German Alpine Club

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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  1. ^ a b DAV in Zahlen

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