Franconian Forest Association
The Frankenwaldverein e. V. (FWV) is one of the large home and hiking clubs in Franconia and southern Thuringia . The association is based in Naila in the Franconian Forest and is entered in the register of associations of the Hof District Court (VR 331). It consists of over 60 local groups, including in the district towns of Kronach , Kulmbach and Hof .
aims
The goals of the association are activities that convey a direct experience of nature and are geared to today's and future needs of people. The preservation of the beauty and uniqueness of the landscape as well as the preservation of the existing cultural assets in the Franconian Forest have the same rank for the Frankenwaldverein. The Franconian Forest Association designs and maintains a network of hiking trails that combine the protection of nature and the adventure needs of the hiker.
Local groups
The five local groups with the largest number of members are (as of December 31, 2018):
- Schauenstein (458)
- Wallenfels (458)
- Courtyard (413)
- Bad Steben (367)
- Seibelsdorf (344)
history
On January 1, 1876, the "Frankenwald Section" was founded as a sub-section of Trostberg of the German and Austrian Alpine Association in Nordhalben . A Greiz section was formed there , which became independent in 1882, just like the Fichtelgebirge sections in Wunsiedel , forerunner of the Fichtelgebirgsverein , and Lichtenfels a few years later . Naila has been the seat of the association since 1883. In 1887 a wooden observation tower was inaugurated on the Döbraberg . On October 30, 1898, the association was given its current name, Frankenwaldverein. The newly founded association took over the Döbraturm and the inventory of the section. The founder of the association is Dr. Oskar Köhl from Naila. In the years that followed, several new local groups were formed, including the Kronach local group relatively late in 1911. Beautification clubs joined the Frankenwaldverein as local groups, Schauenstein and Presseck in 1909, and Seibelsdorf followed a little later . In the period before the First World War, the association built several stone lookout towers, which were preceded by three dilapidated wooden structures. Lorenz Reinhard Spitzenpfeil created the club logo, which is still used today, in 1924. He designed the cover of the club magazine and designed various club awards and illustrations. The 50th anniversary of the association was celebrated in Kronach in 1926 with a two-day supporting program and an elaborate historical parade.
deals
The Franconian Forest Association maintains a dense network of hiking trails in the region . Since the Franconian Forest received the Quality Region Hikable Germany certificate in 2015 , the Franconian Forest Association has also looked after 31 quality trails with the newly created FrankenwaldSteigla. The association looks after several observation towers and hiking homes along the network of trails. In addition to hiking, the Franconian Forest Association is committed to maintaining customs and culture as well as nature conservation.
Since 2009, the association has also been looking after the coal pile in the Thiemitztal near Schwarzenbach am Wald . This is kindled twice a year.
Migrant homes
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Observation towers
The Franconian Forest Association is the owner of several observation towers ; It is thanks to the commitment and idealism of many members that the towers can be climbed:
- Frankenwarte (on the deer hill near Geroldsgrün- Hirschberglein )
- Lucas-Cranach-Tower (on the Kaltbucher Höhe near Weißenbrunn- Neuenreuth )
- Pressecker-Knock-Turm (on the Pressecker Knock near Presseck )
- Prinz-Luitpold-Turm (on the Döbraberg near Schwarzenbach- Döbra )
- Radspitzturm (on the Radspitze near Marktrodach- Seibelsdorf )
- Wiedeturm (on the Wolfstein near Issigau )
Awards
The Frankenwaldverein was awarded the Eichendorff badge in 1985. The following local groups also received this award:
- 1998 Issigau-Reitzenstein
- 2003 North Halben
- 2004 Wallenfels
- 2011 Kronach
See also
literature
- Oskar Köhl: On the history of the Franconian Forest Association . In: Franconian Forest and adjacent areas - monthly for home care and hiking, news sheet of the Franconian Forest Association . Issue 1/1925. Pp. 5-8.
- Karl Loy: From the history of the Franconian Forest Association . In: Frankenwald - Journal of the Frankenwald Association . Issue 5/1936. Pp. 65-67.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Seiffert et al. a .: I look after one-two-three and abc; to the home of siebenfarbenem arc spans - L - R - S . In: Frankenwald - Journal of the Frankenwald Association . Issue 10/1934, pp. 145-164.
- ↑ A. Schmitt-Kutzenberg and Hans Seiffert: For the 50th anniversary of the Franconian Forest Association . In: Franconian Forest and adjacent areas - monthly for home care and hiking , issue 6/1926, pp. 73–75.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ https://www.frankenpost.de/region/naila/Sternwanderung-zum-Jubilaeum;art2443,6304662
- ↑ a b http://www.wanderindex.de/wanderverbaende/hauptverband/eichendorffplakette.html
- ↑ http://www.infranken.de/regional/kronach/Herausragende-Auszeichnung-fuer-Wanderverein;art219,219144
