The delegation of the City of Karlsruhe arrived on the occasion of the opening of the exhibition “Experiences of Transcendence in Art / Transzendenzerfahrungen in der Kunst”. In 2019, the exhibition was set up in Karlsruhe, and yesterday it was inaugurated in the Hall of John Paul II in Trsat. Within the exhibition, works by 12 authors, six German and six Croatian, are displayed.

Rijeka and Karlsruhe have been fostering friendly relationships for ten years

Rijeka and Karlsruhe have been fostering friendly relationships for ten years, and in addition to cooperation in the field of art and culture, both cities would like to further develop cooperation. “In today’s talks, we tackled the topics that we could develop in the future, especially in the segments of the economy and sports. We discussed the possibility of improving tourist traffic, especially an eventual increase in the number of airlines towards our airport on the island of Krk. We also discussed the topic of public transport, as Karlsruhe has successfully solved the problem of traffic jams with the ‘car sharing’ model. During this meeting an initiative was launched to get better acquainted with their model, “said Mayor Filipović.

He also mentioned the German-Croatian community of Karlsruhe and its surroundings, led by Mirjana Diminić. The community has been active for 30 years and has an important role in developing good relations between our two cities.

The Deputy Mayor of Karlsruhe Albert Käuflein pointed out that culture and art are building bridges between people, bridges that do not depend on the languages that people speak and the cultural circles they come from. “We will continue to develop art and culture through our cooperation, and among the topics that we discussed, is the ‘car sharing’ model and I am glad that you are interested in it. We are experienced in this and we will work on the creation of a network of contacts between business people from Rijeka and Karlsruhe so that they can achieve potential cooperation in this field, “said the Deputy Mayor of Karlsruhe Albert Käuflein after the meeting.

both cities would like to further develop cooperation

Among others, the meeting was attended by the Head of the Department of Culture of the City of Rijeka Ivan Šarar and the President of the Committee for Interurban and International Cooperation of the Rijeka City Council Aleksandar Saša Milaković, Angelika Schmid, International Cooperation Advisor for Cultural Projects of the City of Karlsruhe and Mirjana Diminić, President of the German-Croatian community of Karlsruhe and the surrounding area.

The cooperation agreement for projects between the cities of Karlsruhe and Rijeka was signed on 15 June 2011 in Rijeka and on 16 September 2011 in Karlsruhe. Since then, the two cities have been cooperating intensively, especially on a number of projects in the field of culture and art.