Constance section of the German Alpine Club
| Constance section of the German Alpine Association (DAV) e. V. (DAV Constance) |
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| legal form | Registered association |
| founding | March 21, 1874 in Constance |
| Seat | Constance , Baden-Wuerttemberg |
| purpose | The purpose of the section is to promote and maintain mountaineering and alpine sports, especially in the Alps and in the German low mountain ranges, especially for young people and families, to preserve the beauty and originality of the mountains, to increase knowledge of the mountains expand and thereby cultivate the bond with the homeland, as well as promote further sporting activities that serve alpine sport and its preparation. |
| Chair | Nils Weidmann (1st chairman), Bernd Teufel (2nd chairman) |
| Members | 10,365 (as of December 31, 2019) |
| Website | DAV-Konstanz.de |
The Constance section of the German Alpine Club (DAV) e. V. (short DAV Konstanz ) is part of the German Alpine Club . The section , which was founded on March 21, 1874, has 10,365 members (as of December 31, 2019), making it one of the largest sports clubs in Germany , one of the largest sections of the German Alpine Club and the largest club in Constance .
Section Chair
A chronological overview of all presidents of the section since it was founded.
| Term of office | president |
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| 1874-1875 | Carl Graettner |
| 1876 | Carl Oehl |
| 1877-1878 | Franz von Davans |
| 1879-1885 | Wilhelm Zengerle |
| 1886-1888 | Wilhelm Strauss |
| 1889-1893 | Karl Eller |
| 1894-1897 | Paul von Preen |
| 1898-1899 | Eberhard Graf von Zeppelin |
| 1900-1919 | Hugo Bantlin |
| 1920-1924 | Eduard Peters |
| 1925-1940 | Otto Ebner |
| 1940-1945 | No chairman |
| 1946-1949 | No club activity due to the Second World War |
| 1950-1974 | Karl Volz |
| 1975-1992 | Fritz Schafheutle |
| 1993– ? | Raimund Steinhoff |
| Current | Nils Weidmann |
Konstanzer Hütte in winter
Local groups
Huts of the section
- Gauenhütte ( Vorarlberg ) at 1235 m , acquired in 1971 and expanded in 1974.
- Konstanzer Hütte ( Verwall ) at 1688 m , built in 1885, after being destroyed in 1988 by a mudslide , it was rebuilt elsewhere in 1989.
Former huts of the section
- Vollsporn Hut, also called Alpe Vollsporn
Climbing facilities
- "UniBloc" University Sports Constance
- Radolfzell climbing center DAV climbing center Bodensee with an area of 2500 m² and a height of 18 meters.
Personalities
Web links
- Constance Section
- Section writings of the Konstanz section (digital copies of the DAV library)
- Constance section in the historical Alpine archive of the Alpine associations in Germany, Austria and South Tyrol (temporarily offline)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b DAV-Konstanz.de: The section introduces itself
- ↑ a b Section Constance , German Alpine Association, alpenverein.de ; Section website: dav-konstanz.de
- ↑ DAV-Bibliothek.de: Festschriften Konstanz section (PDF file) page 6
- ↑ DAV-Konstanz.de: climbing gear Radolfzell
- ↑ Kletterwerk.de: Radolfzell climbing work