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Annual general meeting 2011 in Heppenheim

Folklore friends meet in the Marstall - Then City tour with wine tasting.
Last weekend the Marstall in the historic center of Heppenheimer was a the meeting place for folklore friends from all over Germany. Occasion was the Annual General Meeting of the German section of the International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Art (CIOFF®). more...

Annual general meeting 2010 in Bräunlingen

The section Germany invited to the national CIOFF® annual general meeting from the 16th to the 18th of September to Bräunlingen, Schwarzwald. At this meeting the CIOFF ® members from all over Germany are coming together once a year and it is organizes by the respective member associations in turn.
This year Norbert Müller from Heppenheim (first chairman of CIOFF® Germany) had been the host for the association representatives of the folk and dance groups and the folklore festival organizers from Thale, Scheeßel, Heppenheim, Ludwigsau Tann, Elters / Rhön, Erfurt, Witzenhausen, Hamburg/Finkenwerder, Neustadt, Görlitz, Schlitz, Luxemburg in Bräunlingen. more...

An era is ending - Bernd Schäfter adopted

On the 20th and 21st of September 2008 Bernd Schaefer was invited to the general meeting to Schlitz in his role as first Chairman of the CIOFF ® Germany. After 33 years of work on the board he was no longer eligible for re-election for reasons of his age. more...

Annual general meeting in September 2007

About 50 participants met at the conference in Bitburg. Experience, public relations, finance and other issues on the agenda. more...