Partnership with Halberstadt, Germany

For four years the parishes of Badsey with Aldington, Offenham and Bretforton have been linked with a group of churches in the Halberstadt region of Germany. Halberstadt was once part of East Germany and lies roughly 120 miles SW of Berlin.

The area around Halberstadt is rural quite similar the Vale except that it is very flat. The farmers have similar problems, imported goods are cheaper than locally grown produce. There are 17 parishes in the group and they have three pastors.

In June 2002 the band from Halberstadt visited us.

Sue Cole (Churchwarden)

Landkreis Halberstadt website (in German)

Below: Views of Quedlinburg and Halberstadt. After reunification Halberstadt is being rebuilt in its former style. It was bombed on the last day of WW2.


February 2001: Oompah band playing on our final evening in Kroppenstedt.


October 1999 Kleinalsleben: Tree planting to mark the partnership.


February 2001: Revisiting Kleinalsleben to see the progress of the apple tree and to fix a commemorative plaque to the wall of the church.


October 2001 Offenham First School: During their visit our friends from Germany planted an apple tree as a further mark of our growing partnership.


October 1999 Grossalsleben: A dairy herd.

Updated 7 July 2002.