Lions Club Karlsruhe

The Lions Club Karl­sruhe was found­ed on 10.11.1954. The char­ter cel­e­bra­tion took place on 15.10.1955 in the Hotel Belle­vue in Baden-Baden.

After the first Lions Club was found­ed in Ger­many in 1951/52, the Lions Club Karl­sruhe is one of the old­est. Found­ing spon­sor was the Lions Club Bern and found­ing pres­i­dent Gün­ther Moninger.

Events in the found­ing year:

Year of death of Albert Ein­stein, Thomas Mann and James Dean.

The Bun­deswehr is found­ed and the Fed­er­al Repub­lic of Ger­many joins NATO.

In the LC Karl­sruhe peo­ple from the most dif­fer­ent pro­fes­sions met and meet again and again, who are and were part­ly active in lead­ing posi­tions of the Karl­sruhe pub­lic life. Dif­fer­ent pres­i­dents have shaped the club’s activ­i­ties and pro­grams dur­ing their terms, reflect­ing the diver­si­ty of direc­tions and atti­tudes among the membership.

What has remained the same over time, how­ev­er, is the live­ly and open exchange on top­ics from a wide vari­ety of areas as well as the social com­mit­ment, espe­cial­ly for youth projects and for peo­ple in need; one focus of the work has tra­di­tion­al­ly been and will con­tin­ue to be the pro­mo­tion of projects in our city and our region.