Kratka predstavitev planinskega društva Deutscher und Oesterreichischer Alpenverein
A Brief Presentation of The Deutscher Und Oesterreichischer Alpenverein Alpine Club

Summary/Abstract: This contribution aims to present the circumstances of the formation of the German and Austrian Alpine Club (Deutscher und Oesterreichischer Alpenverein – DuOeAV) and briefly review its structure and activities. With its subsidiaries, this association did not only cover the majority of today’s European territory but also transcended it by establishing branches in England and Egypt. Until World War I, the Alpine Club, established with the wish to introduce the broader Alpine world to the public as much as possible, prioritised the Alpine cause. Because of the annexation of Austria to Germany in 1938, the association was renamed the German Alpine Club (Deutscher Alpenverein), marking the beginning of this society’s end and the final turning point in its organisation and German orientation.

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