As part of a trip through Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, the Turkish Consul General Mehmet Akif İnam came to Idar-Oberstein and visited Lord Mayor Frank Frühauf and Mayor Friedrich Marx as well as the German Gemstone Museum. Since the beginning of last year, İnam has been responsible for the region as Consul General in Mainz and would like to get to know all the cities with their traditions and special features.
Mayor Frühauf and Mayor Marx explained to the Consul General the long history of the gemstone and jewelry industry, which is still very important in Idar-Oberstein today.
The Consul General was impressed by the tradition of gemstones and jewelry and even more so by the numerous special exhibits in the Gemstone Museum.