Allgäu-Kempten section of the German Alpine Club

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Allgäu-Kempten section of the German Alpine Club (DAV) e. V.
(DAV Kempten)
Logo of the DAV sections Allgäu-Kempten
purpose Promotion of mountaineering and alpine sports
Chair: Michael Turobin-Ort (Managing Director)
Harald Platz (1st Board Member)
Establishment date: September 6, 1871
Number of members: 20,895 (as of December 31, 2019)
Seat : Kempten (Allgäu) , Bavaria
Website: DAV-Kempten.de

The Allgäu-Kempten section of the German Alpine Club (DAV) e. V. ( DAV Kempten for short ) is a section of the German Alpine Club and the third largest section in Bavaria after the Munich and Oberland sections . With 20,895 members, the DAV Kempten is also one of the sports clubs with the largest number of members in Germany and seventh in the largest sections of the German Alpine Club .

The Allgäu-Kempten section also has a local group in Obergünzburg with around 700 members.

history

In 1871, Kempten mountaineers wanted to establish a comprehensive Allgäu section together with the Augsburg section and its branch in Immenstadt. Since there was no agreement on this, it was decided on September 6, 1871 in a small circle on the Burghalde in Kempten (Allgäu) to found a separate section. It should have the name "Allgäu" and its seat in Kempten. The district court doctor Oertel and pharmacist von Kolb was the leading member of the association. The annual fee was set at 1½ guilders . There were a total of 63 founding members. In order to remain independent, a large number of Kempten mountaineers originally did not want to join a German Alpine Club. They also founded their own association with the name “Alpenverein im Allgäu and for the same”, which already had 126 members in a short time. In 1878 this association was already dissolved, the majority of the members joined the Kempten section. The independent Allgäu-Immenstadt section, neighboring to the south, was founded in 1874.

In the winter of 1879/80, members tried out modern snowshoeing for the first time , but this was not pursued because experts did not want to give the usability of snowshoes a chance. On July 3, 1881, the Prinz-Luitpold-Haus , built by the Kempten and Immenstadt sections , was opened at the Glasfelderkopf . On August 16, 1891, the new Kemptner Hütte was opened to the public after a construction period of ten weeks. The hut offered 16 mattresses and the two hay stores under the roof offered shelter for around 25 to 30 people. The construction costs, including a water pipe, amounted to 7,215 marks .

In 1910, 17 people volunteered to help in the event of a mountain accident. The first operation followed that same year on December 13th with the rescue of a deadly fallen lieutenant on the Grünten . In 1911 the Kempten, Augsburg, Füssen, Pfronten and Reutte sections submit an application for the establishment of plant protection areas in the Allgäu.

Facilities

Outdoor climbing facility of the DAV in Engelhaldepark
Swoboda Alpin: Headquarters of the Kempten section with climbing facilities.

In addition to a network of trails of around 27 km, the DAV-Kempten maintains three huts in the Allgäu Alps and two climbing centers in Kempten. Other facilities are looked after by the DAV Immenstadt.

The following huts are looked after by the DAV Kempten, the year of construction in brackets:

Former hut:

The following climbing facilities were set up:

  • Engelhaldepark climbing tower : Open-air climbing facility opened in 2000 with a wall height of 18 meters and 2200 holds.
  • Swoboda Alpin: opened in 2017 with a 2100 square meter climbing area and 1200 square meter bouldering area as well as a climbing wall in the outdoor area, at the same time the new headquarters of the DAV-Kempten. The construction costs were estimated at around 7.5 million euros.
  • Boulder room in the gym on Königsplatz ( city ​​park ) in Kempten.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Section Allgäu-Immenstadt (Ed.): 125 Years Section Allgäu-Immenstadt (PDF file)
  2. ↑ a b Section Allgäu-Kempten , German Alpine Association, alpenverein.de
  3. ^ Alfred Weitnauer : Allgäuer Chronik. Verlag für Heimatpflege, Kempten 1972, Volume 3, p. 371.
  4. ^ Alfred Weitnauer: Allgäuer Chronik. Verlag für Heimatpflege, Kempten 1972, Volume 3, p. 379.
  5. ^ Alfred Weitnauer: Allgäuer Chronik. Verlag für Heimatpflege, Kempten 1972, Volume 3, p. 381.
  6. ^ Alfred Weitnauer: Allgäuer Chronik. Verlag für Heimatpflege, Kempten 1972, Volume 3, p. 393.
  7. ^ Alfred Weitnauer: Allgäuer Chronik. Verlag für Heimatpflege, Kempten 1972, Volume 3, p. 414.
  8. ↑ DAV-Kempten.de: Tannheimer hut Youth
  9. ↑ Climbing In: kempten.de (accessed on August 17, 2017)