The
Swiss Alpine Club (German:
Schweizer Alpen-Club, French:
Club Alpin Suisse, Italian:
Club Alpino Svizzero, Romansh:
Club Alpin Svizzer) is the largest mountaineering club in
SwitzerlandSwitzerland , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 states named cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities...
. It was founded in 1863 in
OltenOlten is a town in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland and capital of the district of the same name.Olten's station is within 30 minutes of Zurich, Bern, Basel, and Lucerne by train, and is a rail hub of Switzerland.-History:...
and it is now composed of 111 sections with 110 000 members (2006).
- 1863: Foundation of the club, after the Alpine Club
The Alpine Club was founded in London in 1857 and was probably the world's first mountaineering club. It is UK mountaineering's acknowledged 'senior club'.-History:...
(1857) and the Austrian Alpine Club (1862).
- 1863: Construction of the first mountain hut: the Grünhornhütte
- 1864: First publication a journal which will be named later, Die Alpen, Les Alpes
- 1900: The SAC is composed of 43 sections and 6000 members
- 1905: Opening of the Alpine Museum in Bern
- 1907: Women are not allowed in the club
- 1963: The club is constituted of 44'500 members (men only)
- 1977: Foundation of the central office in Bern
- 1980: Fusion with the Women Swiss Alpine Club (founded in 1918).
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The
Swiss Alpine Club (German:
Schweizer Alpen-Club, French:
Club Alpin Suisse, Italian:
Club Alpino Svizzero, Romansh:
Club Alpin Svizzer) is the largest mountaineering club in
SwitzerlandSwitzerland , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 states named cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities...
. It was founded in 1863 in
OltenOlten is a town in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland and capital of the district of the same name.Olten's station is within 30 minutes of Zurich, Bern, Basel, and Lucerne by train, and is a rail hub of Switzerland.-History:...
and it is now composed of 111 sections with 110 000 members (2006).
History
- 1863: Foundation of the club, after the Alpine Club
The Alpine Club was founded in London in 1857 and was probably the world's first mountaineering club. It is UK mountaineering's acknowledged 'senior club'.-History:...
(1857) and the Austrian Alpine Club (1862).
- 1863: Construction of the first mountain hut: the Grünhornhütte
- 1864: First publication a journal which will be named later, Die Alpen, Les Alpes
- 1900: The SAC is composed of 43 sections and 6000 members
- 1905: Opening of the Alpine Museum in Bern
- 1907: Women are not allowed in the club
- 1963: The club is constituted of 44'500 members (men only)
- 1977: Foundation of the central office in Bern
- 1980: Fusion with the Women Swiss Alpine Club (founded in 1918). The total effectives reach 75‘600 members.
- 1992: The first cultural prize of the SAC is attributed
- 1994: The SAC officially promotes competition climbing
- 1996: Abolition of the central committee
- 2006: The SAC receives the Milestone tourism prize
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