Peniston-Bird C

Rohkrämer T

Schulz F

From the foundation of the organization to 1933, the Eastern Alps were glorified and politically mobilized in the publications of the German and Austrian Alpine Association . This article also shows how constructions of the Alps, and activities within them, were the subject of contestation. We examine where competing visions of the space led to the increasing politicization of an organization that repeatedly sought to emphasize its apolitical nature. Given that this period encompasses the Austro-Prussian War, the separate formation of the German Empire, and repeated calls for Anschluss, the Association\u27s emphasis on a common German identity which excluded non-German inhabitants of the region, was clearly politically charged. This discussion offers a case-study which suggests the importance of attitudes and emotional responses to space and place in the formation of collective identities

Glorified, Contested and Mobilised: The Alps in the Deutsch- 6sterreichischen Alpenverein from the 1860s to 1933

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