Germany

Comenius

Büdingen

• capital: Berlin

• 16 states

• area: 356,121.41 km²

• population: about 82 mio.

• capital of Hessen: Wiesbaden

• area: 21,114.94 km²

• population: about 6 mio.

Frankfurt am Mainthe German city for banking and

business • area: 248.3 km²• population:

700,000

• 3rd biggest airport in Europe• 72,500 employees• 165,000 passengers daily

Frankfurt Airport:

City of banking:

• about 300 banks• first and only skyline in

Germany

Nightclubs:• a huge choice, here some of our

favourites:- King Kamehameha- Sky-Club- Living XXL- Gibson Pubs:• Sachsenhausen, a district of Frankfurt

where you drink „Apfelwein“ (cider), a typical drink for Frankfurt‘s area.

Leisure activities:

• palmtree garden• ice pavilion• cinemas • theater• opera • zoo • parks

Wetteraukreis

Back to the map…

…that‘s the area where we live.

• area: 1,162 km²

• population: about 300,000

Büdingen our small town

area: 122.9 km²

Population: 23,000

Büdingen

• The Frogs „Frääsch“

Count Anton to castle Ysenburg and Büdingen married Elisabeth von Wied. Spending a night in the castle Büdingen, she heard the durable sound of the frogs in the pond. It bothered her and was just too much for her. Therefore, the frogs had to be removed from the pond. The

count decided that the frogs in the Seemenbach had to be drowned. She did not hear anything that night and from then on felt at home, so that she became a real Büdingerin. From this

time on people from Büdingen have been called ‘Büdinger Frääsch’ (frogs)

-History-

• Stumbling stones (Stolpersteine)They are a reminder of the victims of the Third Reich. These stones are to be found in front of the houses where the victims used to live. The name of the victims is engraved into the stones. In Büdingen you find about 50 stones.

• Wild stone (Wilder Stein)It is a side vent of the Vogelsberg volcano. It also has a geological feature. The wild stone has something to do with the former witch hunt: the women had to confess under embarrassing torture that they have to do something with the devil.

Büdingen-History-

Museums:

• 1950s Museum presents things from the 1950s• Butcher’s Museum insight in the profession of the butcher• Model building Museum: from the paper model up to lifelike

ship copies• Heuson Museum has varying exhibitions• Sand roses Museum shows different sand roses

Büdingen-Culture-

• Jerusalem gate (Jerusalemer Tor)In the 16th century, the gate guarded the vulnerable western part of the city and is the landmark of Büdingen.

• CastleThe castle is a moated castle and was built in the 12th century. It is still inhabited.

• Church “Marienkirche” It is the main church of the town and originated in

1377.• Historic town hall

Marriages take place in it.• “Steinernes Haus”

This is the oldest residential building in Büdingen.

Büdingen-Sights-

• escalade of the jerusalem gate (Feb.)• frogparade (April)• historic center festival (May)• culture night (July)• Middle Ages festival (July)• outing on the castle Büdingen (Sep.)• Gallusmarket (Sep.)• Christmas market (Dec.)• Düdelsheimer market (Aug.)

Büdingen -Celebrations and Events -

• cinema• different bars: Nazaro Bar, Levana Bar

and Fame• pool (in- and outdoor)• many restaurants

Büdingen-Leisure activities-

Berufliche Schule Büdingen

our school:

Berufliche Schule des WetteraukreisesSchillerstrasse 11 - 63654 Büdingen

• alimentation and domestic economy• color technics and interior design• wood engineering• hairdressing• economy and administration

Berufliche Schule

Büdingentrade school

vocational school

vocational preparatory class

technical

college

trade school

vocational preparator

y class

• „EIBE“• alimentation• wood engineering• hairdressing• color technics and interior economy

• economy and administration (2 years)• economy/ commercial college (1 year)• foreign language secretary (2 years)

[assistant profession]

technical

college

• economy and administration • Business Informatics

vocational school

school system

62 teachers

and

about 970 students

our break hall

the little lounge

the kiosk

the schoolyard

our „school cat“ ‘Hector‘ the

floor

the school

building

A typical lesson

in the 12th class

(vocational school)

An English project: „Multicultural

lunch“

Our Comenius-Team

We are looking forward to meeting you

in December !!!

List of references• http://maps.google.de/maps?hl=de&tab=wl• http://www.buedingen-touristik.de/• http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http://www.welt.de

/img/bildergalerien/crop106411601/8679841127-ci3x2s-w300/Eurozeichen-vor-der-EZB-in-Frankfurt-am-Main.jpg

• http://www.bahn.de/regio_hessen/view/mdb/regio_hessen/ausfl_ge/hessentipps/MDB86696-frankfurt_panthermedia_01408801_224x168.jpg

• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Frankfurt_Am_Main-Roemerberg_19-27_von_Suedosten-20110307.jpg/330px-Frankfurt_Am_Main-Roemerberg_19-27_von_Suedosten-20110307.jpg

• www.wikipedia.de