Drachenfels Club
| Abbreviation | DVVD |
|---|---|
| Formation | 14 April 1873 |
| Purpose | Local history, landscape preservation and conservation |
| Headquarters | Bad Dürkheim |
Membership | ca. 530 |
Chairman | Egon Schmitt |
| Website | http://www.drachenfelsclub.de |
The Drachenfels Club is a society for the preservation and care of monuments in the vicinity of the German town of Bad Dürkheim. It owns numerous natural monuments and listed buildings, some of which it has been given and others which it has established itself.
History
The Drachenfels Club was founded in 1873 under the chairmanship of Wilhelm Schepp. Its name came from the first project that the society undertook: to make the Dragon Cave (Drachenhöhle) accessible. The cave lies under the
Second World War
. In 1947 it was re-founded in its present form.
Cultural monuments
- Laura Hut (Leistadt)
- Bismarck Tower
- Kriemhildenstuhl
- Flaggenturm
- Kaiser-Wilhelm-Höhe
- Schaeferwarte
- Vigilienturm
Natural monuments
- Drachenfels
- Drei Eichen
- Heidefelsen