Richard Schirrmann

Japanese: シルマン(英語表記)Richard Schirrmann
Richard Schirrmann
1874‐1961
Founder of the youth hostel movement. Born in Grunewald, Germany, into a family of primary school teachers, he became a teacher himself. In 1909, while on foot with his students, he was caught in a thunderstorm and had to spend the night in the village primary school. This led him to see the need for a common living environment centered around simple accommodation, and in the same year he built the first youth hostel in Altena, and in 1910 he founded the German Youth Hostel Association. He was president of the International Youth Hostel Federation from 1933 to 1937, and the organization temporarily ceased functioning during World War II, but from 1945 onwards, together with B. Schomburg and W. Müncher, he contributed to the re-establishment of the Youth Hostel Association.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
1874‐1961
ユース・ホステル運動の創始者。ドイツのグルーネワルトの小学校教師の家庭に生まれ,みずからも小学校教師となった。1909年生徒たちとライン川沿いを徒歩旅行中雷雨にあい,村の小学校で一夜をあかしたことから,簡易な宿舎を中心に生活をともにする活動の必要性を考え,同年アルテナに初めてのユース・ホステルを建設,10年にはドイツ・ユース・ホステル協会を設立した。33‐37年国際ユース・ホステル連盟会長,第2次世界大戦により組織は一時機能を停止したが,45年以降B.ションブルク,W.ミュンカーとともにユース・ホステル協会の再建に寄与した。

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