Sawtry is twinned with Weimar as part of a cultural exchange initiative aimed at fostering international friendship and cooperation. The partnership allows both communities to share experiences, promote understanding, and engage in various activities, enhancing cultural ties between the two towns. This twinning relationship also encourages local residents to learn about each other's histories and traditions.
Many of the German people linked the Weimar with the treaty of Versailles as it was the Weimar who signed it. Also the German people didnt want a democracy as they were happy with the kaiser who was a dictator but the Weimar was forced upon them by the Allies at the end of WW1
The Third Reich which was a dictatorship whereas the Weimar Republic was a democracy.
It was a nickname. In 1919 the new German constitution was worked out in Weimar, Thuringia.
From the city of Weimar, where the constitution of the republic was resolved.
stresemann was very helpfull due to him keeping up with all payments to countries that weimar owed and he got American factories to start up in weimar so there was more jobs for the weimar republic =)
Sawtry Abbey was created in 1147.
Yes, it is.
Bolton is twinned with Le Mans in France, it is also twinned with Paderborn in Germany
Orleans is twinned with Dundee, Scotland
Wellington is twinned with Immenstadt, Lillebonne and Torres Vedras.
Cambridge isn't twinned with a French town.
Not only is "Basildon" twinned with "Heiligenhaus"in Germany,but also with "Meaux" in France and "Gweru" in Zimbabwe.
St Ives is twinned with the town of Stadtallendorf in Germany.
London was twinned with New York in 2001 as a sister city.
The Sawtry Angel was only present for a short while in 1998. It was located at the top end of the roadworks at Sawtry when the new 4 lane A1(M) was being built. It was on the left hand side of the southbound carriageway, and consisted of a scaffolding plank nailed horizontally across a wooden telegraph pole. It carried a notice saying something along the lines of "Angel Of The North £750,000 Sawtry Angel £1.50" When the Angel of the North was briefly decorated with a large Alan Shearer Newcastle United black and white football shirt, the Sawtry Angel was decorated with a Peterborough United Blue shirt. It brought many a smile to the passing drivers. I only wish I had the camera with me.
Brighton (Sussex) is twinned with two French towns: Dieppe, in Normandy, and Amiens in Picardy.
Christchurch is twinned with the following towns: Aalen in Germany, Lokeren in Belgium, Christchurch in Canada, and Christchurch in Australia.