German border association

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The German Border Association eV is a legal person in the legal form of a registered association with its seat in Oeversee ( Schleswig-Holstein ). It is the sponsor of three educational institutions .

history

The German Border Association was founded after the First World War on January 22nd, 1919 in Sønderborg as a welfare and school association for North Schleswig . After the referendum of 1920 and the associated cession of North Schleswig to Denmark , the association took on the task of maintaining German cultural work and forms of education and preserving the identity of the German minority . This included the library system , advanced training as a community college and lectures. The association received assets by way of a transfer of ownership from the Nordschleswigschen Volkshochschulverein founded in 1905 .

As a result of the increasing autonomy of the institutions of the Federation of German North Schleswig , the activities of the border association increasingly shifted to the German part of Schleswig . The work of the association changed in the Third Reich , and it ended with the Second World War . After the capitulation , only the library system was left. On September 3, 1946, the British military government approved the establishment of a new association for adult education and libraries based in Flensburg . District Administrator Friedrich Wilhelm Lübke took over the chairmanship of the board, which also included the Christian Democratic politician Peter Jensen . A fundamental resolution of the general assembly on November 15, 1947 regulated the resumption of activities in the library, as adult education centers and in the general area of ​​cultural work. On May 9, 1949, the name was changed to the German Border Association for Cultural Work in the Schleswig region . The Grenzverein reacted to the growing influence of the Danish minority in southern Schleswig . Thanks to financial support from state funds, the association has been able to significantly expand the offers of its educational institutions since 1950. After 1988 there were cuts in funding.

aims

With the founding of European communities including the European Union, the objectives of the German Border Association changed in the course of European integration policy. Currently, the objectives are described as follows:

  • The association wants to promote understanding and trust among people in the German-Danish border region and contribute to strengthening the cultural, political and economic performance of the region.
  • Furthermore, the cultural, economic and political exchange between the Scandinavian-Baltic cultural area of ​​the North and Baltic Sea region and Central Europe is to be promoted.
  • The association supports young people and adults in their orientation in the social, cultural and political environment as well as in taking on responsibility.

Educational institutions

After its re-establishment, the German Border Association began operating these three educational institutions on its own responsibility:

  1. Resumption on February 28, 1948: Internationaler Jugendhof Scheersberg in Quern ;
  2. Reopening on October 1, 1948: Heimvolkshochschule in Leck , which has been called the North Sea Academy since 2000 ;
  3. Opening on June 29, 1952: Grenzakademie Sankelmark in Oeversee , which has been called Akademie Sankelmark since 1973 .

Publications

  • Cultural work in a border region. Five-year report of the German border association for cultural work in the Schleswig region . Flensburg 1958
  • Friedrich-Wilhelm-Lübke-Koog . Pressure u. Publishing house, Schleswig 1979
  • The national contrast. De national modsaetninger 1800–1864 . Flensburg 1984
  • The Bonn-Copenhagen Declarations of 1955. On the emergence of a model for national minorities . Flensburg 1985
  • Environmental atlas for the Schleswig region . Institute for Regional Research and Information, Flensburg 1987
  • Colloquium on politics, culture and identity in the past and present among the German population groups abroad. Presentations. 8th conference of German ethnic groups in Europe in the Sankelmark Academy . Editor: Alexander Ritter. Institute for Regional Research and Information, Flensburg 1991

literature

  • Tammo Luther : The history of the welfare and school association for North Schleswig eV (1919-1945) (= publication series of the Society for Flensburg City History . Vol. 56). Society for Flensburg City History, Flensburg 2000, ISBN 3-925856-39-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c German border association for cultural work in the Schleswig region: cultural work in a border region. Five-year report of the German border association for cultural work in the Schleswig region . Flensburg 1958, pp. 60f.
  2. ^ Lemma Grenzverein. In: Klaus-Joachim Lorenzen-Schmidt , Ortwin Pelc (Ed.): Schleswig-Holstein Lexikon . 2nd edition, Wachholtz, Neumünster, 2006.