German Olympic Society

Member honors by the DOG branch Hanover during the 22nd Hanover Marathon 2012 on the stage of Radio ffn

The German Olympic Society ( DOG ) is a member association of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) with special tasks. The DOG is represented nationwide by members and branches. The registered association is based in the Otto-Fleck-Schneise in Frankfurt am Main .

Goals and story

The DOG was founded on January 5, 1951 by Georg von Opel , Gustav Schäfer , Wilhelm Garbe and Wilhelm Henze , among others . The first managing director was Guido von Mengden , who was the general advisor to the Reich Sports Leader from 1936 to 1945 . The DOG had the high point of its development when it announced the Golden Plan in 1959 and was able to implement it without a legal basis.

She is committed to spreading the Olympic idea in sport and society. She wants to convey the Olympic values of fair play , motivation , international understanding and team spirit . Today, the DOG's work takes place largely locally, as the local / district groups are headed by sports-loving, locally networked personalities such as Wolfgang Buss , Till Lufft or Lorenz Peiffer .

The DOG is the publisher of the magazine Olympic Fire .

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↑ Inventory survey 2019. (PDF) German Olympic Sports Confederation, accessed on August 5, 2020 .
↑ Wilfried Hoffmann: "Gummi" receives the Federal Cross of Merit. Award for the Olympic champion in 1936, Gustav Schäfer ( review of the Rüsselsheim rowing club on the occasion of the award of the Federal Cross of Merit to Gustav Schäfer . 1988).
^ Arnd Krüger : Sport and Politics, From the gymnastics father Jahn to the state amateur. Hanover: Torch bearer 1975. ISBN 3-7716-2087-2 .
↑ Friedrich Mevert : The "Golden Plan". In: Wolfgang Buss , Arnd Krüger (Hrsg.): Sports history: maintaining tradition and changing values. Festschrift for Wilhelm Henze . NISH, Duderstadt 1985, ISBN 3-923453-03-5 , pp. 245-247.