In August 1909, German teacher Richard Seaman was sentenced in a heavy storm due to the 8-day trip with the student, and the farmer found the dormitory in the barn.
While the students were asleep, Schirrmann was staying up all night.
That thought suddenly attacked him. "We must make places where young people and pupils who are happy to move stay safe and cheapest overnight stay.
He published this idea for the first time in essay on "Voksschuelerherbergen" ("Elementary School Student Residence") in 1910,
"... General boys and girls need to move fresh Mary as a counter weight for flight room flight time ... Now imagine a suitable and adequate lodging for elementary school fierce army Try ...? Elementary school near each city and each village is an elementary school waiting for empty holidays vacant, a dining hall for sleeping and mobile children to transform, for girls Something ... gives a free area for a list of 15 beds ... Each campsite is tightly constructed with bags and cushions stuffed up, two sheets and a blanket The campground is finely and neatly arranged ... "
After posting this essay in the "Cologne newspaper" (Cologne newspaper), we received a wide variety of donations and donations from all over Germany.
In 1912, the first youth hostel opened in Altenia castle in Germany
The first youth hostel was arranged according to the plan of Schirrmann Two bedrooms with 3 hardwood beds, daily room, kitchen, washroom and shower room. The manager of the first hostel was Richard Schirrmann. He lived just above the hostel's room. In the same year, Schirrmann issued the first hostel list with approximately 140 addresses.
However, in many of these accommodations, there was not even a foundation of accommodation. For example, the girls had nothing at all.
There were already 301 youth hostels in cities and villages in 1913. One year has already been counted 535.
In 1920, the first expenditure of "Youth Hostel" magazine was issued and the first manual with the address of the youth hostel was issued at about 700 addresses.
From 1924 to 1929, the first lottery was awarded to youth hostels, and 1.5 million real marks were obtained. In 1932 there were already 2,123 youth hostels in Germany. More than 4.5 million night-time places were held. However, over 600 youth hostels were already open at the end of their twenties in other countries like Poland, the Netherlands, France, England, Switzerland.
On October 20, 1932, a land agency in Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Poland, the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, UK, Ireland, France and Belgium participated and the International Youth Hostel Federation (IYHF) was founded in Amsterdam.
The Federal Reserve Board sits at Welwyn Garden City, near London. Richard Schirrmann was elected president. The conference language was German.
In the next meeting in 1933, Isabel and Monroe Smith of the United States also participated. Within a year, they can open 30 youth hostels in the United States. Also, in 1933, the national socialist arrived in Germany with power.
All political and religious youth associations were resolved and under the "regional youth guidance" they were replaced by mandatory university-building youth organization system. Richard Seaman needs to withdraw as chairman of the youth hostel factory in Germany.
He was impressed with the idealistic elements of the new movement and became the honorary president of the territory coalition for the German youth hostel. Decisions to repent badly later.
For political reasons I came across a rest with the International Youth Hostel Federation in 1936. In 1947 after the end of the world war, 245 youth hostels and 1,158,500 accommodation facilities were counted again in Germany.
From 1949 to 1990, abundant youth hostel network was also developed in GDR. Initially it was still led as a coalition, but later the leadership of youth was indicated. The existing coalition broke up. In 1960 it was the most hostel in the Federal Republic. More than 720 houses have realized 11, 300, 3 nights.
Even on the new land of the Federal Republic, the Youth Hostel Association was founded in 1990 after the end of GDR. In November, these federations joined the German Youth Hostel Association.
Today's hostel
There are more than 4,000 youth hostels in 65 countries worldwide and over 600 in Germany alone.
German youth hostels offer to guests over inexpensive overnight stay. In addition to the small cozy old building, in addition to the experience in the castle and the mansion, there are many houses in the comfortable environment not only in the big city but also in the scenery. For details, please visit 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.
