The German Association of Towns and Municipalities (Deutscher Städte- und Gemeindebund, DStGB) is a German central organisation of the municipal self-government () which represents the interests of 14.000 towns and municipalities belonging to a county (Kreis) in Germany. A similar organisation exists with the
Association of German Cities (Deutscher Städtetag), which represents the bigger cities. The DStGB is constituted federally. Its main office is located in
Berlin
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. Current president of the DStGB since July 2020 is
Ralf Spiegler, mayor of the city of
Nieder-Olm. Honorary president is
Roland Schäfer, former mayor of the city of
Bergkamen. The organisation works publicly and releases press statements regarding questions of towns and municipalities in Germany. It did so for example several times in the
European migrant crisis.
Presse: Kommunen wollen Flüchtlinge für Residenzpflicht belohnen
Die Zeit
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History
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, in German
History
A first association of cities in Germany was founded with the Reichsverband Deutscher Städte (Reich Association of German Cities) in 1909/10, followed by the Reichsverband der Deutschen Landgemeinden (Reich Association of German Rural Municipalities) in 1922. In 1933 these two and further organisations were merged mandatorily in Nazi Germany
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as Deutscher Gemeindetag (German Municipal Association). In 1945 the organisations were separated again. The German Association of Towns and Municipalities was founded in 1973 as a voluntary association of towns and municipalities. 1991 a European office in Brussels
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was founded. 1998 the main office moved to Berlin.
Member associations
The association consists of several member associations, namely:
* Bayerischer Gemeindetag
* Gemeinde- und Städtebund Rheinland-Pfalz
* Gemeinde- und Städtebund Thüringen
* Gemeindetag Baden-Württemberg
* Hessischer Städte- und Gemeindebund
* Hessischer Städtetag
* Niedersächsischer Städtetag
* Niedersächsischer Städte- und Gemeindebund
* Saarländischer Städte- und Gemeindetag
* Sächsischer Städte- und Gemeindetag
* Schleswig-Holsteinischer Gemeindetag
* Städte- und Gemeindebund Brandenburg
* Städte- und Gemeindebund Sachsen-Anhalt
* Städte- und Gemeindetag Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
* Städte- und Gemeindebund Nordrhein-Westfalen
* Städtebund Schleswig-Holstein
* Städtetag Rheinland-Pfalz
External links
Official website of the Deutscher Städte- und Gemeindebund
Eurocommunal – European office of the DStGB
References
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Political organisations based in Germany
Non-profit organisations based in Berlin
1973 establishments in Germany