Black Forest Association

Renzscher Felsenkeller, seat and founding house in Freiburg

Today's Black Forest Association ( SWV for short ) was created in 1934 from the merger of the Baden Black Forest Association, founded in Freiburg im Breisgau in 1864 , and the Württemberg Black Forest Association, founded in Stuttgart in 1884 . A first attempt to merge the two clubs failed in 1906. The union finally took place in 1934 following an order from the Reich Wanderführer , according to which only one hiking club was allowed to exist in each landscape area.

The Black Forest Association is the oldest mountain and hiking association in Germany.

history

Black Forest Association of Baden

The Badischer Schwarzwaldverein was founded on June 8th, 1864 as a Baden association of industrialists and innkeepers in the Renzschen Felsenkeller in Freiburg. In 1880 there were 500 members. The association received significant growth during the presidency of Wilhelm Jakob Behaghel . In 1892 a general meeting took place in Todtnau. In 1913 the association had 72 sections with 12,000 members. In the year it was founded, the Badische Schwarzwaldverein commissioned Carl Wilhelm Schnars to write a Black Forest guide, which had numerous editions up to 1928. He published a set of maps with 11 sheets, as well as the monthly sheets of the Baden Black Forest Association; also the song book of the Badischer Schwarzwaldverein, with the famous folk song by Ludwig Auerbach .

Württemberg Black Forest Association

The Württemberg Black Forest Association was founded on November 23, 1884 in the Zach restaurant in Stuttgart . The first chairman was Baron von Bätzner. The driving force was the building supervisor Rheinhard, the 1st chairman from 1887 to 1889. From the beginning his field of work was the Württemberg part of the Black Forest with its foreland up to the Neckar . In particular, he was responsible for looking after the east route from Pforzheim to Schaffhausen , established in 1903 , while the middle route and the west route were taken care of by the Black Forest Association of Baden. When it merged with the Baden Black Forest Association in 1934, the association consisted of 58 local groups. The number of members was 11,500 in 1913, the annual fee was 3 marks. The Black Forest Guide by Julius Wais (1909), the monthly sheets "Aus dem Schwarzwald" (since 1893), the New Map of the Württemberg Black Forest in nine sheets, a five-color map of the elevation (the first map of the Württemberg Association 1886 , seven years before the first card of the Badischer Verein), the songbook of the Württemberg Black Forest Association and various other publications.

activities

Parade at the German Hiking Day 2010 in Freiburg

Activities of the Black Forest Association are hiking, nature conservation , homeland maintenance, trail maintenance and family and youth work in the Black Forest . The association operates 26 hikers' homes, in which around 30,000 hikers spend the night every year.

In 2010 the Black Forest Association hosted the 110th German Hiking Day in Freiburg.

The Black Forest Association was co-editor of the Swabian home calendar .

organization

The Black Forest Association consists of the main association (full name Schwarzwaldverein -Hauptverein - eV ), whose members are 230 independent local associations. The local associations are organized in 16 districts and have a total of almost 65,000 members. The executive committee of the main association has three members; Georg Keller , the former mayor of Rickenbach , has been president since 2013 . In addition to the Presidium, there are nine main control rooms, who are responsible for certain topics, and the main office, which is staffed full-time. The main association is based in Freiburg im Breisgau, and is entered in the register of associations at the local court (VR 452).

Hiking trail supervision

Hiking trail markings by the Black Forest Association

The Black Forest Association maintains a network of hiking trails with a length of more than 23,000 km, with 14,500 signpost locations in over 300 communities, which extends over the entire Black Forest and its adjacent regions. In addition to the Black Forest, the association is also responsible for the hiking trails in the western Lake Constance area, which are located in the (formerly) Baden area.

The entertainment is done exclusively by volunteers. The so-called main hiking trails ( Westweg , Mittelweg and Ostweg ) run in a north-south direction; in addition there are the Kandelhöhenweg and the Ortenau Wine Trail in the west and the Gäurandweg in the east. The “cross paths” run in an east-west direction: Cross path Gengenbach – Alpirsbach , cross path Rottweil – Lahr , cross path Freiburg – Bodensee , Hotzenwaldquer path and others. In the 1990s, a long-distance cycle path was added, which begins in Karlsruhe, runs parallel to Westweg in sections and ends in Basel. The youngest hiking trail, which is supported by the Black Forest Association, is the Schluchtensteig, opened in 2008 in the southern Black Forest.

All paths are marked with a diamond. Regional hiking trails are marked with a blue diamond, local ones with a yellow diamond. The main hiking trails are marked with different diamonds.

Awards

The main association, together with the Swabian Alb Association, was awarded the Medal of Merit by the Baden-Württemberg Tourism Association on September 20, 2017 as a "pioneer in sustainable tourism".

