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
Gersfeld is a town in the district of Fulda, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the Fulda River, in the Rhön Mountains, southeast of Fulda. It belonged to the abbey-principality of Fulda before secularisation in 1803. It then belonged to the ...
with the aim of opening up the
Rhön Mountains
The Rhön Mountains () are a group of low mountains (or ''Mittelgebirge'') in central Germany, located around the border area where the states of Hesse, Bavaria and Thuringia come together. These mountains, which are at the extreme southeast end o ...
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. Offizieller Führer des Rhönklubs.'' Verlag Parzeller, 2005, Fulda, , pp. 96 ff.
* ''Rhönwacht'' (the Club magazine) (2006, Issue 2, April to Juni)
External links
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Clubs and societies in Germany
Hiking organisations in Germany