Stadtteilbüro Bergmannsfeld and Seniorenclub Е-Bergmannsfeld/Hörsterfeld are part of the Sozialdienst katholischer Frauen Essen-Mitte e.V. in Essen.
Seniorenclub Е-Bergmannsfeld/Hörsterfeld dates back to 2007 and it unites the Russian-speaking residents over the age of 50 regardless of national and religious characteristics. The directions of the club’s activity are determined by various social researches, which revealed the attractiveness of large housing estates in Essen for the elderly immigrants who mostly lived in the same districts before their immigration.
Steps Towards European Active Citizenship
Organization
Our Plans
Speaking of the future, we are optimistic. Over the past 5 years we have achieved a lot, but this is only the beginning. We plan to continue to hold regular meetings of the members of the club. Good tradition is the joint birthday celebrations. Among the invited assistants we will be happy to see the new speakers. The lectures of Dr. D. Piterski on the geography and history of Germany and reports on the problems of different countries ("House of Asia") are still relevant. The most important condition for successful integration is German language. In Stadtteilbüro Bergmannsfeld we have German training for adults twice a week. We plan to organize a computer training for adults as well.
Our Network
"Seniorenclub der russischsprachigen Senioren Essen-Bergmannsfeld/Hörsterfeld" maintains close contacts with municipal and public organizations such as Forum Russlanddeutsche Essen, Bürgerzentrum Kon-Takt, Jüdische Kultus-Gemeinde Essen, Kultur-und Integrationszentrum Phoenix / Köln, Institut für Migrations-und Aussiedlerfragen Oerlinghausen.
In Press
Our club is already represented in the media and in the scientific literature. Papers of Dr. D. Piterski, M. Heijenga and M. Ratchina on the main results of a survey of seniors in our neighborhood are published in the reports of the Congress of European Regional Science Association in Paris, Liverpool and Lodz. Publications about the members of our club appeared in German and Russian language press, radio and TV and in internet as well (WAZ, Steeler Kurier, «Partner", "Zemlyaki", "Chas", "Voice of Russia", ZDF, WAZ, haGalil, « Window to Russia").
Drama School
The members of our club are engaged in the drama school "Seniorentheater mit Zuwanderern aus der Staaten der ehemaligen Sowjetunion". In May 2012, in the Essen Theatre "Freudenhaus" there was a premiere "Kurbadgeschichten", which presented skits and humorous pieces of German resort life.
Free Language Courses
Many club members regularly attend free language courses organized by the Stadtteilbüro Bergmannsfeld in the Catholic community and financed from the city budget.
Many migrants from the former Soviet Union came to Germany in the elderly. Therefore, they learn the German language very slowly. However, a good knowledge of the German language is an unconditional basis of successful integration into German society, so we always pay great attention to this component.
Sports
In the fitness centre MTG Horst 1881 eV in 2009, was organized a special gym group for adults. Fitness training is very important for older people, so sports activities will be continued.
Cultural events
Cultural events - this is another important aspect of our club activities. We attended a concert of guitar music and a lecture-concert dedicated to the works of Chopin in the Jewish community of Essen, the Essen opera concert of popular music in the Essen Philharmonic, concert of Russian songs in the Volkshochschule, series of films during the Russian movie week in the cinema of Lichtburg, a large number of amateur concerts and theater productions.
Tourist activities
Tourist activities of our club are developing very actively. During the existence of the club we have made more than 20 trips, which generally involved nearly 300 people. In this case, we rely on the tour, organized and conducted ourselves, independent of any travel agency. There were excursions in Soest and Bad Sassendorf, Aachen / terms, Cologne, Hattingen, Düsseldorf, Münster, Bochum and Duisburg.
We tried to keep the memory of our excursions and produce for this purpose a special wall newspaper, which can be found in the room of Stadtteilbüro Bergmannsfeld. We have already made 6 such wall newspapers.
Margarethenhöhe
Посёлок Margarethenhöhe по типу застройки относится к одному из первых т.н. городов-садов Германии и составляет ядро одноимённого эссенского городского района. Сам по себе посёлок является хорошим примером застройки, учитывающей потребности человека и состоит из 935 зданий, расположенных на территории 115 га, причём 50 га составляют зелёные насаждения.
Кёльн
Кёльн (нем. Köln, лат. Colonia Agrippina)
Кёльн является четвёртым по населению и третьим по площади городом Германии, а также одним из крупнейших экономических и культурных центров страны. «Метрополия на Рейне», как часто называют Кёльн, — это ещё и один из старейших городов Германии, который играл значительную роль в истории Европы на протяжении всего своего существования начиная с Римской эпохи. Кёльн знаменит своим главным храмом — Кёльнским собором, одним из главных католических храмов Германии.
Кеттвиг
Кеттвиг, лежащий на берегах центральной водной артерии Рурской обл., р. Рур, был значительно позже остальных городских районов присоединён к Эссену и расположен на крайней юго-западной периферии города. Одновременно Кеттвиг является крупнейшим по площади из всех 50 городских районов (15 км²). В настоящее время в Кеттвиге проживает ок. 18 тыс. жителей.
Эссен
Эссен (Essen). Краткая историческая и экономико-географическая справка
Эссен – город в федеральной земле Северный Рейн-Вестфалия (Bundesland Nordrhein-Westfalen). Расположен в центральной части Рурской области (Ruhrgebiet), к северу от реки Рур (Ruhr), порт на канале Рейн-Херне (Rhein-Herne-Kanal).
Наибольшая протяжённость города с севера на юг составляет 21 км, с запада на восток – 17 км. Площадь города – более 21 тыс. га. Современная численность населения Эссена 583 тыс. чел.
Дюссельдорф
Контактные детали:
Seniorenclub der russischsprachigen Senioren Essen- Bergmannsfeld;
Philosophenweg 8, 45279 Essen Deutschland;
Tel.: +49 201 438 9429, +49 178 161 7487;
E-Mail: dsp1955@web.de; dsp1955@rambler.ru