Hintermann

Ehm, really? Have you seen Gelsenkirchen's christmas tree? Google it. 😁

That definately counts. In 2013 in Newcastle's civic center there still was a showcase with a presentation plate from Gelsenkirchen with a coat of arms that had already faded; after a renovation I didn't find this showcase again when i was visiting Newcastle in August this year. There is probably still a plaque of the city in the depths of the building.

😄 Such like "Ohne Wupper wär hier nur ein Tal" (Without Wupper there would only be a valley here). It's very funny as a football chant on away match in the Wuppertaler SV stadium.

Lads and lasses, for a report for the fan newspaper "Schalke Unser" https://schalke-unser.de/, a Schalke 04 fan magazine, I am starting a report on the city partnership of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gelsenkirchen which is celebrating its 75th anniversary next year. This report is mainly about this partnership, the clubs Schalke 04 and Newcastle United as well as portraits of fans of both clubs should appear there in the margins. For this report I would like to ask you a few questions. Which NUFC fan clubs in England or in Germany have relationships with fans in Gelsenkirchen or Schalke-Fanclubs in the UK or Germany? Is there a NUFC Fanclub in Germany? Who is going to watch Schalke 04 matches? Who has been in Gelsenkirchen before? I am thinking of economic and cultural cooperations as well as with linked educational institutions? Here I am thinking in particular of student / pupil exchange programs. There are Schalke fan friendships with Nuremberg and Twente, what are the NUFC fans' efforts to establish friendships with Schalke and are there any NUFC fans to establish friendship with Schalke? Were there any in the past? How is the partnership between the cities anchored in the minds of the fans? Where in the Toon will you find signs of the twinning of the cities (e.g. advertising, distance signs)? In 2014 NUFC (with Malaga, West Ham) was invited to Schalke Day. Many Newcastle fans have fond memories of the city and the Schalke fan scene. Why has nothing else been established in view of the town twinning? Schalke is a district of Gelsenkirchen. How well known is that in Newcastle, in England and the NUFC fan scene particularly? What are NUFC's biggest rivals (Scumberland, i guess)? And friends? How did that come? A few words about me: 53 years old, working as an assistant editor at the Evangelischer Pressedienst (epd, a news agency) in Frankfurt am Main, Schalke-Fan since I was ten years old. Father and sister born in Gelsenkirchen. NUFC fan and in love with the Toon since 1991. In this report, I want to present the partnership in a benevolent manner with a view to establish and expand relationships, because both cities and the football clubs are very important to me. Thank you for your replies and I am very interested in further exchanges. Cheers, Howay the Lads, Glückauf, Rainer Hollenstein -- Rainer Hollenstein 60385 Frankfurt am Main