Loerrach International

At the suggestion of Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer, the then mayor of Loerrach Egon Hugenschmidt founded the first partnership with Sens in France in 1966.

Working groups were set up for Sens, Senigallia, Chester, Meerane, and Eastern Europe, and the youth organisation SAK Lörrach, the town band, its schools (Hans-Thoma-Gymnasium Lörrach, Phaenovum Schülerforschungszentrum Lörrach-Dreiländereck) and DHBW-Loerrach, sport and culture organisations and service clubs were invited to collaborate.

The structure of the society brings together interested citizens, educational institutions, the local council and city administration.

The president is ex officio the current mayor and the secretarial duties of the management committee is the responsibility of the representatives of the various town partnerships.

Since November 2022 Prof. Dr. Sebastian Feichtmair, Head of International Business at Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Loerrach, has been the chairperson.