Bayernbund

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The Bayernbund is a homeland association which today is particularly committed to “Bavarian state quality and historical awareness , as well as the culture and language of all Bavarian tribes ”. It was founded in 1921 as the "Bavarian Homeland and Royal Association: In Treue fest ". In 1934 the monarchist-oriented association was banned. The re-establishment took place in 1952 and 1967 the renaming in Bayernbund. The monarchist roots have since been largely discarded. The current seat of the regional office is in Rosenheim .

The Bayernbund should not be confused with the organization of the same name that Otto Ballerstedt founded in 1919 and which was dissolved in 1934 after his death. Another organization that has nothing to do with today's Bayernbund was August Mohr's “Bayernbund für Deutschlands Neubau”.

history

Today's Bayernbund was founded on March 15, 1921 as the "Bavarian Homeland and Royal League: In Treue fest " (short: BHKB). At that time, the BHKB stood up for the restoration of the Kingdom of Bavaria and, through convertions from the royal party in 1925, already had almost 50,000 members. The newly formed Kingdom of Bavaria should be part of a German Empire to be aligned on a federal basis. The main goal of the association was also a “Christian state policy”. By 1932, the number of members of the BHKB rose to 160,000 according to statements made by the then General Secretary Graf at the state days. With its “white-blue days”, the BHKB promoted a predominantly emotional monarchism in Bavaria. The association had over 2,000 local groups. Well-known members of the early days were, for example, Erwein von Aretin , Enoch zu Guttenberg , the first chairman Major Karl Spruner von Merz and the Munich teacher and initial secretary of the Elisabeth Kaufmann association.

In view of the impending takeover of power by the National Socialists, the BHKB tried, with the approval of the Bavarian Crown Prince Rupprecht , to reintroduce the monarchy in Bavaria and thus to establish an independent Bavaria within a federal German Empire. The plan was supported by conservative politicians. So said Fritz Schaffer several times before in Berlin to the Reich President Paul von Hindenburg to talk about the restoration of the monarchy in Bavaria. After the National Socialists seized power in the Reich, the SPD also supported the BHKB's plan as the last lifeline.

The " seizure of power " by the NSDAP in Bavaria on March 9, 1933 thwarted efforts. The BHKB was banned on February 2, 1934. During the Nazi era , a number of former members of the BHKB formed together with former members of the Bavarian People's Party and the Bayernwacht in the Harnier resistance group , which was broken up in August 1939. A second smaller and more elitist group around Franz Sperr also maintained contacts with the Kreisau Circle and other resistance groups.

After the war, the “Bavarian Homeland and Royal Association In Treue fest” was re-established in 1952, chaired by Gustl Graf de la Rosee. Its objective was directed towards the preservation of the statehood of Bavaria and the federalist principle of order in a united Europe, while promoting the monarchical idea.

The association has been called Bayernbund since 1967. Today the Bayernbund has largely shed its monarchist roots. The main goals today are the preservation of Bavarian culture and way of life, the promotion of historical awareness among the population, the preservation of the Christian-Occidental tradition, the preservation of the languages ​​of all Bavarian tribes (preservation of the dialects), the support of homeland maintenance and customs as well as the protection of the landscape and nature and the strengthening of the federal order in Germany and Europe while preserving Bavaria's statehood. Bayern Confederation represents an overall Christian - conservative values policy. Even if the association is non-partisan, many members of the CSU and other bourgeois parties are close. The former chairman of the Bavarian Greens, Sepp Daxenberger, was a member of the association until his death .

The Bayernbund is still close to the former Bavarian ruling family of the Wittelsbach family .

structure

The association is divided into district associations. In 2015 the following associations existed:

  • Dachau
  • Deggendorf
  • Five Lakes Land
  • Kempten / Memmingen
  • Munich
  • Neustadt / Wn, Weiden, Tirschenreuth
  • Oberland
  • Passau
  • regensburg
  • Rosenheim
  • Traunstein
  • Weilheim-Schongau
  • Wittelsbacher Land - Bavarian Swabia

The Bayernbund publishes the magazine Weiß-Blaue Rundschau , which appears in 2011 in its 54th year. A new edition of the book Gott mit dir du Land der Bayern will be published in 2011 for the 90th foundation festival (1996 edition: ISBN 3-927529-49-4 )

State executive since October 28, 2017

State Chairman:

  • Sebastian Friesinger, District Councilor CSU

Deputy State Chairperson:

  • Christian Glas, FW politician
  • Bernd Sibler , Minister of Education, CSU politician
  • Wolfgang Kink, state shooter master

Further members of the state board:

  • Matthias Dambach, treasurer
  • Thomas Sax, secretary
  • Thomas Blösel, District Association of Franconia
  • Hubert Dorn , District Councilor and General Secretary of the Bavarian Party
  • Thomas M. Mittermeier, regional youth representative
  • Dieter J. Weiß , historian (LMU Munich)
  • Monika Kaltner

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Today's Bayernbund has only been called that way since 1967. See also the separate files of the Bayernbund von Ballerstedt (and its umbrella organization Deutscher Bund) StAM 33141 and StAM 33143 and the Bavarian Homeland and Royal Association StAM 33167 from the NSDAP main archive, stored in the State Archive, Munich.
  2. ^ The Prussian Legation in Munich to the Foreign Office . The Federal Archives. April 6, 1920. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
  3. ^ A b Hubensteiner: Bayerische Geschichte , Rosenheimer Verlagshaus, 17th edition 2009, p. 477.
  4. ↑ regional associations . Bayernbund. 2015. Accessed July 11, 2015.