The Germany Foundation (german: Deutschland-Stiftung) was a

national conservative National conservatism is a nationalist variant of conservatism that concentrates on upholding national and cultural identity. National conservatives usually combine nationalism with conservative stances promoting traditional cultural values, f ...

German organisation associated with the Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union, that existed from 1966 to 2007. It was founded in

Rosenheim Rosenheim is a city in Bavaria, Germany. It is an independent city located in the centre of the district of Rosenheim (Upper Bavaria), and is also the seat of its administration. It is located on the west bank of the Inn at the confluence of th ...

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

and incorporated in 1967. The organisation was founded by author Kurt Ziesel after a visit to

Konrad Adenauer Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer (; 5 January 1876 – 19 April 1967) was a German statesman who served as the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 1963. From 1946 to 1966, he was the first leader of the Christian Dem ...

, who became its first

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. From 1967 to 2001 the foundation awarded the

Konrad Adenauer Prize The Konrad Adenauer Prize (german: link=no, Konrad-Adenauer-Preis) was an award by the Germany Foundation, a national conservative National conservatism is a nationalist variant of conservatism that concentrates on upholding national and cult ...

and published the magazine '' Deutschland-Magazin''. The foundation was viewed as an organisation of the conservative faction within CDU/CSU, and was staunchly anti-communist. The foundation dissolved because of a lack of funds. Related persons include: *Konrad Adenauer; honorary president * Alfons Goppel; member of the honorary board * Heinrich Hellwege; member of the honorary board * Hans-Joachim von Merkatz; member of the honorary board * Hans-Joachim Schoeps; member of the advisory board *

Gerhard Löwenthal Gerhard Löwenthal (8 December 1922 in Berlin – 6 December 2002 in Wiesbaden) was a prominent German journalist, human rights activist and author. He presented the ''ZDF-Magazin'', a news magazine of ZDF which highlighted human rights abuses in ...

; president from 1977 to 1994 * Georg Stadtmüller; president from 1966 to 1968

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