German Bowling Union

German Bowling Union
Founded	1996
president	Dieter Rechenberg
societies	380
Members	10,500
Association headquarters	Frankfurt am Main
Homepage	www.dbu-bowling.com

The German Bowling Union (DBU) is the leading umbrella organization for sports and competitive bowlers in Germany. It was founded in 1996 and has since organized and managed as a discipline association within the German Kegler- and bowling Federal the sport of bowling in Germany. The first president of the DBU was Elmar Wilbertz, who is now honorary president of the board. Of the 18 regional associations, the regional association of North Rhine-Westphalia has the most members. The DBU has a total of almost 10,500 members. Dieter Rechenberg has been President of the German Bowling Union since 2013.

tasks

The purpose and task of the DBU is:

• to promote and organize bowling as a competitive sport,
• To hold championships, tournaments and other bowling events on sport-appropriate bowling lanes that meet the necessary technical regulations,
• To organize German championships for active people, youth, juniors and seniors,
• to promote youth work according to the principles of the DKB youth regulation in the sense of the German Sports Youth and the German Olympic Sports Confederation ,
• to enable its members to participate in international championships.

Regional associations

Abbreviation	state	Investments	Lanes	societies
BW	Baden-Württemberg	38	459	51
BY	Bavaria	53	676	35
BE	Berlin	41	638	1
BB	Brandenburg	75	650	12
HB	Bremen	4th	86	4th
HH	Hamburg	5	134	10
HE	Hesse	32	494	45
MV	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	44	346	18th
NI	Lower Saxony	61	773	59
NW	North Rhine-Westphalia	81	1095	62
RP	Rhineland-Palatinate	19th	256	9
SL	Saarland	3	46	1
SN	Saxony	95	749	34
ST	Saxony-Anhalt	43	346	9
SH	Schleswig-Holstein	25th	304	19th
TH	Thuringia	46	347	11

Web links

• Website of the German Bowling Union