The Austrian Tourist Club (german: Österreichische Touristenklub) or ÖTK is the second oldest and third largest

Alpine club The first alpine club, the Alpine Club, based in the United Kingdom, was founded in London in 1857 as a gentlemen's club. It was once described as: :"a club of English gentlemen devoted to mountaineering, first of all in the Alps, members of whi ...

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

. The foundation of the club goes back to an initiative by Gustav Jäger, publisher of ''Der Tourist'', the first tourist magazine in Austria. In contrast with the Austrian Alpine Club founded in 1862, Jäger aimed first and foremost to support nature in his local area and the states of Vienna and Lower Austria.

Sources

* Rudl Klose: ''Einhundert Jahre Österreichischer Touristenklub 1869–1969.'' Österreichischer Touristenklub, Vienna, 1969 * Otto W. Steiner: ''Österreichischer Touristenklub. 100 Jahre Österreichischer Touristenklub, 1869–1969.'' Vienna, 1969 Permalink ''Österreichischer Bibliothekenverbund''
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References

External links

Website of the Austrian Tourist Club (''Österreichischer Touristenklub'')
Austrian Tourist Club Tourist Club 1869 establishments in Austria {{Austria-org-stub