Gesellschaft für Weltraumforschung

From The Space Library

Pre and post-war rocket society established in Germany. The original society was formed by Hans Kaiser and others, including Johann Wolfgang Goethe, and Krafft Ehricke and lasted from approximately 1935 to 1942. It was reformed after the war as several chapters. The first chapter to be granted an official charter was formed in Stuttgart by Heinz Hermann Koelle and Heinz Gartmann. This chapter was instrumental in the founding of the International Astronautical Federation.

Post war chapters included:

Gesellschaften für Weltraumforschung, Südwestdeutsche Gesellschaft für Weltraumforschung, Frankfurt-West, Postfach 1312A (Dr. Goethe)

Institut für Raketenforschung, Frankfurt-Main, Finkenhofstraße 38.

Gesellschaft für Raketenforschung e. V., (Ing. A. Püllenberg), Bremen, Yorkstraße 63.

Nordwestdeutsche Gesellschaft für Weltraumforschung e. V.,Sekretariat Friedrichstadt (Eider), Postfach 2. (In Liqu.)

Gesellschaft für Weltraumforschung e. V., Stuttgart-Zuffen-hausen, Postfach 9. (H. Koelle)