The Görres Society (german: Görres-Gesellschaft) is a German

learned society A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an organization that exists to promote an discipline (academia), academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and s ...

, whose goal is to foster interdisciplinarity and apply scientific principles to different disciplines, based in the Catholic tradition. The Gorres society is divided into 20 sections, in which members meet at the annual general meeting

History

The Görres Society was founded on 25 January 1876 in

Koblenz Koblenz (; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz''), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman mili ...

by Catholic scientists and writers as the ''Görres-Gesellschaft zur Pflege der katholischen Wissenschaften'' in honour of

Joseph Görres Johann Joseph Görres, since 1839 von Görres (25 January 1776 – 29 January 1848), was a German writer, philosopher, theologian, historian and journalist. Early life Görres was born in Koblenz. His father was moderately well off, and sent hi ...

to advance Roman Catholic studies.http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/239400/Gorres-Society Co-founder, initiator and first president was

Georg von Hertling Georg Friedrich Karl Freiherr von Hertling, from 1914 Count von Hertling, (31 August 1843 – 4 January 1919) was a German politician of the Catholic Centre Party. He was foreign minister and minister president of Bavaria, then chancellor of t ...

, the later ''Reichskanzler'' of Germany. It was dissolved by the Nazis in 1941, and founded anew in 1948 in

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

Presidents

(1877-1919), politician and philosopher *

Hermann von Grauert Hermann Heinrich Grauert (7 September 1850 – 12 March 1924) since 1914 Knight of Grauert, was a German historian. He was born in Pritzwalk and died in Munich. Life After attending the Realschule in Wittstock, Grauert initially worked in h ...

(1920–1924), historian * (1924–1938), church historian and medievalist * (1940–1941, 1948-1966), legal scholar and politician *

Paul Mikat Paul Mikat (10 December 1924 – 24 September 2011) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the on ...

(1967–2007), legal scholar and politician * (2007–present), political scientist

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* * Learned societies of Germany Organizations established in 1876 1876 establishments in Germany {{Germany-stub