Good News, Canada! (1943-1945) Deutschsprachige Martin Luther Gemeinde Ottawa, 499 Preston St
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The Hofbräuhaus News FREIEXEMPLAR Serving Eastern Ontario and West Quebec FREE ISSUE Max Bork, Publisher Focus: • Cultural • Social • Historical • Sports • Humour September - October 2004 Loosen Your Lederhosen - it’s Oktoberfest Time! For Local Oktoberfests See Pages 4, 5, 7, 19 and 20. How Oktoberfest Started Ottawa Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, later to Jägerball become King Ludwig I, was married to This annual Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen Hunter’s dinner-dance on 12th October 1810. The citizens of Munich were invited to attend the festivities is organized by the held on the fields in front of the city gates Target Shooting to celebrate the happy royal event. The Group at the Maple fields have been named Theresienwiese Leaf-Almrausch Club ("Theresa's fields") in honor of the Crown at 3928 Farmers Princess ever since, although the locals have Way, Ottawa, on Sat. since abbreviated the name simply to the Sept. 18. "Wies'n". The 2004 Munich Oktoberfest is Doors open at 6 from September18th to October 3rd. pm, Music by Fritz Unterstab and his Edelweiss Trio from Montreal. Details on page 20 and 4. Ostfriesland vs Ottawa A special friendly soccer game between Lindenhof Restaurant Relocates "S.V.Petkum", a team Left to Right: Tom Kröger, Alison Geehan (new owner) and Dieter of Oldtimers from Kiesewalter celebrated with friends on Sunday, August 1st at the Ostfriesland Northern Lindenhof Restaurant the many years at the Richmond Road Germany, and an address. The Lindenhof is now located at 365 Forest Avenue. Ottawa Oldtimers (Forest runs between Carling Ave. and Richmond Rd. and is just Select team shall play east of the intersection) The Lindenhof shall be celebrating at the Maple Leaf Oktoberfest every Friday and Saturday evening with live music Almrausch Club at during the month of October. The HBH News wishes to thank Tom 3928 Farmers Way for his excellence in restaurant service to the Ottawa community on Saturday October nd and to Alison for continuing on in the same tradition at the new 2 at 3:30 pm. Photo location. See article on page 13. Photo by Max Bork page 17. Kirche und Kultur The Vieux-Grenadiers Company from Geneva Switzerland took part in the “Brautbriefe Zelle 92" Changing of the Guard on Parliament Hill on Ein literarisch musikalischer Abend über July 29.04. Photo by Elisabeth Richard-Edge den Briefwechsel Dietrich Bonhoeffers mit seiner Verlobten Maria von Wedemeyer Good News, Canada! (1943-1945) Deutschsprachige Martin www.german.tv Luther Gemeinde Ottawa, 499 Preston St. The CRTC has just approved our (an Carling Ave) Ottawa, Freitag Oktober 29 broadcasting licence for Canada. This means 19.30 Uhr. Pastor Christoph Ernst Tel. 521- that GERMAN TV can resume negotiations 5402, Email: [email protected]. with cable and satellite providers in your area to bring GERMAN TV to your home as Contents -Übersicht soon as possible. To reach this goal, we would like to enlist your support. The more Authors, Papers, Notices, 2 people know and show interest in GERMAN Pastor Ernst, Leipziger Pfeffermuehle 3 TV, the quicker we will be launched in your MLA Jägerball, Oktoberfest, Christmas Market 4 area. Please call 1-877 GERMAN TV to Ladysmith Oktoberfest, Book Review, Markham, 5 register your name at our call centre. The Birthdays, Anniversaries, Humour, 6 call is toll-free, and you will be kept Pembroke Oktoberfest/Chriskindlmarkt/Berlin Chor 7 informed of pending launch dates. Please Carleton U, German TV in Canada 8 also tell your family members, friends and Wuppertal Choral Concert 9 colleagues about GERMAN TV, and ask Charles W. Fox WWII Canadian Fighter Ace, 10 them to register as well. You can make a Field Marshal Erwin Rommel 11 difference! Sommerfest fotos, Fiete Münzner 12 Lindenhof Relocates 13 Wuppertal Choral Concert 220 years of Hessian Settlement celebrated 14 The Police Choir from Wuppertal Germany Lufthansa, Germany Travel 15 along with the Ottawa Police Choir, the MLA Golf Tournament article and fotos 16 Concordia Kitchener mixed Choir and the Ed Aslan, Soccer, SV Petkum, St Anthony fotos 17 Concordia Ottawa Female and Male Choirs Fiete Münzner Show Community Contacts & Listings E/Ont.-W/Que. 18 . th shall give a concert on Tuesday September Saturday, November 6 Events Oct-Nov & Near By Events Sept/Oct/Nov 19 28 at 7:30 pm at the City View United At Bearbrook Farm Coming Events Sept - Oct 20 Church. Details page 20 See Page 12 for Details. 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