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Christian Scholl
Office of the Mayor, International Affairs
City Hall, Marktplatz 10
69117 Heidelberg

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Anna Seitz
Office of the Mayor, International Affairs
City Hall, Marktplatz 10
69117 Heidelberg

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Lisa Güthermann
Office of the Mayor, International Affairs
City Hall, Marktplatz 10
69117 Heidelberg

Main focus of cooperation

Exchange of experiences and workshops on the following subjects:

  • Urban planning and construction
  • Administrative reform
  • Environment
  • Social affairs
  • Waste, energy, and climate protection

Youth and teacher exchange:

  • Twinning of schools in Simferopol and Heidelberg
  • Internship exchanges for motivated and talented school-leavers
  • Multilateral projects, such as a workshop on the future of youth work organized by Heidelberg’s association of youth organizations, involving Cambridge, Bautzen, Rehovot and Simferopol (1996)

Exchange between citizens, associations and institutions:

  • Visits by groups of citizens: Study and encounter trips to Simferopol by citizens of Heidelberg or to Heidelberg by citizens of Simferopol, organized by the Heidelberg-Simferopol friendship society and other institutions; regular visits by groups of members of the Handschuhsheim district resident’s association and of citizens of Kievskij Rayon, since 1993
  • Visits to Heidelberg by professional groups, e.g. journalists or police officers, from Simferopol
  •  Hospital twinning between Salem Hospital and the Handschuhsheim Evangelical city mission and the Kievskij Rayon polyclinic II, since 1995
  • Twinning of the Alt Heidelberg society of deaf people with the Simferopol society of deaf people since 1997
  • Annual relief efforts organized by the Heidelberg-Simferopol friendship society and the Handschuhsheim district resident’s association
  •  International sports symposium with Heidelberg’s twin cities organized by Sportkreis Heidelberg and the City of Heidelberg since 1999

Cultural exchange:

  • Concerts in Heidelberg and Simferopol, including benefit concerts for Simferopol
  •  Establishment of friendly relations between the society of friends of the Heidelberg academy of music and singing and the Tchaikovsky College of Music Simferopol since 1998
  • Several theater performances and guest performances by theater groups in Heidelberg and Simferopol
  •  Exhibitions in Heidelberg and Simferopol