Tomorrow, Stadtwerke Gießen AG (SWG) will be celebrating the anniversary of "150 years of gas supply in Gießen" with a grand finale. SWG would like to celebrate this little piece of history, which it is writing this year, with its customers. In addition to a varied programme for young and old, there will also be plenty to learn about natural gas at the "SWG Winter Lights". You too can be a guest at the big SWG Winter Lights in the Hessenhallen in Giessen on Saturday.
Guaranteed entertainment and lots of information
Fun for the whole family - that's what the big "SWG Winter Lights" event offers on Saturday from 14:00 to 00:00. Star guest: the Hermes House Band. From 21:00, the party really gets going with the likeable Dutch band and their hits such as "Country roads", "I am what I am" and "Football's coming home" in the Hessenhalle.
Clown Ichmael and his event team will take care of the little visitors to the Winter Festival: he will whisk them away into his children's world full of artistry, juggling, pantomime, magic and acrobatics.
Hit Radio FFH, the number 1 radio station in Hesse, is also a guest with RADIO ON TOUR. Presenter Silvia Stenger will be entertaining young and old on a festively decorated FFH stage. Father Christmas has even announced that he will be here at 3.00 pm.
Late in the evening (from 10 p.m.), SWG will light up the night sky above the Hessenhallen with fireworks. Afterwards, Tom Pfeiffer and his band and Julie Thompson will be playing.
At the Bundesliga get-together at around 4.00 pm, our top local clubs from various sports will be presenting themselves for all to see and touch. The GIESSEN 46ers will of course be there, as well as TV 05 Mainzlar, TV Hüttenberg and a delegation from RSV Lahn-Dill.
The draw for the elahn competition, in which the first prize was 15,000 kilowatt hours of natural gas or EUR 750 in cash, will take place at around 6.30 pm. The winners of the ice poking tournament will also be honoured here. Both SWG board members, Manfred Siekmann and Reinhard Paul, are already looking forward to this task.
A varied entertainment programme will take place throughout the day on the grounds and in the Hessenhallen. Various music groups, an ice sculptor, walk acts, magic, comedy and juggling await visitors.
But there will also be plenty of information. The energy experts from Stadtwerke Gießen will be demonstrating the versatility of natural gas as an energy source. One possible application - cooking with natural gas - will be demonstrated by professional chefs in cookery shows. Visitors can also find out about the various subsidy programmes that SWG has launched this year. If you are still looking for a Christmas present, you are sure to find something suitable at the SWG shop stand. If you want to find out more about how gas, a pure source of light, became a versatile energy source in Giessen, you can visit the historical exhibition. Here, the new exhibit at the Mathematics Centre, the "flame tube", makes lutes visible as a gas flame.
In the open area in front of the Hessenhallen, well-known heating manufacturers will be presenting the latest trends in heating with natural gas.
Naturally, Stadtwerke has made sure that visitors can replenish their energy reserves with food and drink in between this extensive programme. And all at family-friendly prices.