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Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland

German non-governmental organisation

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ897009 ↗
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Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND) is a German non-governmental organisation dedicated to preserving nature and protecting the environment. The name means "German Federation for the Environment and Nature Conservation". Its subtitle Friends of the Earth Germany indicates that BUND is a member of the international network Friends of the Earth.

BUND is one of 56 qualified consumer associations in Germany that are authorised to bring Musterfeststellungsklagen (model declaratory actions) or Abhilfeklagen (redress actions).

General facts

With about 674,000 members and supporters the BUND is one of the biggest environmental organizations in Germany. It is also formally accredited by the Federal Republic of Germany and therefore has to be officially included if an encroachment into nature is being planned. In 2020, the organization gathered €41.1 million, mainly from member fees (71%).

History

The BUND was founded on 20 July 1975, as a federation of already existing regional groups. The BUND's co-founders were wildlife filmmaker Horst Stern, Frankfurt Zoological Society leader Bernhard Grzimek, politician Herbert Gruhl (CDU, ödp), conductor Enoch zu Guttenberg, forest conservationist Hubert Weinzierl and 16 others including Bodo Manstein and Gerhard Thielcke.

The original name "Bund für Natur- und Umweltschutz Deutschland" (BNUD) was changed in 1977 for better readability.

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“Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland” enters the record as german non-governmental organisation. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Bund, Umwelt and Naturschutz can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2020, 1975, 1977—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1975-07-20. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Bund, Umwelt and Naturschutz.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q897009. VIAF identifies the subject as 137257493. The Library of Congress control number is n84128732. 5 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1975 and 1977.

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This entry incorporates text from “Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.