Colwich & Haywoods Twinning Association

Colwich and the Haywoods have been twinned with Rimbach, Odenwald in Germany for over 30 years.

The aims of the Association are:

to promote and foster the friendship and understanding between the people of Colwich & The Haywoods and those of Rimbach in Germany;
to encourage visits by individuals and groups to and from linked communities, particularly by children and young people,
to encourage the development of personal contacts,

and by so doing to broaden the mutual understanding of the cultural, recreational, educational and commercial activities of the linked communities.

For links to Twinning Association documents please see below:

Twinning Association Programme 2021

Unfortunately, owing to the Covid 19 pandemic, all activities have been suspended until further notice.

Anyone interested in any of the above events, or membership of the Association, please contact Keith Butler (tel 01889 881690) for further details.

Links to Twinning Association documents:

Twinning Association Constitution

Rimbach Odenwald Germany website

Twinning Committee agenda 4th February 2019

Twinning Association visit to Rimbach October 2020

Twinning Committee minutes 19th February 2018

Minutes of the Comittee held on 7th January 2019

Colwich & Haywards, Twinning Assn. October 2020 visit to Rimbach.

Plans for the Twinning Association visit to Rimbach are now being prepared.

Passenger sitting in a ferry A preliminary booking has been made with Happy Days Coaches for the outward journey on Saturday 24th October, 2020, using the Dover/Calais ferry, stopping overnight in Leuven. The return trip will be on Friday and Saturday, 30/31 October, 2020, stopping overnight in Bruges and taking mid-day Calais/Folkestone Eurutunnel train. Both overnight stops will be at the Ibis hotels.

Programme for the week.

A programme of visits and events during the week are still being planned and we have suggested to our hosts in Rimbach the following possible places for visits:-

BASF/John Deere factories,
Asbach cognac distillery at Rudesheim, and
town visits to Darmstadt,

Weinheim,
Speyer and
Heidelburg.

Cost

The cost per person will be £360 per person (plus any single room supplement of £80 for both overnight stays).

Further information.

Anyone interested in joining the visit should contact Christine Hill , tel. 01889808194, by 29 February, 2020.

Please note, numbers are restricted by the number of seats on the coach.

NB: THIS VISIT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO COVID 19 RESTRICTIONS.