In August 1909, the German teacher Richard Schirrmann his students had taken a violent thunderstorm on an eight day walk in with and found refuge in a barn by a farmer.
While the students slept, Schirrmann was awake all night.
Richard Castle
The thought attacked him suddenly, "You places where young joyful movements and pupils receive a safe and affordable housing," to create.
He published this idea for the first time in1910 in an essay on "Voksschuelerherbergen" ("students of the school holidays)
"... The boys and girls of an ordinary man, recently there have been happily as a counterweight to the stool room of their school days ... I can imagine now appropriate and sufficient accommodation for the huge army of the practice primary school ? ... Every city and almost every village has an elementary school that is waiting for almost the holidays with empty spaces for them in a bedroom and dining roombe converted to step-children happy. Two classrooms are sufficient, one for boys, one for girls. The banks are partially overlapping in September This gives space for the list of 15 beds. ... each bin consists of a tightly clogged with straw bag and pillow, two sheets and a blanket ... Each child was arrested, his range again as it should bring beautiful ... "
Following the publication of this document in the "Cologne Zeitung" (Cologne Newspaper) numerous money and gift contributionsGentile and offers support came from all over Germany.
In 1912 the first youth hostel was opened in Altena Castle in Germany,
The first youth hostel was arranged according to the plans Schirrmann: 2 bedrooms with 3 beds, solid wood, a lounge, kitchen, laundry and showers. Richard was the first hostel worker Schirrmann. He lived directly above the hostel rooms. The same year he also published the first list Schirrmann hostel with about 140Addresses.
In many of these homes, however, were not even basics of shelter, for example, the girls were nothing.
In 1913 they were already 301 youth hostels in cities and villages. One year after the 535th had already
In 1920 the first edition of the magazine "Youth" was published, and published about 700 addresses the first manual addresses of motels.
From 1924-1929 with the first lottery for the benefit of the youth hostels 1.5Millions of marks were acquired. In 1932 they were already 2,123 hostels in Germany. More than 4.5 million overnight stays, however. But at the end of the twenties in other countries, like Poland, Holland, France, England and Switzerland, more than 600 youth hostels were already opened.
On October 20, 1932 in Amsterdam, in the presence of land agencies from Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Great Britain, Ireland, France and Belgium,was International Youth Hostel Federation (IYHF) was created.
The association is now based in Welwyn Garden City, near London. Schirrmann Richard, the President has been elected. Conference was the German language.
In the next conference in 1933 also Isabel and Monroe Smith attended the United States. Within a year we could open thirty youth hostels in the United States. Also in 1933 the National Socialists came to power in Germany.
All political and religiousYouth combinations were dissolved and a mandatory system of university-trained youth organization under the leadership of the Reich Youth Leadership. "Richard Schirrmann must retire as president of the youth of the German factory.
It 'been affected by the idealistic elements of the new movement and became honorary president of the Reich Association of German youth hostels. A decision then bitterly regret.
In 1936, for political reasons, it iscome to break with the International Youth Hostel Federation. In 1947, after the end of World War II, 247 houses were counted with 1,158,500 overnight stays in Germany again.
From 1949-1990 in the GDR as a vast network of hostels have been developed. Initially run as associations, which had eventually led to the institutions of the state of youth. The existing federations were dissolved. In 1960, young people in the Federal Republic. More than 720 homesrealized 11,300,312 overnight stays.
In 1990, after the end of the GDR in the new Länder of the Federal Republic of youth organizations were created. In November these federations, the German Youth Hostel Association.
Today's young people
There are more than 4,000 hostels in 65 countries, with more than 600 in Germany alone.
Youth hostels in Germany offer to their guests with more than one night. In addition to smallcozy old building or the experience in castles and stately homes will also find many houses in an idyllic landscape and the major cities. For more information go to www.smart-travel-germany.com/hostels-germany.html.
This true story was published in German by the German Youth Hostel Association and translated by Marcus Hochstadt.
The truth about youth
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