Lithuanian community in Germany

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The Lithuanian community in Germany e. V. is a public, not-for-profit company that emerged in 1950 from the Lithuanian Association of Expellees founded after World War II (1946). She is a member of the Lithuanian world community . Members of the community can be all Lithuanians living in Germany, people from Lithuania and their family members. The seat of the company is Rennhof Palace in Lampertheim - Hüttenfeld .

Rennhof Palace in Hüttenfeld

goals and tasks

The goals and tasks of the association are:

  • the preservation of nationality;
  • the promotion of homeland care and local studies as well as Lithuanian education and upbringing,
  • the maintenance of mother tongue lessons,
  • the establishment and maintenance of Lithuanian choirs, folk dance groups, libraries, local museums, a cultural institute and their own press reports;
  • the implementation of study days, exhibitions, concerts and other cultural events at local, state and federal level;
  • Representation of the cultural, legal and social interests of the Lithuanians in Germany at public and private institutions;
  • Promotion of German-Lithuanian cooperation in the cultural field;
  • Supporting Lithuania in European integration.

organs

The organs of the community are:

  • the general assembly of the local association,
  • the board of the local association,
  • the control committee of the local association,
  • the Central Council of the Community,
  • the Presidium of the Central Council,
  • the federal board of the community,
  • the court of honor of the community,
  • the Community Control Committee,
  • the Election Commission of the Central Council of the Community.

Local chapters

There are currently around 50,000 Lithuanians living in Germany. The following local branches (OV) of the Lithuanian Community exist:

  • Central local association, Lampertheim-Hüttenfeld
  • OV Berlin
  • OV Essen – Mülheim
  • OV Frankfurt am Main
  • OV Hagen
  • OV Hamburg
  • OV Kassel,
  • OV Cologne – Bonn
  • OV Leipzig
  • OV Lübeck
  • OV Memmingen
  • OV Munich
  • OV Nuremberg
  • OV Rastatt
  • OV Romuva ( Friedland in East Prussia )
  • OV Saarland
  • OV Salzgitter
  • OV Stuttgart
  • OV Wolfsburg

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statutas - Vokietijos lietuvių bendruomenė. Retrieved October 5, 2018 (lt-LT).