Rostock - Exchange

Broughton/Sanderson - Rostock Why Rostock? When? How long? Who? Partner City of Raleigh Students from Rostock in Raleigh Fall 2013/ Students from Raleigh in Rostock summer weeks each with partner, 1 week New York/Berlin Any student in the German program

How organized? Raleigh: Broughton HS and Sanderson HS German Clubs Teachers: Frau Gulewich and Herr Wachter Monthly meetings of Clubs Internet exchange with Germany (Skype…) Rostock: Erasmus Gymnasium

How can you get involved? A) Contact the teachers B) Join the German Clubs (Herr Wachter (SHS), Frau Gulewich (BHS)) C) Keep in touch D) Take German - E) Join the monthly Exchange-Club - meetings (BHS-SHS )

ROSTOCK Afterwards the place was settled by German traders. Initially there were three separate cities: Altstadt (Old Town) around the Alter Markt (Old Market) with St. Petri (St. Peter's Church),St. Petri Mittelstadt (Middle Town) around the Neuer Markt (New Market) with St. Marien (St. Mary's Church) and Neustadt (New Town) around the Hopfenmarkt (Hop Market, now University Square) with St. Jakobi (St. James's Church, now demolished). Hanseatic League The rise of the city began with its membership of the Hanseatic League. In the 14th century it was a powerful seaport town with 12,000 inhabitants and the biggest city of Mecklenburg. Ships for cruising the Baltic Sea were constructed in Rostock. In 1419 one of the oldest universities in Northern Europe, the University of Rostock, was foundedHanseatic LeagueMecklenburgShipsUniversity of Rostock Rostock is the largest city in the north German state Mecklenburg- Vorpommern. Rostock is located on the Warnow river; the quarter of Warnemünde 12 km north of the city centre lies directly on the coast of the Baltic Sea.cityGermanstateMecklenburg- VorpommernWarnowWarnemündeBaltic Sea The city territory of Rostock stretches for about 20 kilometres along the Warnow to the Baltic Sea. The largest built-up area of Rostock is on the western side of the river. The eastern part of its territory is dominated by industrial estates and the forested area of the Rostock Heath.WarnowRostock Heath History Confirmation of Lübeck law city rights, 1218Lübeck law In the 11th century Polabian Slavs founded a settlement at the Warnow river called Roztoc (which means broadening of a river); the name Rostock is derived from that designation. The Danish king Valdemar I set the town aflame in 1161.Polabian SlavsDanishValdemar I