Zugvogel - German driving association

The migratory bird - German driving association e. V. , migratory bird for short , is a group of young people in the Bund , a community of journeys in the tradition of the wandering bird , which also publishes numerous song books and recordings . The registered association is recognized as a non-profit organization. The boys and men association has its federal seat in the Kochshof in Odenthal .

history

The federation was founded in 1953 at Ludwigstein Castle and emerged from the Nerother Wandervogel , in which the federal founder of the migratory bird Alfons Hamm ( name of the journey : Trenk) was a leader. The heraldic animal is a flying crane . The federal seat is the Kochshof in the Bergisches Land; the federation is spread all over Germany and has about 400 active and several hundred former members. The migratory bird maintains close ties with the German Freischar .

Goal setting and conviction

In particular, the federal government advocates:

the formation and development of strong, young personalities and for the awakening of a sense of responsibility
the maintenance of the ideas of the German youth movement before 1933, especially its artistic design
the encounter of young people with other nations and cultures
the formation of civic awareness and open behavior towards social and other contemporary issues
promoting cultural purposes such as promoting the arts
the promotion and maintenance of cultural values & monument preservation
the promotion of nature conservation and landscape management within the meaning of the Federal Nature Conservation Act and the nature conservation laws of the states.

To carry out these tasks, the migratory bird organizes free time, tent camps, trips abroad and other youth education measures. The migratory bird works selflessly and does not pursue any economic purposes.

Since it was founded, the federal government has represented a pacifist basic stance and is committed to the principle of the Lebensbund - members can therefore not only be young people but also adults. Members of the federal government were among the conscientious objectors from an early age . The high proportion of workers and craftsmen in this league is also unusual, as most of the leagues and successors to the historical youth movement are bourgeois. The migratory bird is one of the signatories of the “Mannheim Resolution” against racism and, in the “Lohberg Resolution” in 2009, once again made clear its negative attitude towards revisionist and ethnic ideas.

The distinguishing feature is a hexagonal green beret , which symbolizes the six pillars of the covenant: Truth, Honor, Freedom, Justice, Chivalry and Great Voyage . Otherwise the statutes say: “The outward appearance of the covenant is as colorful as life. Our contempt applies to everyone in uniform. "

structure

The migratory bird is organized democratically. The federal leader and the federal chancellor are elected by the federal assembly (all members of the migratory bird from the age of 16) for five years. The federal government is made up of autonomous "orders" that also choose their own leadership. An order can in turn consist of several "ranks".

Active medals are:

Order of the Geusen
Order of the Gray Crane
Bergischer Order (originally in the DPB )
Order of the Buccaneers
Order of the Chats
Order of Jolly Roger
Order of Orca
Order of the Shawls
Order of Purnima
Berlin Order

Former orders are:

Order of the Hanseatic League (originally in the NWV )
Order of the Pandurs (later NWV and ABW )
Order of the Bards
Order of the Lombards
Swabian order
Order of the Zaporizhia
Order of the Vagabonds

Silver spring

The song series “Silberspring”, which the federal founder Alfons (Alo) Hamm (Trenk) founded around 1930, is closely connected to the migratory bird . Hamm wrote 136 songs, some of which were widely used in the youth movement . Other federal members followed his example, so that the federal government is known today as a source of song creations among the youth of the Bund and scout associations . The songs have also been made available to the public since the late 1960s - through printed song books ( Silberspring , so far 8 books) and through sound carriers . The migratory bird is also known from appearances in singing competitions.

Publications and discography

MC Lieder des Zugvogel 1, publisher: bündisches audio 1981
MC Lieder des Zugvogel 2, publisher: bündisches audio 1982
MC 20 Wohlseinslieder, publisher: bündisches audio 1983
CD 15 years Hamburg Singewettstreit: 1978–1992; a documentation. Thorofon / bundisches audio 1993
CD The times go along ; 40 years of Zugvogel. Self-published: Zugvogel 1993
CD Singt Freunde, der Zugvogel - Deutscher Fahrtbund, sings from the Silberspring; Published by: bundisches audio 1998
CD 50 years of the Zugvogel, anniversary concert of the Zugvogel - Deutscher Fahrtbund. Publisher: bundisches audio 2003
DVD World Experienced, 50 Years of the Zugvogel Deutscher Fahrtbund. 60 min. ZV history. Self-published: Zugvogel 2003
CD SO JUNG ..., The Migratory Bird - 60 years young. Published by: bundisches audio 2013
CD the weird Silberspring . Self-published: Zugvogel 2018

literature

Song books Silberspring 1–7. (partly in Südmarkverlag and Elch Verlag, Siegfried Schmidt)
The Bosnian Wind (Gerd Kittel, tarass): Südmarkverlag, 1988
Our covenant, self-representation of a covenant community; Signals Calendar 1988, Südmarkverlag.
40 years of Zugvogel, Festschrift, published by Zugvogel Deutscher Fahrtbund, self-published in 1993
Experiencing the world, Festschrift: 50 Years of Migratory Bird. Art print, 153 pages, self-published: Zugvogel, 2003
Florian Malzacher, Matthias Daenschel: Youth Movement for Beginners , 2nd edition, Verlag der Jugendbewegung, Stuttgart 2004. ISBN 3-88258-131-X
Bundschuh, Bundesschrift
Rolf Koerber: The "migratory bird, German driving association" as a community of memories , in: Stambolis / Koerber, ed. On behalf of the archive of the German youth movement : Historical youth research. NF Volume 5 Generations of Experience - Commemorative Communities . Yearbook of the Archives of the German Youth Movement 2008, Witzenhausen 2009, pp. 69–75.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Jürgen Reulecke: "I would like to be someone like them--": Men's associations in the 20th century , page 226 [1]
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[1] Jürgen Reulecke: "I would like to be someone like them--": Men's associations in the 20th century , page 226 [1]

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