Section Stuttgart of the German Alpine Club

German Alpine Club (DAV) Section Stuttgart e. V. ; (DAV Stuttgart)
legal form	registered association
founding	December 13, 1904
Seat	Stuttgart , Baden-Wuerttemberg
Chair	Fritz Bauer
Members	28,964 (as of December 31, 2019)
Website	Alpenverein-Stuttgart.de

The German Alpine Club (DAV) section Stuttgart e. V. ( DAV Stuttgart for short ) is part of the German Alpine Club . The section has around 29,000 members (as of December 31, 2019), making it one of the largest sports clubs in Germany and the fourth largest section of the German Alpine Club . After VfB Stuttgart with 70,000 members and the Swabian section of the DAV with around 34,800 members, it is the third largest club in Stuttgart .

history

14 members of MTV Stuttgart founded the Stuttgart section on December 13, 1904. After three years, the section broke away from the MTV on December 13, 1907 and the independent "Stuttgart Section of the DuÖAV " was founded. The young team was founded in 1932. In addition, the previously leased Simmshütte was acquired in the same year . The first expedition to Ruwenzori and Kilimanjaro was carried out in 1937 under the direction of Eugen Eisenmann . On July 10, 1942, the Südwesthütte ( Mahdtalhaus ) in Kleinwalsertal was bought by the section. A Himalayan expedition to Dhaulagiri was carried out in 1955 with the participation of the section members Otto Bareis , Gerd Mehl and Wenninger . The topping-out ceremony for the new “Simmshütte” building was celebrated on September 28, 1957. Karl Lutz became an honorary member in 1957. On January 12, 1990, the “Mahdtalhaus” was completely destroyed by fire. In 2009 there were 15,000 members.

Section Chair

A chronological overview of all presidents of the section since it was founded.

Term of office	president
1904-1912	Hermann Mayer
1913-1922	Friedrich Autenrieth
1923-1927	Friedrich Volk
1928-1933	Arthur Wagner
1933-1935	Dr. Leo Fritz
1936-1939	Wilhelm Holderrieth
1939-1945	Georg Schaffert
1946	Wilhelm Holderrieth
1947-1948	Walter Singer
1949-1953	Wilhelm Holderrieth
1954-1959	Karl Lutz
1959-1973	Alfred Jennewein
1974-1994	Hermann Strauss
1994-2013	Roland Stierle
Since 2013	Fritz Bauer

Huts

Lechtal Alps

Edelweißhaus , 1530 m
Simmshütte , 2004 m, also “Frederick Simms Hut”, named after Frederick Richard Simms , founder of the hut.
Württemberg house , 2220 m