Crivitz, Wi. Sister City

Mission Statement

 

    

      Sister City mission is to promote peace through mutual respect, understanding and cooperation - one individual, one community at a time.

 

    Crivitz Sister City is part of a non-profit citizen diplomacy network to create partnerships between the United States and international communities.  Sister City International was established by Dwight David Eisenhower in 1956.There are over 2000 Sister City Organizations in the United States, but very few that have both a mission and a basis in the history of their community.

 

     In 1880, Fredrich John Bartels purchased 200 acres, which is the present town site of Crivitz, Wisconsin.  In 1883, he had the 200 acres platted into a town site.  The town site was officially registered as Crivitz in the Marinette County Court House and named after his birthplace in Germany.  In 1867, Fredrich Bartels married Louisa Hall.  They had twelve children and the first streets in Crivitz were named after the children.  You will still see those same names on the local street signs today.

 

     Crivitz, Germany, located in northeast Germany, was since World War II, under communist control.  After the fall of the Berlin Wall, many of the towns located behind the wall were adopted through Sister City International, both internationally and by towns in Western Germany.  Crivitz, Germany, a small town, has three Sister Cities, one in West Germany, England and of course Crivitz, Wisconsin.