- German Alpine Club
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German Alpine Club Founded 1869 Address Munich Branches 354 Members 815,000[1] Club established for Mountaineers Home Page www.alpenverein.de The German Alpine Club (German: Deutscher Alpenverein) or DAV is the largest climbing association in the world and the eighth largest sports union in Germany. It is organised into 354 legally independent branches with a total of around 815,000[1] members. It is a member of the German Olympic Sports Confederation, the responsible body for sport and competition climbing, hiking, mountaineering, hill walking, ice climbing and mountain expeditions as well as ski mountaineering.
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See also
- Founder member: Pastor Franz Senn
- Austrian Alpine Club
Sources
- Anneliese Gidl: Alpenverein. Die Städter entdecken die Alpen. Der Deutsche und Österreichische Alpenverein von der Gründung bis zum Ende des Ersten Weltkrieges. Böhlau, Wien u. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-205-77668-0. (Rezension)
- Nicholas Mailänder: Im Zeichen des Edelweiß. Die Geschichte Münchens als Bergsteigerstadt. Zürich 2006.
- Rainer Amstädter: Der Alpinismus. Kultur, Organisation, Politik. Wien 1996.
References
- ^ a b DAV in Zahlen
External links
- Official website of the German Alpine Club
- Overview of the branches of the DAV
- Official website of the youth division of German Alpine Club (JDAV)
- Alpinism in the Hitler State
- [1] The Danube land affair of the DuOeAV: The darkest chapter of our club history (select: Donaulandaffäre)
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