Selected Events 2007

March 26, 2007
The Franconian city of Fürth is marking its 1000th birthday with a year of events, including sports events, lectures and discussions. The topic of one of these lectures at the Kulturforum was "Fürth and America." Reinhild Kreis (second from left), a doctoral candidate at Munich's Ludwig-Maximilians-University, described the long history of interaction between America and the so-called Cloverleaf City (Kleeblattstadt) going back to the Fürth citizens who fought in the American Revolutionary War. Henry Kissinger, the former U.S. Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize winner, is often cited as Fürth's most famous citizen who emigrated to America, but the Ochs family also claims roots in Fürth. Patricia Guy (second from right), the U.S. Consulate's Consul for Public Affairs and Acting Consul General, reminded the audience that the Ochs family built the New York Times into the world-famous newspaper it is today. Fürth Lord Mayor Dr. Thomas Jung (left) and Prof. Andreas Falke (right), director of the German-American Institute, also spoke at the event.

• Patricia Guy’s remarks

• 1000 years Fürth