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In This Issue
AGP Stammtisch
German Dinner In Huntsville
Host a German Exchange Student
Porsche Fest
Congress-Bundestag Exchange
RAPA Family Affair
June in Deutschland
Intellectual Property Rights Seminar
Tuscaloosa in German News

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What to do in Alabama

June 4-July 27
Montevallo

June 7-9
Huntsville

June 7 - July 13
The Miracle Worker
Tuscumbia

June 8
 Magic City Caribbean
 Food and Music Festival
Birmingham

June 8
Mobile

June 14-15
Alexander City

June 22-29
Clanton

June 27-30
Tuscumbia


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AGP Stammtisch

Join us for our monthly AGP "Stammtisch" TONIGHT:

Tuesday, June 4
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Brät Brot, Birmingham

What does "Stammtisch" mean? A Stammtisch is an informal group meeting held on a regular basis, and also the usually large table around which the group meets. A Stammtisch is not a structured meeting, but rather a friendly and casual get-together.

This is a great opportunity for German expats to meet and for other German speaking/practicing to improve your German. Speaking German is encouraged but not required. We meet every first Tuesday of the month. REGISTER HERE! 

PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE NO STAMMTISCH IN JULY DUE TO VACATION MONTH. SEE YOU AUGUST 6TH! 

German Dinner at Hildegard's in Huntsville

Please join us for our upcoming German dinner at Hildegard's in Huntsville:

Thursday, June 6, 2019
6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Hildegard's German Cuisine, Huntsville

Please chose either Menu 1 or Menu 2: 
Menu 1:
  • Creamy Cucumber Salad or Cucumber Vinaigrette Salad
  • Assorted Bread Basket (Southern yeast rolls, German orange rolls, German Dark Rye)
  • Geschnetzeltes Pork tips with onions and mushrooms, served over spätzle
  • Authentic German Bratwurst and Polish Sausage with curry ketchup and German mustard
  • Sauerkraut
  • Pan-Fried potatoes
  • Blueberry Cheesecake or Black Forest Cake
  • Soda/Tea/Water
  Menu 2:
  • Creamy Cucumber Salad or Cucumber Vinaigrette Salad
  • Assorted Bread Basket (Southern yeast rolls, German orange rolls, German Dark Rye)
  • Hildegard's Sampler: Chicken schnitzel, Kassler Rippchen (smoked, cured pork chop), and authentic German bierbrat
  • Red Cabbage
  • Käsespätzle Spätzle with fried onions, smoked Gouda/Emmenthal/Swiss cheese
  • Blueberry Cheesecake or Black Forest Cake
  • Soda/Tea/Water



Host a German Exchange Student in Your Home


Über Region Fest in Florence



This Saturday, June 8, German native Thomas Trissl is hosting the fifth annual Über Region Fest in Florence Alabama. It is one of the largest  Porsche-only  car festivals in the Southeast.  More than 100 Porsche s  will be on display , including  Trissl's own  Porsche collection with over 60 cars.  P lus, you can enjoy food vendors, artists and three bands!   


Congress-Bundestag Exchange for Young Professionals Fellowship
By Auburn University's Newsroom



Auburn University student Jay Wall  has been awarded the Congress-Bundestag Exchange for Young Professionals Fellowship. Wall,  from Birmingham, is a junior  in the College of Liberal Arts, majoring in political science and minoring in German .

This intensive international program, funded by the German Bundestag and U.S. Department of State, selects 75 American and 75 German young professionals between the ages of 18-24 to spend one year in each other's country, studying, interning and living with host families.

This is the fifth consecutive year an Auburn student has been named a Congress-Bundestag Exchange Fellow.

  
German supplier encourages high-tech research, training and a family atmosphere at its Southern US facility
by Gail Allyn Short, Southern Automotive Alliance

It happened nearly 100 years ago.

That is when August Pausch, a technician, and Hans Rausch, a businessman, in 1920 founded a small manufacturing firm in Germany to make fuse inserts for electrical circuits.  The Rausch & Pausch Co., grew, and with the growth came changes to its product line. In the 1950s, the company started manufacturing relays for washing machines and television sets. A decade later in the late 1960s, Rausch & Pausch began developing and producing magnetic valves for oil-firing devices.


June in Deutschland
By Tuscaloosa Sister Cities International


Congratulations to 18 high school students from Tuscaloosa City Schools selected to represent Tuscaloosa in Schorndorf in June 2019.

Students have been attending monthly meetings since January to prepare for this wonderful exchange. The students will visit Zurich and Lucerne, Switzerland, and Lake Constance, on the German-Swiss-Austrian border, as well as enjoy many programs in Schorndorf as part of their travels.

The student delegates are: Reagan Christian, Destiny Clark, Josh Ellis, Sara Ghulamani, Carson Ledbetter, Mary Katherine Lee, Bailey Lynn, Jagger Lynn, Sam Madrid, Alyara Olcmen, Isabella Pereira, Maggie Richardson, Sage Sneckenberger, Anna Grace Smith, Ana Carolina Sullivan, Andrew Verzino, Ellen Williams, and Isabella Woolf. The TCS Chaperone is Ms. Erin Darnell.

Beste Wünsche für eine gute Reise!

STOPfakes.gov Intellectual Property Rights Seminar

The North Alabama International Trade Association (NAITA) is supporting the  STOPFakes Roadshow, a national trade event being held in Huntsville, Alabama on June 13, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm.  It is highly recommend for companies, especially entrepreneurs and innovators, to take advantage of this opportunity to hear from the various federal agencies in charge of protecting intellectual property and meet one-on-one with the representatives. The fee to attend is only $45 for a full day event, including lunch.  
 
Tuscaloosa Bicentennial Featured in the German News
By Tine Hoffmeister

End of March, Tuscaloosa Sister Cities International received a German delegation from their sister city Schorndorf. The delegation included German journalist Vlora Kleeb that documented their visit for the local Schorndorf newspaper. They all enjoyed the Tuscaloosa Bicentennial celebration. During their stay, they also included a visit to the MBUSI Visitor Center, and got a behind the scenes tour of the Tuscaloosa News headquarters.