Federal Association of German Gardening Friends
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| purpose | Promotion of allotment gardening |
| Chair: | Dirk Sielmann |
| Establishment date: | August 21, 1921 (Reich Association of Allotment Garden Associations of Germany) |
| Number of members: | 19th |
| Seat : | Berlin |
| Website: | www.kleingarten-bund.de |
The Bundesverband Deutscher Gartenfreunde e. V. (BDG) is the umbrella organization of the German allotment gardeners and thus represents the interests of the German allotment garden sector . There are 19 regional associations with 14,000 allotment gardening associations under the umbrella organization . More than 900,000 allotment gardens, which are used by around five million allotment gardeners, are distributed among the associations . The allotment gardens together cover an area of 46,000 hectares. That is 0.25 percent of the total agricultural area.
tasks and goals
As an umbrella organization , the BDG advises and supports its members in all aspects of the association's work. He strengthens the professional competence of the allotment gardeners through educational offers.
The BDG organizes specialist conferences for its members on the subjects of the environment, gardening advice, society and social affairs, association management and law. He is also the editor of the quarterly magazine Der Fachberater and publishes brochures and leaflets on various questions relating to allotment gardening. One of the association's tasks is to maintain and promote the allotment garden culture. The association advocates the preservation of allotment gardens as meaningful places for recreational activities and indispensable components of a social city. He is also the organizer of the Garden Day .
Politically, the association works to ensure that allotment gardens remain affordable for all strata of the population in the future. The BDG is supported by politics: In over 90 percent of all municipalities, allotment gardens are an important field of action for the administration.
The BDG is a member of the German Nature Conservation Ring .
history
The development of organized allotment gardening began in the middle of the 19th century. The first union, the Reichsverband, was founded on August 21, 1921.
In § 1 of the statutes, the founders wrote: "The Reich Association of Allotment Garden Associations in Germany aims to unite all owners of allotment gardens while keeping away from party-political and denominational endeavors" . The association has pursued this goal to the present day, even if the name and legal form have changed several times in the course of its existence. In 1938, the Reichsbund der allotment gardeners and small settlers of Germany , which had one million members, earned . V. on a total area of 45,000 hectares, 350 million kg of fruit and 300 million kg of vegetables.
As a result of the division of Germany, two independent associations existed for over four decades. In the GDR, allotment gardeners were organized in the Association of Allotment Gardeners, Settlers and Small Animal Breeders (VKSK). Since the reunification, the German allotment gardeners have been united under the roof of the BDG.
Regional associations
| Association | Seat |
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| State Association of Garden Friends Baden-Württemberg eV | Stuttgart |
| Regional Association of Bavarian Allotment Gardeners eV | Munich |
| Berlin Regional Association of Garden Friends eV | Berlin |
| Brandenburg Regional Association of Garden Friends | Potsdam |
| Landesverband Braunschweig der Gartenfreunde e. V. | Braunschweig |
| Regional Association of Garden Friends Bremen eV | Bremen |
| State Association of Garden Friends in Hamburg eV | Hamburg |
| Hessen State Association of Allotment Gardeners | Frankfurt |
| State Association of Garden Friends Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania eV | Stäbelow |
| State Association of Lower Saxony Garden Friends eV | Hanover |
| Regional Association of Garden Friends Ostfriesland eV | Emden |
| Landesverband Rheinland der Gartenfreunde eV | Dusseldorf |
| Rhineland-Palatinate regional association of allotment gardeners | Landau |
| Saarland Association of Allotment Gardeners eV | Neunkirchen |
| Saxony State Association of Allotment Gardeners eV | Dresden |
| State Association of Garden Friends Saxony-Anhalt eV | Magdeburg |
| Schleswig-Holstein State Association of Garden Friends eV | Ellerhoop |
| State Association of Thuringia of Garden Friends eV | Erfurt |
| Regional association Westphalia and Lippe of allotment gardeners eV | Luenen |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Association of German Gardening Friends (BDG). In: Bundesverband Deutscher Gartenfreunde eV
- ↑ Numbers and facts. Retrieved October 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Numbers and facts about the BDG.
- ^ Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning -BBR-, Bonn, Federal Ministry for Transport, Building and Urban Development -BMVBS- (Ed.): Urban planning, ecological and social importance of allotment gardens . Self-published, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-87994-465-1 .
- ↑ Book: Urban planning, ecological and social importance of the allotment garden system. In: baufachinformation.de. Retrieved November 26, 2015 .
- ↑ Güter Katsch, Johann B. Walz (1996): Allotment gardens and allotment gardeners in the 19th and 20th centuries, ISBN 3-00-000718-0
- ^ Mission statement of the BDG. kleingarten-bund.de
- ↑ Bibliographisches Institut (Ed.): Meyers Enzyklopädisches Lexikon. 8th, completely revised and illustrated edition. 9 volumes. Leipzig 1939–1942, Volume 6, Col. 1177 f.