List of youth hostels in the GDR
The youth hostels and hiking quarters in the GDR were state institutions. They were subordinate to the popular education department of the respective district council. In the GDR government, there was a superordinate office for youth issues, which had its seat at Clara-Zetkin-Strasse 93 in Berlin.
The following list contains all youth hostels and permanent hiking quarters, sorted by districts of the GDR. The basis for the entries are the youth hostel directories, which appeared at irregular intervals.
Berlin
- DJH and Tourist House , Berlin-Grünau , Dahmestraße 6. It consisted of several objects directly on the Long Lake , today: Tourist House Berlin-Grünau
- DJH, Berlin-Grünau, Regattastr. 147 - today: office building
- Floating DJH "Spreeathen"
Cottbus district
- DJH " Friedrich Ludwig Jahn ", Burg (Spreewald) , Jugendherbergsweg 8 - still exists
- DJH "Haus am See", Byhleguhre , Am See 2 - today: Haus am See
- DJH "Franz Striemann", Cottbus , Klosterplatz 2–3 - still exists
- Wanderquartier central gymnasium Cottbus, Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Str. 8 (only in summer) - today: Municipal gym
- DJH "Heinz Sunkel", Val Gardena , Alter Schachtweg 2 - today: Landhaus Val Gardena
- Wanderquartier Jugendklubhaus Herzberg / Elster , Breitenweg 1
- DJH " Fryco Rocha ", Jessern
- DJH Lübben , Dorfaue 16
- Wanderquartier station “Young Technician” Lübbenau
- Hiking area Kanu-Heim Lübbenau (BSG "Einheit")
- Muskau hiking area
- Hiking area Naundorf near Vetschau
- DJH " Nicolai Ostrowski ", Peitz , Alte Bahnhofstr. 81 - today law firm
- Spremberg hiking area "House of Youth"
- DJH "New Life" Uebigau
- DJH Vetschau
- Wallbergen hiking area
Dresden district
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Former DJH "Ernst Thälmann" in Hohnstein Castle
- DJH " Otto Buchwitz ", Altenberg , Rehefelder Str.
- DJH " Rudi Hempel ", Bad Schandau , OT Ostrau , Dorfstr. 14 - still exists
- Hiking area “Kirnitzschtalhütte”, Bad Schandau, OT Ostrau
- Hiking area "Kurt-Schlosser-Hütte", Bad Schandau, OT Ostrau
- Hiking area "Zschiehädelhütte", Bad Schandau, OT Ostrau
- Tent youth hostel "Kleine Liebe", Bad Schandau, OT Ostrau
- DJH "Am Zwinger", Bautzen
- Burkhardswalde hiking area
- Cunewalde hiking area
- DJH "Rudi Arndt", Dresden , Hübnerstr. 11
- Wanderquartier Dresden- Oberloschwitz , Siekstr. 33
- Hiking district Ebersbach / Sa.
- Garsebach hiking area
- DJH " Hanno Günther ", Geising , Teplitzer Str. 240
- DJH "Gretel Walter", Geising, Löwenhainer Str.
- DJH “Schönhof”, Görlitz , Untermarkt
- Großröhrsdorf hiking area
- DJH " Heinz Kapelle ", Halbendorf / Spree
- Hermsdorf hiking district (Ore Mountains)
- DJH " Ernst Thälmann ", Hohnstein (Saxon Switzerland)
- DJH " Hilde Coppi ", Jonsdorf
- DJH " Walter Husemann ", Jonsdorf
- “Bruno Tesch” hiking area, Jonsdorf
- DJH " Hans Beimler ", Klingenberg
- DJH " Julius Fucik ", Königstein
- "Latzhütte" hiking area, Königstein
- "Lottersteighütte" hiking area, Königstein
- "Edelweißhütte" hiking area, cribs
literature
- Youth hostel directory of the German Democratic Republic. Young World Publishing House, Berlin 1960.
- Youth hostel directory of the German Democratic Republic. Young World Publishing House, Berlin 1962.