The following local groups of the Black Forest Association received the Eichendorff badge since 1987 :

• 1987 Alpirsbach local group
• 1996 Dornstetten local group
• 1997 Dornhan local group
• 1998 Bernau branch
• 1999 Karlsruhe local group
• 2002 local group Bietigheim-Bissingen
• 2002 local group Lenzkirch
• 2005 local group Elzach
• 2006 local branch because of the city
• 2009 Local group Albbruck
• 2010 local group Bonndorf
• 2010 local group St. Blasien
• 2012 Local group Calw
• 2013 Sindelfingen local group
• 2013 Local group Singen (Hohentwiel)
• 2013 St. Georgen local group
• 2016 Local group Engen

Youth in the Black Forest Association

The youth in the Black Forest Association is an independent youth organization of the Black Forest Association with around 11,000 members. It includes all members of the association up to the age of 27. Events are carried out at different levels. Some local groups offer group lessons, excursions, free time and much more. The districts organize district camps and training courses for their youth leaders on site. At the main club level, larger leisure time, adventure-based educational measures and training for members and non-members are offered.

See also

• List of clubs in the German Hiking Association

Sources and Notes

1. ^ History of the Black Forest Association on schwarzwaldverein.de
2. ↑ Schau-ins-Land: Annual booklet of the Breisgau-Geschichtsverein Schauinsland, No. 105, 1986, p. 104
3. ↑ Julius Wais: Schwarzwaldführer, 3rd ed. 1913, commissioned by A. Bonz Erben, Stuttgart
4. ↑ 75 years of the Black Forest Association, Neubulach local group - Festschrift from 1988
5. ^ Wanderhome of the Black Forest Association. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 16, 2015 ; Retrieved April 10, 2015 . 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.  
6. ^ Black Forest Association - local groups and districts. Retrieved April 10, 2015 . 
7. ↑ The Black Forest Association. Retrieved January 12, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Signpost. Retrieved April 10, 2015 . 
9. ↑ On the paths of the Black Forest Association. Retrieved April 10, 2015 . 
10. ↑ "Pioneer of sustainable tourism. Award for the Black Forest Association and the Swabian Alb Association " , press release of the Baden-Württemberg Tourism Association of September 21, 2017
11. ↑ ^{a b} http://www.wanderindex.de/wanderverbaende/hauptverband/eichendorffplakette.html
12. ↑ http://www.schwarzwaldverein-dornstetten.de/startseite/2103/de/UnsereKönigskanzel/startseite-schwarzwaldverein-ortsgruppe-dornstetten.html
13. ↑ http://www.schwarzwaldverein-dornhan.de/app/download/…/Ortsgruppe+Dornhan.pdf
14. ↑ http://www.swv-bernau.de/chronik/
15. ^ Website of the Karlsruhe local group
16. ↑ http://schwarzwaldverein-bietigheim.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/wanderplan-web.pdf
17. ↑ http://www.schwarzwaldverein-lenzkirch.de/UeberUns/Vereinsgeschichte.html
18. ↑ 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. 
19. ↑ http://www.badische-zeitung.de/albbruck/eichendorff-plakette-endet-s-spaeter--13231909.html
20. ↑ http://www.badische-zeitung.de/bonndorf/bedeutung-der-schlucht-fruehzeiten-erkannt--37460321.html
21. ↑ http://www.suedkurier.de/region/hochrhein/bonndorf/125-Jahre-praktizierter-Naturschutz;art372589,4567610
22. ↑ http://www.badische-zeitung.de/st-blasien/ab-jetzt-mit-eichendorff-plakette--36683595.html
23. ↑ http://www.schwarzwaelder-bote.de/inhalt.calw-voellig-zu-recht-ausgezeich.02e3036e-9348-48c0-87d8-7b9003d13b3e.html
24. ↑ http://www.szbz.de/nachrichten/artikel/detail/sindelfingen-schwarzwaldverein-feierte-sein-100-jubilaeum-21-10-2013/
25. ↑ ^{a b c} 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. 
26. ↑ http://www.schwarzwaelder-bote.de/inhalt.st-georgen-wandern-als-labsal-fuer-leib-und-seele.5722445f-68ce-4729-8c7d-449bf4643e4e.html
27. ↑ http://www.suedkurier.de/region/kreis-konstanz/engen/Engener-Schwarzwaldverein-feiert-glanzvolles-Jubilaeum;art372438,8743227
28. ↑ http://www.wochenblatt.net/heute/nachrichten/article/unermuedliches-engagement-zum-wohl-aller.html

Web links

Commons : Schwarzwaldverein  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the main association
• Page of the youth in the Black Forest Association
• Hiking portal for the Black Forest