German Globetrotter Club

The German National Globetrotter eV ( dzg ), with about 800 members in 23 countries, the largest non-material and non-commercial community of globe-trotters in Europe and the oldest Globetrotter club alongside the English Globetrotters Club.

History

1974 founded Ludmilla Tüting, Friedemann von Engel, Lutz Fehling, Norbert Denninghaus, Erich Drönner, Peter Fritze, Werner Göcke, Wolfgang Köhler, Reinhold Korte and Hannelore Vasel the club. Modelled on the incorporated in England in 1948 Globetrotters Club. Idea and the name came from Ludmilla Tüting that to Tierra del Fuego indicated the first German Central Office for globetrotters in the imprint in their classic 1972 Globetrotter Manual From Alaska. This alternative guide sold 70,000 times. Then there was 1974 in Copenhagen to a meeting and to the club foundation.

Overall, the dzg since its founding in 2900 had members.

In the nineties, embezzled the then chairman of parts of the club treasury. He put this issue on its own initiative the General Assembly is open, left the club and repaid the entire amount.

The names similar businesses German Globetrotter Central - later Globetrotter International Central - Interglo, then Globe Trott Central - had no connections to the German National Association for globetrotters. Bernd Tesch it founded in 1975 initially as a guide for shipping and later taught a retail store for globetrotters equipment in Kornelimünster at Aachen.

Objectives

Objectives are to collect and share information, looking for travel partners, assistance in preparation of world travel, the reintegration into society after long-term travel, unifying thoughts and committee work. The club acts virtually as a haven for like-minded people in between trips.

Among the members, there are backpacker, backpackers, Sahara driver, motorhome, outdoor enthusiasts, long-distance hikers, cyclist and cyclists, hitchhikers, motorcycle travelers, Unimog driver. You describe yourself as a globetrotter or globetrotters, without this on a particular form of travel limit, rarely as a traveler or travelers. They are characterized by a pronounced individualism. The Globetrotter identify with their travels. The fulfillment that finds the globetrotter, the reputation he acquired with his travels, is a top priority for him.

Because such trips with the professional life are difficult to reconcile, to connect many Globetrotter profession and passion and work in the travel industry as a travel book author, as a journalist, as a pilot, the supplier trade, as a tour guide.

The activities of the dzg be realized volunteer, commercial concerns about the self-preservation also are not tracked. Service for non-members is provided at cost price. The membership list of travel destinations and register the contact details for the other members is the direct exchange with each other and is available only to members.

Publications

The magazine " The Trotter " appears since 1975. Apparition rhythm is bi-monthly since 2007. So far, about 14,000 editorial pages are published. The main topics are about 50% travel stories, travel journal reviews, appointments, invitations to meetings and reports of Globetrotter, background articles for individual travel and association messages.

Since 1996, the dzg runs a website. This includes a public forum with Globetrotter Travel partner search, background information on the purpose of the organization, information access points for travel preparation, book reviews, and a members area. In this spectrum are countries with information travelogues and downloads of the members' magazine.

Globetrotter meeting

Since 1974, organized the dzg Globetrotter meeting in Germany. The annual summer meeting last weekend in June will take place in Hachenburg / Westerwald. In addition to the campfire and talking slide shows and flea market, workshops and readings of travel book authors will take place. In addition, nationwide about 12 regional meetings, a fall meeting in the Eifel and a winter meeting in the forested mountains.

Handbook of Globetrotter

The self travel guide created after requests since the founding. Common interests were initially answered with loose pages, such as the low cost list of Udo Schwark, then Peter Meyer 1984 bundled the information booklet, which was replaced by the ninth edition in 1998 by self- travel manual in two volumes, created by Norbert Luedtke on behalf of dzg, published by Peter Meyer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main.

Known members

• Heinz Rox -Schulz, along with Oskar Lafontaine founder of Adventure Museum
• Werner Freund founder of Wolf Park and the Museum Expedition Merzig
• Jochen Bludau
• Gerhard Lenser
• Heinz Scheidhauer
• Claus von Carnap -Bornheim
• Gerhard Klingenberg
• Rudolph Chimelli

The club and its members took a ' lead' a. Of these developments were initiated that act fundamentally and permanently.

Numerous users have made not only in the Trotter about their travel experiences, but published guide. Their books, which they founded, series and publishers influenced the market of travel literature fundamentally and are still known today.

The earliest writers on the Individual Guide sector joined the series Globetrotter write for Globetrotter ( GsfG ) together, about Brigitte Flower, Friedemann von Engel, Rainer Lossl, Jens Peters, Rolf Schettler, Heribert Seul, Ludmilla Tüting ... authors and self- publishers of this series formed with Helmut Hermann, Edgar Hoff, Peter Rump, Sigrid & Wil Tondok and founded in 1976, Peter Meyer 1984/85 the publishing community Individual Travel Association ( VIR ).

From the Reise Know-How Verlag emerged. The Peter Meyer acts independently since 1991 and was the world's first who provided his travel books with handle brands. The members Udo Schwark and Gisela Walther were the first to introduce the Lonely Planet guide book translated from English and after 1981 in Gisela Walther laid publisher. Also the founder of the publishers Stefan Loose, Michael Mueller, Conrad Stein were members of dzg.

A number of other members became known after they sold travel gear and this sector now dominate. So opened Klaus and Erika Därr 1975 expedition equipment in Munich, the first store of Globetrotter scene. Wolfgang Maas and Gerhardt Lauche founded in Munich in 1976 expedition equipment Lauche and Meuse. Klaus Denart founded in 1979 Globetrotter equipment in Hamburg as the first North German outfitter store and is now the largest travel supplier in Europe.