One hundred new trees in Cuxhavenlundi
Just over thirty years have passed since the first trees were planted in Cuxhaven Park, then to mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Iceland and Germany. The tradition of the planting has been maintained, and recently a group of six from Cuxhaven paid a visit specifically to plant a further hundred trees in the grove, which has certainly grown and flourished with each passing year. The Hafnarfjörður Forestry Association has looked after the grove with great honour since the beginning.
A tradition for over thirty years
More than thirty years have passed since the first trees were planted in Cuxhaven Park, then to mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Iceland and Germany. The tradition of the planting has been maintained, and recently a group of six from Cuxhaven paid a visit specifically to plant a further hundred trees in the grove, which has certainly grown and flourished with each passing year. The Hafnarfjörður Forestry Association has looked after the grove with great distinction since the beginning.
A unique and sheltered grove by Lake Hvaleyrarvatn
It was on 29 September 1992 that the first trees were planted in the friendship grove by the then mayors of the twin towns, Albrecht Harten and Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson. Initially, the people of Cuxhaven donated 5,000 German marks towards the planting of trees in the grove. A group of six from the twin town of Cuxhaven visited in early October, partly to plant one hundred tree saplings in this unique and sheltered twin town grove by Lake Hvaleyrarvatn. The trees are a green gift from the Cuxhaven Twin Town Association. Among the guests were Hans-Wilhelm Eitzen, chairman of the Cuxhaven Twinning Association, and Marion Dick, vice-chairman, as well as Wolf-Rudiger Dick, Honorary Consul of Iceland in Cuxhaven. Part of the board of the Hafnarfjörður Twinning Association gave the group a welcoming reception and assisted with the planting.
The planting itself also calls for collaboration.
It was a German-Icelandic group that took part in the tree planting on a beautiful day at the beginning of the month. The planting went well and quickly, with the swift hands of, among others, the board members of the two twin towns.
Count from the leftGísli Ó. Valdimarsson, chairman of the Twin Towns Association in Hafnarfjörður, Lothar Matthes, Cuxhaven; Melanie Eitzen-Fischer; Hans-Wilhelm Eitzen, Chairman of the Cuxhaven Twin Towns Association; Clarissa Duvigneau, German Ambassador to Iceland; Marion Dick, Vice-Chairman of the Cuxhaven Twin Towns Association; Andri Ómarsson, Board of the Hafnarfjörður Twin Towns Association; Sunna Magnúsdóttir, board member of the Hafnarfjörður Twin Towns Association; Guðjón Steinar Sverrisson, board member of the Hafnarfjörður Twin Towns Association; Wolf-Rüdiger Dick, Honorary Consul of Iceland in Cuxhaven; and Richard Schütt, Parks and Gardens Manager in Cuxhaven.