On February 9, 1999, the Village of Plain began a sister city relationship with Remlingen in Unterfranken, Germany, and the expellees from the former Sudeten-German villages of Schwansdorf and Tschirm in the county of Troppau, now in the Czech Republic.
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On December 13, 2022, the Village of Plain began a sister city relationship with Waldmünchen in Bavaria, Germany.
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- Village of Plain, Sauk County, Wisconsin, Resolution 99-4 dated February 9, 1999, signed by Village President William Gruber.
- "Trees presented to promote peace." Home News (Spring Green, Wisconsin), June 2, 1999.
- 3 Freedom Trees donated by the Sister City Group (at Remlingen, district of Würzburg in Bavaria, Germany), were planted and blessed on May 30, 1999, at Plain, Wisconsin. Locations were: near the post office, possibly at St. Luke's new cemetery, and ?
- See pages 75 (trees planted at Remlingen) and page 87 (trees planted at Plain) of St. Luke Parish History by Rev. Johann Laurer in 1907, English version published by the Hausner Foundation, 2003.
- Sister City sign on a large rock with a sign that says, "Sister City Patenschfat, Plain, Wisconsin; Remlingen, Bavaria; Schwansdorf & Tschirm, Sudetenland." This rock is at the Expellee Memorial Chapel (in memory of those killed or evicted from the Sudetenland) located on the farm of Hermine Schwab Hausner and late Karl Hausner. On September 17, 1995, the chapel was dedicated. Address: E 8893 County Road B, Sauk City, Sauk County, Wisconsin.
- "Heimatarbeit in der Ferne, US-amerikanischer Ort Plain hat eine Patenschaft mit den Vertiebenen." Das Ostpreussenblatt: Preussische Allgemeine Zeitung August 24, 2002, page 23.
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On December 13, 2022, the Village of Plain began a sister city relationship with Waldmünchen in Bavaria, Germany.
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- "Das amerikanische Plain ist Waldmünchens neue Partnerstadt" von Petra Schoplocher. Bayerwald Echo (Waldmünchen), December 15, 2022.
- "Sister-City in den USA: Plain wird Partnerstadt von Waldmünchen" by Alexandra Brückl. Chamer Zeitung (Waldmünchen), December 14, 2022.
- Old Franklin Township Historical Society newsletter, March 2023, page 7: "Plain and Waldmünchen are now officially sister cities" by Marie Lins and Ray Ring
- "Carver named administrator / clerk /treasurer in Plain" by Linda Schwanke. Home News (Spring Green, Wisconsin), November 30, 2022, page 1 and 2: "The board held a Zoom call with the city council of Waldmünchen, Germany, including mayor Markus Ackerman. An informal agreement was made in 2002 with Waldmünchen on becoming sister cities. [Ray] Ring presented an overview of sister cities and aspects of cultural sharing before making it formal. Markus declared it is a great day for the two cities. Marie Lins will be the representative for the Village of Plain for the sister city agreement. Petra Schoplocher will be representative from Waldmünchen. Ring then presented a book on Waldmünchen that Markus gave the village. Waldmünchen has sister city agreements with cities in the Czech Republic, two in Germany and also in France in addition to Plain."