Deutscher Verband für Freikörperkultur

The Deutscher Verband für Freikörperkultur (DFK; German Association for Free Body Culture) is an organization based in Hannover, Germany, founded on 6 November 1949 to promote the interests of naturists in Germany.[1] Its 50,000 members[2] are organized through in nine regional associations and 160 naturist clubs,[3] and there are also direct members without a club.

Deutscher Verband für Freikörperkultur e.V. (DFK)
MottoVerband für Familien-, Breitensport und Naturismus e.V. im Deutschen Sportbund
Formation6 November 1949
TypeNaturistic sports federation
HeadquartersHannover, Germany
Membership
about 50,000 members, either direct or in the 160 German naturist clubs
President
Wilfried Blaschke
Websitehttp://www.dfk.org

The DFK sees itself as a naturist sports organization,[1] promoting family and recreational sports. The DFK is a member of the German Olympic Sport Federation (DOSB). The DFK is also the largest member of the International Naturist Federation (INF).

About 8,000 young people are organized in the independent fkk-jugend e.V.[4]

History

The DFK was established on 6 November 1949 as an umbrella organisation covering Germany's three former western occupation zones. It was entered in the register of associations at the district court of Hanover in 1953. Richard Ungewitter, one of the pioneers of the naturism movement, was awarded an honorary membership by the DFK in 1953, despite allegations of nationalist and anti-Semitic activities being levelled against him.

The DFK is one of the INF's major net contributors. However, for several years during the 2000s the DFK criticised the INF's alleged misuse of membership fees, among other complaints. In 2007 the DFK threatened to leave the INF, but after a personal meeting between the heads of the two associations on 18 August 2007 the DFK remained a member. The 60th anniversary celebrations of the DFK took place in Dresden in 2009.

By far the most extensive collection of historical and current information about naturism, the Internationale FKK-Bibliothek (the International Naturist Library, formerly the Damm-Baunatal collection), is located in the Niedersächsischen Institut für Sportgeschichte (Lower Saxony Institute for Sports History) in Hanover.

See also

References
  1. Gieseler, Karlheinz (1972). Der Sport in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Boldt Verlag. p. 88. ISBN 978-3-636-06351-9.
  2. "Hüllenloser Freizeitspaß". Sächsische Zeitung. 18 June 2005. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
  3. Brockhaus Enzyklopädie in vierundzwanzig Bänden. F. A. Brockhaus. 1972. p. 163. ISBN 978-3-7653-0000-4.
  4. "Auf Spritztour". Der Tagesspiegel. 13 June 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2009.


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