Heidelberg section of the German Alpine Club
| German Alpine Club Section Heidelberg 1869 e. V. (DAV Heidelberg) |
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| Chair: | Ulf Gieseler (1st chairman), Paul Jonas (2nd chairman), Thomas Müller (treasurer) |
| Establishment date: | July 30, 1869 |
| Number of members: | 9,333 (as of December 31, 2019) |
| Seat : | Heidelberg , Baden-Wuerttemberg |
| Website: | Alpenverein-Heidelberg.de |
The German Alpine Club Section Heidelberg 1869 e. V. ( DAV Heidelberg for short ) is a section of the German Alpine Club with 9,333 members (as of December 31, 2019). This makes it one of the sports clubs in Heidelberg with the largest number of members and the 24th largest section of the German Alpine Club .
History of the section
The Heidelberg section was founded on July 30, 1869 by Hermann von Helmholtz, among others, immediately after the establishment of the German Alpine Club, in which Helmholtz was also involved, making the Heidelberg section a founding section of the German Alpine Club.
Section Chair
A chronological overview of all presidents of the section since it was founded.
| Term of office | president |
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| 1869-1870 | Hermann von Helmholtz |
| 1871-1894 | Friedrich Eisenlohr |
| 1894-1909 | H. Lossen |
| 1910-1922 | Karl Mittermaier |
| 1923-1932 | W. Mohr |
| 1933-1945 | Norbert Keussen |
| 1945-1948 | No chairman |
| 1948-1949 | Albert Gätschenberger |
| 1950-1956 | Werner Rauh |
| 1957-1961 | Otto Dietrich |
| 1962-1972 | Claus Heineken |
| 1973-1984 | Fridolin Scholz |
| 1984 ?? | Hans Wolters |
| Current | Ulf Gieseler |
Known members
- Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894), physiologist and physicist
- Reinhard Karl (1946–1982), alpinist, photographer and writer
- Martin Schliessler (1929–2008), filmmaker and artist
Huts of the section
- Heidelberger Hut , 2264 m ( Silvretta )
- Wiedenbachhütte , 370 m ( Black Forest )
Former hut of the section
- Schönbrunner Hut , 720 m ( Black Forest ) (today: Ettlingen Section )
Climbing facility
- DAV climbing center "VertiGo"
Web links
- Heidelberg Section
- Section publications of the Heidelberg section (digital copies of the DAV library)
- Heidelberg section in the historical Alpine archive of the Alpine associations in Germany, Austria and South Tyrol (temporarily offline)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Alpenverein-Heidelberg.de: Section history
- ^ A b Alpenverein.de: Membership numbers Heidelberg section ; Homepage: DAV Heidelberg
- ^ Alpenverein-Heidelberg.de: Hermann von Helmholtz
- ↑ DAV-Bibliothek.de: Festschriften section Heidelberg (p.15) Festschriften section Heidelberg (p.16) Festschriften section Heidelberg (p.17) (PDF file) p. 15, p. 16 and p. 17
- ↑ Alpenverein-Heidelberg.de: Wiedenbachhütte Alpenverein.de: Wiedenbachhütte Alpenverein.at: Wiedenbachhütte
- ↑ Kletterzentrum-Heidelberg.de: DAV climbing center "VertiGo"