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    Richard Schirrmann (15 May 1874 – 14 December 1961) was a German teacher and founder of the first hostel. Schirrmann was born in Grunenfeld, Province of...
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  • Schirrmann may refer to Richard Schirrmann (youth hostel pioneer) or Hayyim (Jefim) Schirmann (Jewish scholar) This disambiguation page lists articles...
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    member associations operating over 2,650 hostels around the world. Richard Schirrmann, a German schoolteacher, opened the first youth hostel on 1 June 1912...
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    effects, many guests use earplugs and eye masks. In August 1909, Richard Schirrmann, a teacher in Germany, first published his idea of inexpensive accommodation...
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    that "every approach to the enemy...will be punished as treason". Richard Schirrmann from Altena (North Rhine Westphalia, Germany) ,the founder of the...
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    architecture was criticised. In 1918 the last works were completed. In 1914, Richard Schirrmann established the world's first youth hostel within the castle, which...
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  • Schirmann is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Richard Schirrmann (1874–1961), German teacher and hostel pioneer Hayyim Schirmann (1904–1981)...
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    Hohensyburg Castle. In 1912 the world's first youth hostel was created by Richard Schirrmann inside the castle. The old rooms are still on display, and new rooms...
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    and services to members. The founder of the youth hostel movement, Richard Schirrmann, took youths away from the conditions of factories and cities to experience...
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    whole concept of youth hostels was started in Germany in 1909 by Richard Schirrmann and it took 40 years for the ideas to reach fruition in the India...
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