“Erlangen and Wuppertal have been very related 30 years in the past. Then one metropolis went up, one other went down,” mentioned the producer of this text and I wish to applaud the author Alexander Wulfers for this remark alone.
Because within the enterprise of day by day information it’s not straightforward to keep watch over such communication. But that is not the one cause why I do not suggest the textual content to you. There is greater than that.
Wulfers reveals intimately and clearly how essential is the gathering of schooling and native analysis collections when structural change is imminent. Because Erlangen has “one of the best college that no one is aware of about,” because the textual content jokingly says. This college is carefully linked with Siemens. This implies that college students have rapid entry to the sources and experience of a big industrial group.
But Wuppertal would not have Siemens and it would not have a college, only a former world market chief for chemical fibers. It is making an attempt to reinvent itself as a metropolis of tradition.
Also: Wuppertal has no area. Erlangen, alternatively, obtained 136 hectares of land in the midst of town within the Nineteen Nineties when the US Army withdrew. The medical expertise group Siemens Healthineers is predicated there right this moment.
There are much more options. Together they create a captivating image of German industrial historical past and the current.