Drachenfels Club
| Drachenfels Club (DVVD) |
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| purpose | Homeland care and local history, landscape care and nature conservation |
| Chair: | Rolf Bart |
| Establishment date: | April 14, 1873 |
| Number of members: | approx. 645 |
| Seat : | Bad Dürkheim |
| Website: | www.drachenfelsclub.de |
The Drachenfels-Club e. V. is an association for the preservation and beautification of monuments in the area of Bad Dürkheim . He owns numerous natural and architectural monuments, some of which he received and some of which he built himself.
history
In 1873 the Drachenfels Club was founded under the chairman Wilhelm Schepp. It was named after the association's first project, the opening of the Drachenhöhle in the Drachenfels , a mountain in the Bad Dürkheim district that is associated with the Nibelungen saga . Further renovations and fencing of squares and natural monuments followed in the next year. A short time later, probably around 1875, the Laurahütte in Leistadt , which he had not built himself , was transferred to the new association . Rather, the association cultivated the legacy of the Retzer family from Freinsheim . From 1896 the association designed one of its most elaborate structures, the Bismarck Tower on the Peterskopf . Countless new buildings of shelters and renovations of buildings and natural monuments followed. During the Second World War , the association's activities were suspended. In 1947 the association was re-established in its current form.
Cultural monuments
The Drachenfels-Club owns the Laurahütte in the Bad Dürkheim district of Leistadt, the Bismarck Tower , the Kriemhildenstuhl , the Flag Tower , the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Höhe, the Schaeferwarte and the Vigilienturm .
Natural monuments
He is also responsible for the care of the Drachenfelsen , the Drei Eichen and the Heidenfels .
Web links
- www.drachenfelsclub.de , the association's website