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Rhön Club
The Rhön Club (german: Rhönklub) is an inter-state local history and rambling club in Bavaria, Hesse and Thuringia, with around 25,000 members in 88 branches and is one of the larger German rambling clubs in the Association of German Alpine and Rambling Clubs (''Verband Deutscher Gebirgs- und Wandervereine''). Aims The club was founded on 6 August 1876 in Gersfeld with the aim of opening up the Rhön Mountains as a hiking and rambling area. Its aim today is the conservation of the valuable natural and cultural countryside of the Rhön from a number of ecological viewpoints, especially: * the preservation of rare plants * the care of native animals and the general protection of wildlife * the conservation of valuable cultural sites * the fostering of local customs * the preservation of local folk songs * the knowledgeable speaking of the dialect * the care of old cultural objects Presidents Literature * Rhönklub (publ.): ''Schneiders Rhönführer. Offizielle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logo Rhoen
A logo (abbreviation of logotype; ) is a graphic mark, emblem, or symbol used to aid and promote public identification and recognition. It may be of an abstract or figurative design or include the text of the name it represents as in a wordmark. In the days of hot metal typesetting, a logotype was one word cast as a single piece of type (e.g. "The" in ATF Garamond), as opposed to a Typographic ligature, ligature, which is two or more letters joined, but not forming a word. By extension, the term was also used for a uniquely set and arranged typeface or colophon (publishing), colophon. At the level of mass communication and in common usage, a company's logo is today often synonymous with its trademark or brand.Wheeler, Alina. ''Designing Brand Identity'' © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (page 4) Etymology Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper's Online Etymology Dictionary states that the term 'logo' used in 1937 "probably a shortening of logogram". History Numerous inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
