Friday, April 7, 2017

Museums and other points of interest

Sister cities

Astoria has one sister city,[63] as designated by Sister Cities International:
  • Germany Walldorf, Germany, which is the birthplace of Astoria's namesake, John Jacob Astor, who was born in Walldorf near Heidelberg on July 17, 1763. The sistercityship was founded on Astor's 200th birthday in 1963 in Walldorf by Walldorf's mayor Wilhelm Willinger and Astoria's mayor Harry Steinbock.[64]

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