54 of 80 Town Twinning: Visit to Vellmar Twins Reunited or Long Lost Twins? \ Bewdley Bridge Community Magazine - October 2025
Have you ever wondered what Town Twinning is all about? Did you know that Bewdley has two Twin Towns, Vellmar in Germany and Fort Mahon Place in France? Since Covid, Bewdley and District Twinning Association has just been ticking over with a few members maintaining contact with the towns. We are now ready to get going again. At the end of August,15 Members of Bewdley and District Twinning Association visited our Twin Town, Vellmar in Germany. We were met with warmth and friendship from the people of the town and their o ffi cials. Vellmar is celebrating its 50th year since incorporation as a town and 1250 years since the first mention in historical documents. To mark these anniversaries the Council invited their Twin Towns of Bewdley, Zell am See, Austria and St Marton, Hungary to join in a weekend of
friendship, hospitality and entertainment. Folk dancers from Austria and Hungary dazzled with their dances and magnificent costumes. Duo John and Bill and Members of the Wyre Forest Climate Choir entertained with a selection of songs and received a rousing response from the audience much to the choir’s delight.
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