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Germans in Azerbaijan

The most popular are courses for students, wishing to continue their training in the German colleges. But requirements to them are more strict; annually Germany DAAD (German service of the academic exchange) gives grants for interested persohs to pass a magistracy. For reception of the grant it is necessary to pass examinations and to receive the invitation from one of German colleges.

Pianist Gulchin Aslanova - one of the students of Kapelhaus, has perfectly disposed of such grant - during passage of a magistracy she has presented herself in a good light and achieved the invitation, and now she is working in one of the well-known symphonic orchestras of Germany. Except for the grants of DAAD, there is a separate program for the teachers, wishing to pass the advanced training courses in Germany.

Zahra Aliyeva, a teacher of the German language at the University of Languages, more than a year works as manager of Kapelhaus. Within two years she passed magistracy at University of Munich.

One of the main reasons of growth of popularity of courses in Kapelhaus -as considers Zahra Aliyeva - that is more and more than citizens of our country wish to perceive themselves Europeans. This process became mass among students, more and more young people are aimed at getting of European education. Attending the German language courses in school period therefore is desirable.

There are many courses of German in Baku, but Kapelhaus has three advantages - participation of students in the cultural program of the center, Germanspeaking environment and high level of preparation of teachers.

More and more young people wish not only to receive the diploma in Germany, but their overall objective is mastering a professional knowledge and traditions of labor ethics of the country - the leader of the European economy.

Two years of training in Munich, have enriched notions of Zahra about Germany and Germans. Certainly, they are workaholics, but that does not prevent them to be open, contact and benevolent people.

Especially when your interlocutors find out, that not less than 50 thousand Germans lived in Azerbaijan before the Second World War, and they have founded such flourishing cities, as Hellendorffe (Khanlar), Annenfelde (present Shamkir).

For citizens of Germany working in Baku, it is a pleasant unexpectedness to find out, that in our city long sirice there is one of the best in the CIS of schools of Germanic philology, our historians and archeologists till now study works of native of Khanlar (Hellendorffe) archeologist J.Gummel, and in Baku, Sumgait and Shaki there are branches of German cultural association "Die Wiedergeburt".

Every Sunday the members of "Die Wiedergeburt" association gather in the cozy hall of Kapelhaus, where rehearsals of children chorus are held and preparation for celebrations of holidays is carried out.

Everyone who loves German culture and art would like to learn the country of great philosophers, scientific, artists and musicians - welcome to Kapelhaus!