Hereford City Council

Twinned with Dillenburg, Germany & Vierzon, France

   Twinning  

Hereford City is twinned with Dillenburg in Germany

and with Vierzon in France

City of Hereford Twinning Association   

 TheCity of Hereford Twinning Association (HTA) was constituted in 1987 with the aim of promoting international friendship and understanding and of fostering the mutual exchanges at all levels between the peoples of the twinned towns. Each year the Mayor of Hereford is invited to be President of the Association.

 Hereford has been twinned with Dillenburg in Germany since 1989 and with Vierzon in France since 1994.

 Over the years the Twinning Association has maintained through the TownHall lively and interesting exchanges with many groups in Dillenburg and in Vierzon which have contributed to a mutual understanding of each other’s cultures.

 In addition, the Association has, often ‘behind the scenes’, provided encouragement and support to groups in Hereford who were keen to establish links with similar groups in the partner towns.

 Members of the Association, along with Hereford’s Mayors and City Councillors, i.e. the Association’s Presidents and members, have been present at formal events in Dillenburg and Vierzon – and official delegates from Vierzon and Dillenburg at formal events in Hereford – thus raising the profile of the City of Hereford abroad.Both our twin towns had stalls at the Three Counties Show in 1996 and the Mayors of Dillenburg and Vierzon have been, on several occasions, guests at Hereford’s Mayor Making.

 In spring and autumn each year the Association publishes a newsletter for its members with reports of exchanges, events and visits between our twin towns. See www. herefordcity.net for latest Twinning Association news.

After much lobbying by the Twinning Association Hereford now has its own Twinning signs—paid for by Hereford City Council—on the main approach roads into Hereford.

 >>For some examples of past events, go to Dillenburg and Vierzon.

 

Come and join us  The Association welcomes new members.  If you are interested in joining the City of Hereford Twinning Association, contact hereford.twin@hotmail.co.uk and send us your name and postal address and we will send you an application form and a programme of events.

 

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