The Rhön Club () is an inter-state local history and rambling club in Bavaria, Hesse and Thuringia, with around 25,000 members in 88 branches and is one of the larger German rambling clubs in the Association of German Alpine and Rambling Clubs (Verband Deutscher Gebirgs- und Wandervereine).
Aims
The club was founded on 6 August 1876 in Gersfeld with the aim of opening up the Rhön Mountains as a hiking and rambling area. Its aim today is the conservation of the valuable natural and cultural countryside of the Rhön from a number of ecological viewpoints, especially:
the preservation of rare plants
the care of native animals and the general protection of wildlife
the conservation of valuable cultural sites
the fostering of local customs
the preservation of local folk songs
the knowledgeable speaking of the dialect
the care of old cultural objects
Presidents
Literature
Rhönklub (publ.): Schneiders Rhönführer. Offizieller Führer des Rhönklubs. Verlag Parzeller, 2005, Fulda, , pp. 96 ff. Rhönwacht (the Club magazine) (2006, Issue 2, April to Juni)