A History of the Rhine -

A History of the Rhine Group

Time	-	10:30
Week	-	Fortnightly
Day	-	Wednesday
Group Leader(s)	-	Michael Austin
Venue	-	THY - Town Hall, Yarrow Room
Vacancies	-	29

Group Leaders

First Name	Surname
Michael	Austin

Events

Name	Date	Time
Our first meeting Jan 7 - watch this space!	07 Jan 2026	10:30

Thanks to close co-operation between Ian, Lindsay, Mark, Judith, Karl and myself our ‘German’ history group is proud to present a five session, fortnightly, course ‘A History of the Rhine’ starting 10.30 January 7 in the Yarrow Room, Lewes Town Hall.

The provisional programme is as follows:

A History of the Rhine

Jan 7: Welcome, introduction and the Geography of the Rhine’: Michael
‘Cities of the Rhine part 1 - Basel, Strasbourg and Karlsruhe’: Lindsay

Jan 22: ‘The Rhine as a National and Military Boundary’: Ian

Feb 4: ‘Myths and Legends of the Rhine’: Mark

Feb 18: ‘Literature inspired by the Rhine’: Judith

March 4: ‘The ShUM Towns of the Rhine - Speyer, Worms and Mainz’ : Karl
‘Cities of the Rhine' part 2 - Cologne, Duisburg, and Rotterdam’: Lindsay

We welcome further contributions to our friendly group and very much look forward to seeing you!