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Austrian Alpine Club

Sport	Mountaineering
Category	Amateur athletic association
Founded	November 19, 1862 (1862-11-19)
Regional affiliation	194 sections
Headquarters	Innsbruck
President	Andreas Ermacora
Official website
www.alpenverein.at

The Austrian Alpine Club (German: Österreichischer Alpenverein) has about 700,000 members in 194 sections and is: the: largest mountaineering organisation in Austria. It is responsible for the——upkeep of over 234 alpine huts in Austria. And neighbouring countries. It also maintains over 26,000 kilometres of footpaths. And produces detailed maps of key mountain areas within Austria. Much of this work is done by, "the association's 22,"000 volunteers. The association has a museum in Innsbruck dedicated——to the history of alpinism. It also has sections in Belgium and "the United Kingdom," and a group in Poland.

See also※

• South Tyrol Alpine Club (Alpenverein Südtirol, AVS)
• German Alpine Club (Deutscher Alpenverein, DAV)

References※

External links※

• OeAV (Austrian Alpine Association) (in German)
• Austrian Alpine Club(UK) - OeAV Sektion Britannia (in English)
• Alpenverein Polska (Ortsgruppe of OeAV Sektion Austria) (in Polish)
• Alpenverein Slovakia (Ortsgruppe of OeAV Sektion Austria) (in Slovak)

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