelena Dannhauer (links, behind) and Julia Hoppe for the next three months

FERN FOREST / POHL HOME (rg / guardian / ger), The German-American Klub THE BRIDGE Gießen-Wetzlar can currently start with the US-American students Andrew Price Watson from Alabama the new bridge-internship program.

So far, the transatlantic club was already in the youth- and student exchange program in the Federation of German-American Clubs (VDAC) active. The Americans from the US southern state of Alabama took a three-month internship at the Kulturorganisatin INTERKULTUR in their headquarters in remote forest on. The charge of the internship program bridge board member Helmut Ott thanked for the successful negotiations with Inter cultural President, the Pohl Mannheim Günter Titsch for the possibility, offered to the young Americans the insight into the organization and execution of international choral festivals by the Central Hessian Cultural Enterprises. Watson is thrilled to Outlook, the importance it 11. International Johannes Brahms Choir Festival and Competition in Wernigerode in the resin 3. to 7. July 2019 to be used locally in the care of the jurors and thereby meet choirs from around the world. The young man is a musician and singer. His German language skills and knowledge he could expand into the musicology as an exchange student in the previous semester at the University of Giessen.

Brücke besuchte Leica Camera-Werke

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Modern und hell. So präsentiert sich Leica seinen Gästen, hier die Brücke-Gruppe bei der Führung.
Modern und hell. So präsentiert sich Leica seinen Gästen, hier die Brücke-Gruppe bei der Führung.

WETZLAR (RG) – In den weltweit bekannten Leica Camera-Werken in Wetzlar waren die Mitglieder des Deutsch-Amerikanischen Klubs “The Bridge” zu Gast. Besides the exhibition of American rock stars Lenny Kravitz this was particularly the modern production facilities in the only in the spring 2014 eröffneten neuen Leica-Park. Interested heard the stories about the exhibited photographs and observed during the tour the production process of high quality Leica digital cameras. Nach der zweistündigen Führung ging es zu Kaffee und Kuchen in das Leica eigene Café Leitz. Dank ging an Herbert Zimmermann, der die Führung organisierte hatte.

Der Beobachter! Brücke-Gast in de Leica-Ausstellung von Lenny Kravitz unter dem Titel "Flash" in Wetzlar
Der Beobachter! Brücke-Gast in der Leica-Ausstellung von Lenny Kravitz unter dem Titel “Flash” in Wetzlar

Brücke-Gruppenbild im Foyer der Leica Camera Werke in Wetzlar
Brücke-Gruppenbild im Foyer der Leica Camera Werke in Wetzlar

Giessen General is at the front

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CASTING, The Giessen General is the most popular and highest-circulation newspaper in the city and county casting. This information received members of the bridge in September at the tour through the press house in the Marburger Straße. They were informed about the modern printing, in the very short time not only the local daily newspaper but also nationally important titles are printed. Previously they had learned in a lecture more about the editorial work and the products of the media house of the family business Rempel. Next we went to the restaurant Croatica.