Würzburg section of the German Alpine Club
| Würzburg section of the German Alpine Club e. V. (DAV Würzburg) |
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| purpose | Promotion of mountaineering and alpine sports, preservation of the mountain world |
| Chair: | Florian Jung (1st chairman), Tobias Kostuch (2nd chairman) |
| Establishment date: | September 23, 1876 (requested), October 25, 1876 (founding meeting) |
| Number of members: | 9,605 (as of December 31, 2018) |
| Seat : | Wurzburg , Bavaria |
| Website: | DAV-Wuerzburg.de |
The Würzburg section of the German Alpine Club e. V. ( DAV Würzburg for short ) is part of the German Alpine Club . It operates the DAV climbing center in Würzburg and the Geiselwind climbing studio and owns two high mountain huts and one more in the Main Valley near Karlstadt . The section has 9,605 members, making it the largest sports club in Würzburg and one of the largest sports clubs in Germany as well as one of the largest sections of the German Alpine Club on rank 22. The section was founded on October 25, 1876, Karl Edel was the founding chairman.
Section Chair
A chronological overview of all presidents of the section since it was founded.
| Term of office | president | annotation |
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| 1877-1885 | Carl von Edel | University professor |
| 1886-1889 | Wilhelm Burkhard | Government and Fiscal Council |
| 1890-1892 | Ludwig luck | Military Court Director |
| 1893-1901 | Heinrich Schwager | University professor |
| 1901-1919 | Hans Modlmayr | University professor |
| 1920-1921 | Christian Oertl | Gynecologist |
| 1921-1924 | Hans Keck | General Practitioner |
| 1924-1945 | Josef Stegner | Deaf and dumb head teacher |
| 1947-1951 | Josef Kern | Senator e. H. director |
| 1951-1951 | Heribert schwarzenbacher | Merchant |
| 1951-1955 | Heinrich Mayer | Upper Government Building Council |
| 1955-1960 | Horst Mensching | University professor |
| 1960-1965 | Michael Plier | Lawyer |
| 1965-1979 | Hans Kauzinger | Government Building Director a. D. |
| 1979-1991 | Ulrich Glaser | Academic Director |
| 1991 ?? | Karl-Werner Pflughaupt | Academic Director |
| Current | Florian Jung |
Known members
Huts of the section
View of the Karl von Edel hut
- Falteshütte , on Kalbenstein in Spessart (180 m) near Karlstadt , Main-Spessart district (self-catering house)
- Karl-von-Edel-Hütte in the Zillertal Alps (2238 m), also "Edelhütte" (named after Karl von Edel )
- Vernagthütte in the Ötztal Alps (2755 m)
- Former hut of the section
- Ski hut or mountain home "Altes Wäldele" in the Kleinwalsertal
Climbing facilities of the section
- DAV climbing center Würzburg
- Geiselwind climbing studio
Web links
- Würzburg Section
- Section writings of the Würzburg section (digital copies of the DAV library)
- Würzburg section in the historical Alpine archive of the Alpine associations in Germany, Austria and South Tyrol (temporarily offline)
- Main-Post: "Alpine Association moves into new rooms" (November 8, 2015)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Alpenverein.de: number of members on the DAV page
- ↑ a b Kletterzentrum-Würzburg.de: DAV climbing center Würzburg
- ↑ a b Kletterstudio.de: Geiselwind climbing studio
- ^ DAV-Würzburg.de: Würzburg section
- ↑ DAV-Bibliothek.de: Commemorative Section Würzburg 1876-1965 ; DAV-Bibliothek.de: Festschriften Section Würzburg 1876–1996 (PDF file)
- ↑ Tourenwelt.info: Altes Wäldele ; Altes-Waeldele.de: Alte Wäldele