Rhön Club
| Rhön Club (Rhönklub e.V.) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Club dates | ||
| Founded | 1876 | |
| Address/ Contact | Peterstor 7 36037 Fulda | |
| President | vacant | |
| Members | 25,000 (2010) | |
| Internet | ||
| Home page | www.rhoenklub.de | |
The Rhön Club (German: Rhönklub) is an inter-state local history and rambling club in Bavaria, Hesse and Thuringia, with around 25,000 members in 88 branches and is one of the larger German rambling clubs in the Association of German Alpine and Rambling Clubs (Verband Deutscher Gebirgs- und Wandervereine).
Aims
The club was founded on 6 August 1876 in Gersfeld with the aim of opening up the Rhön Mountains as a hiking and rambling area. Its aim today is the conservation of the valuable natural and cultural countryside of the Rhön from a number of ecological viewpoints, especially:
- the preservation of rare plants
- the care of native animals and the general protection of wildlife
- the conservation of valuable cultural sites
- the fostering of local customs
- the preservation of local folk songs
- the knowledgeable speaking of the dialect
- the care of old cultural objects
Presidents
| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1876 | 1904 | Justus Schneider (doctor) |
| 1904 | 1913 | Karl Wegener (architect) |
| 1913 | 1939 | Hugo Pfeiffer (king's counsel) |
| 1939 | 1961 | Oswald Milker |
| 1961 | 1976 | Josef Hans Sauer |
| 1976 | 1989 | Alfons Lühn |
| 1989 | 2011 | Regina Rinke |
| 2011 | 2013 | Ewald Klüber (engineer, 1948–2014) |
| since 24 June 2013 | Vacant |
Literature
- Rhönklub (publ.): Schneiders Rhönführer. Offizieller Führer des Rhönklubs. Verlag Parzeller, 2005, Fulda, ISBN 3-79000-365-4, pp. 96 ff.
- Rhönwacht (the Club magazine) (2006, Issue 2, April to Juni)