Beit Jala Square
The Beit-Jala Square is a playground for children in the district center of Bergisch Gladbach in the Rheinisch-Bergisch district . It lies to the west of the confluence of Dechant-Müller-Straße with Hauptstraße and extends to Tannenbergstraße.
history
Beit Jala is a Palestinian city in the Bethlehem district . it is about 1.8 km from Bethlehem and 10 km from Jerusalem . The separation wall erected by Israel occupies a large area and restricts freedom of movement.
Alongside Cologne and Jena, Bergisch Gladbach is one of the few German cities that has a partnership with a Palestinian municipality. The first initiatives go back to the founding of the association “City Partnership Bergisch Gladbach - Beit Jala eV” in 2010 with the aim of promoting relationships between the citizens and organizations of both cities. Under the motto bridges instead of walls for people in Palestine and Israel, the association promotes peaceful coexistence in the region. Through his corresponding initiatives, they came closer to founding a town twinning.
After the approval of the councils of the two twin cities, the town twinning document was signed by the mayors of both cities in 2010 at the New Year's reception in 2011 in the Bensberg town hall .
Beit Jala Square
In order to involve the public more in the new partnership, they are considering creating a permanent location that expresses this. This resulted in the creation of a playground, which was inaugurated on September 12, 2015 and entered in the street directory.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Development of the town twinning between Bergisch Gladbach and Beit Jala as well as joint activities accessed on July 15, 2018
- ^ City partnership Bergisch Gladbach - Beit Jala accessed on July 15, 2018
- ↑ Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger: Beit-Jala-Platz inaugurated in Bergisch Gladbach, accessed on July 15, 2018
- ↑ Beit-Jala-Platz inaugurated, accessed on July 15, 2018
Web links
- News from-about-for Beit Jala accessed on July 15, 2018
Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ N , 7 ° 7 ′ E