Studienzentrum Weikersheim (Weikersheim Think Tank) is a

conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civiliza ...

and

Christian democratic Christian democracy is an ideology inspired by Christian social teaching to respond to the challenges of contemporary society and politics. Christian democracy has drawn mainly from Catholic social teaching and neo-scholasticism, as well ...

German political

think tank A think tank, or public policy institute, is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture. Most think tanks are non-governme ...

, that was founded in 1979 by

Hans Filbinger Hans Karl Filbinger (15 September 1913 – 1 April 2007) was a conservative German politician and a leading member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union in the 1960s and 1970s, serving as the first chairman of the CDU Baden-Württembe ...

Helmut Metzner Helmut Metzner (15 September 1925, Osnabrück, Germany – 20 September 1999, Tübingen, Germany) was a plant physiology, plant physiologist, Professor of Biochemical Plant Physiology at University of Tübingen, the founder of the European Academy ...

and others on Schloss Weikersheim in Germany. The Studienzentrum is bringing traditional conservative ideas with positions and people of

Neue Rechte () is the designation for a right-wing political movement in Germany. It was founded as an opposition to the New Left generation of the 1960s. Its intellectually oriented proponents distance themselves from Old Right Nazi traditions and emphas ...

(new far-rights).

Presidents

, Professor, former Minister-President of

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...

(1979-1997, honorary president 1997-2007) *

Wolfgang von Stetten Wolfgang Freiherr von Stetten (born 22 January 1941) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). He served as Member of Parliament (the Bundestag) from 1990 to 2002. He represented the constituency of Sch ...

, Professor, Member of Parliament (1997-2001) * Klaus Hornung, Professor (2001-2005) *

Bernhard Friedmann Bernhard Friedmann (8 April 1932 – 18 May 2021) was a German economist and politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany. Friedmann was born in Ottersweier. He served as Member of Parliament (the Bundestag) from 1976 to 1990 and as m ...

, Professor, former President of the

Court of Auditors The European Court of Auditors (ECA; French: ''Cour des comptes européenne'') is the supreme audit institution of the European Union (EU). It was established in 1975 in Luxembourg and is one of the seven EU institutions. The Court comprises on ...

(2005-2008) * Bernhard von Diemer (2008-)

Literature

*Meinrad Heck: ''Studienzentrum Weikersheim. Der Club der rechten Denker.'' In: Stephan Braun, Daniel Hoersch (Hrsg.): Rechte Netzwerke - eine Gefahr. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2004, S.95-101. *

Wolfram Wette Wolfram Wette (born 11 November 1940) is a German military historian and peace researcher. He is an author or editor of over 40 books on the history of Nazi Germany, including the seminal '' Germany and the Second World War'' series from the G ...

(Hrsg.): ''Filbinger, eine deutsche Karriere.'' Klampen-Verlag, Springe 2006, *Ursel Sieber, Charlotte Wiedemann, Jürgen Elsässer: ''Deutsche Demokraten. Wie rechtsradikal sind CDU und CSU?'' Werkstatt GmbH 2001,

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