German Bohemian Forest Federation
The German Böhmerwaldbund eV (DBB) is a German association of expellees .
organization
The German Böhmerwaldbund currently has around 3,000 members in Germany who are organized in around 20 home groups in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. The association is based in Stuttgart . The Bohemian Forest Youth is an independent youth organization . The "Hoam!" Is published as the official newsletter .
Chair:
- Josef Taschenk (1884–1938)
- Adolf Hasenöhrl (1958–1988)
- Ingo Hans (1988-2016)
- Birgit Kern (2016-)
history
The German Böhmerwaldbund was founded on April 17, 1884 in Budweis, based on the model of the German School Association "to elevate Germanism in the Bohemian Forest ". As a direct reaction, the Czech Národní jednota pošumavská ("National Association of the Bohemian Forest Region") arose in Prague . After the end of the First World War and the establishment of Czechoslovakia , the German Böhmerwaldbund joined the Federation of Germans in Bohemia , in 1925 the German School Association Südmark and, as a branch, the Reich German Association for Germanness Abroad . In the course of the annexation of the Sudeten German territories to the German Reich , the association was dissolved in 1938.
After the expulsion , the first Bohemian Forest meeting took place in Linz in 1949 . On March 30, 1958, the German Böhmerwaldbund was founded in Ulm with the aim of preserving the heritage of the formerly German-speaking part of the Bohemian Forest with its culture and landscapes. Since the opening of the Iron Curtain in 1989, the Böhmerwaldbund has devoted itself increasingly to the preservation of cultural monuments and to German-Czech reconciliation.
The Association of Bohemian Forests in Upper Austria was founded on July 1, 1952. In 2009, the name of the association was changed to Böhmerwaldbund Oberösterreich .
Godfather City Passau
The town of Passau has been the sponsor town of the Bohemian Forests since 1961 . On the Veste Oberhaus there is the Bohemian Forest Museum , which is supported by the city of Passau and is part of the Oberhaus Museum. The Förderverein Böhmerwaldmuseum Passau eV (an association affiliated to the German Böhmerwaldbund) supports and advises the museum design.
The city of Passau has donated a culture prize that is awarded every two years as part of the Böhmerwäldler Bundestreffen.