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| Deutsche Gesellschaft für Flaggenkunde e.V. | |
 The flag of the German Vexillological Association | |
| Abbreviation | DGF[1] |
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| Formation | 4 February 1995[1] |
| Founded at | Achim, Germany[2] |
| Type | Association[3] |
| Headquarters | Berlin, Germany[4] |
| Membership | ~90 |
| Jörg Majewski[4] | |
| Dirk Schönberger[4] | |
| Website | flaggenkunde |
The German Vexillological Association (German: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Flaggenkunde e.V) is a nonprofit association for the study of vexillology. It was founded in 1995 by a group of 18 German vexillologists, including . Today the organization has approximately 90 members from across Germany. It is a member of the International Federation of Vexillological Associations.
History
[edit]After the reunification of Germany, German vexillologist Arnold Rabbow invited vexillologists and heraldists from the former east and west German states to the city of Braunschweig to what would become the first meeting of the DGF. On November 10, 1990 the first meeting occurred, and two years later on November 21, 1992 a second meeting was held. In 1994, Jörg Karachewski was approved to create an association by the previous meeting's members, and on the 4th of February, 1995 the German Vexillological Association was officially created by 18 founding members. In the DGF's third meeting the flag created by Jürgen Rimann was approved for use and a statute was adopted.[4]
In the 1995 meeting of the DGF a unanimous vote was cast to apply to the International Federation of Vexillological Associations (FIAV), and on December 27, 1996 the DGF formally applied to become a member association of FIAV. In the time between the application and voting period, Jörg Karaschewski was replaced as president by Andreas Herzfeld.[5] On August 11, 1997 the 17th annual International Congress of Vexillology in Cape Town, South Africa began. On the first day of the congress, the representatives of FIAV's constituent organizations voted to make the German Vexillological Association a full member, with 26 votes in favor, and 1 abstention.[6]
From August 5 to August 10, 2007 the DGF organized and hosted the 22nd International Congress of Vexillology in Berlin under the name FlagBerlin 2007. The congress was hosted in the German Historical Museum's Zeughauskino theater.[7] The Deputy Director General of the museum gave a welcoming speech, and the German Minister of Interior Wolfgang Schäuble delivered a letter of salutations to the participants of FlagBerlin 2007.[8]
Meetings
[edit]Since its foundation in November 1995, the DGF has annually hosted a two-day conference called the Deutsches Flaggentreffen (English: German Flag Meeting), which is open to members and guests. Each meeting is hosted in a different city,[4] and every meeting has a special flag based on the DGF's flag, with the sheet bend symbol replaced by a symbol of the host city. The DFG has had two bilateral meetings with vexillologists from other countries, the first with Dutch vexillologists, and the second with Czech vexillologists. Special conference flags that broke from the standard pattern were created for these meetings.[9]
Publications
[edit]The DGF has had three publications across its history, with two still in print. Der Flaggenkurier (English: The Flag Courrier) is a magazine with articles on vexillogical studies, published twice a year since the DGF's foundation in 1995.[10] DGF-Nachrichten (English: DGF-News) was a semi-quarterly newsletter with 27 issues from 1996 to 2003. It published small articles and news about the association.[11] In 2004 it was replaced by DGF-Informationen (English: DGF-Information), another newsletter with a similar purpose.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "FIAV Membership List". FIAV. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
- ^ "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Flaggenkunde (DGF)". Flags of the World. September 23, 2023. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
- ^ "Die Satzung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Flaggenkunde" [The statutes of the German Society for Flag Studies] (in German). German Vexillological Association. 16 October 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Die DGF" [The DGF] (in German). German Vexillological Association. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
- ^ "INFO-FIAV No. 8" (PDF). FIAV. May 1997. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
- ^ "INFO-FIAV No. 10" (PDF). FIAV. May 1998. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
- ^ "Congress Venue". Organizing Committee of the 22nd ICV "FLAG-BERLIN 2007". Retrieved May 22, 2024.
- ^ Vehres, Gerd; Herzog, Hans-Ulrich, eds. (2009). Colours of History: Flags and Banners in the World: Proceedings of the XXII. International Vexillological Congress, FlagBerlin 2007 (PDF). Berlin: Board of the German Vexillological Society. p. 1-21.
- ^ "Alle Tagungsflaggen im Überblick" [All conference flags at a glance] (in German). German Vexillological Association. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
- ^ "Der Flaggenkurier" [The Flag Courier] (in German). German Vexillological Association. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
- ^ "DGF-Informationen" [DGF-Information] (in German). German Vexillological Association. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
- ^ "DGF-Nachrichten" [DGF-News] (in German). German Vexillological Association. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
