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Brief History of GDCh and its Predecessor Organizations

(for a more detailed summary, please refer to the German version)

fot a. w. von hofmann August Wilhelm von Hofmann, founding president of the Deutsche Chemische Gesellschaft 1867

1867	On initiative of Adolf von Baeyer and other prominent German chemists foundation of the "Deutsche Chemische Gesellschaft zu Berlin" (DChG) on November 11. August Wilhelm von Hofmann becomes first president
1868	Publication of the scientific journal "Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft"
1877	Foundation of the "Verein Analytischer Chemiker" as representation of chemists in industry
1887	Transformation of the "Verein Analytischer Chemiker" in "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Angewandte Chemie". Its membership journal is the "Angewandte Chemie"
1892	25th anniversary of the "Deutsche Chemische Gesellschaft" is celebrated at the Berlin townhall on November 12.
1896	The "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Angewandte Chemie" is renamed in "Verein Deutscher Chemiker" (VDCh)
1900	Career service for chemists established at VDCh. Inauguration of the "Hofmann House" in Berlin which becomes seat of the DChG. Regional section of the VDCh in New York.
1903	Establishment of the "Chemiker Hilfskasse" as a benevolent fund. First award of the August-Wilhelm-von-Hofmann-Denkmünze (to Henri Moissan) and of the Liebig-Denkmünze (to Adolf von Baeyer).

hauptversammlung 1910 General Assembly in München in 1910

1911	First award of the Adolf-von-Baeyer-Denkmünze (to Paul Friedländer).
1912	First award of the Emil-Fischer-Medaille (to Fritz Hofmann). The VDCh is the world's largest chemical society.
1918	50th anniversary of DChG and 100th birthday of August von Hofmann.
1921	VDCh, DChG and the Verein zur Wahrung der Interessen der chemischen Industrie Deutschlands (predecessor organization of VCI) establish the Verlag Chemie GmbH as publishing house.
1936	New statutes of the VDCh with Nazi contents. The new statutes of the DChG avoid such contents.
1938	Integration into the NS-umbrella organization Nationalsozialistischer Bund Deutscher Technik.
1944	The DChG offices in the Hofmannhaus and the VDCh offices are destroyed in air raids. The VDCh office is transferred to Grünberg/Hessen.
1946	Foundation of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker in the British Sector on September 20 in Göttingen. Chairman is Karl Ziegler (until 1949). Dr. Rudolf Wolf first secretary general, office is located in Grünberg.
1947	Foundation of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker in Hesse on January 22. Chairman is Hans Popp (until 1949), secretary general is also Rudolf Wolf.
1949	Integration of the two regional Societies to form the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker in Frankfurt am Main on September 20. First president is Karl Ziegler (until December 31, 1951).
1950	The GDCh has 30 regional sections. After a 10 years interruption the Liebig-Denkmünze (to E. Konrad) and the Emil-Fischer-Medaille (to H. Meerwein) are awarded again. First award of the Alfred-Stock-Gedächtnispreis (to Egon Wiberg).
1953	Foundation of the Chemische Gesellschaft in the German Democratic Republic. The GDCh membership journal is founded as Nachrichten aus Chemie und Technik and appears as Supplement of Angewandte Chemie.
1955	First award of the Otto-Hahn-Preis für Chemie und Physik (to Lise Meitner).
1956	The GDCh office moves from Grünberg to Frankfurt.
1958	More than 10.000 members.
1959	GDCh organizes the 17th IUPAC-Congress in Munich.
1962	GDCh office moves to its current location in the Carl-Bosch-Haus, Varrentrappstr. 40-42, Frankfurt. First issue of the International Edition in English of the Angewandte Chemie.
1966	More than 15.000 members.
1967	100th anniversary celebration of the foundation of the Deutsche Chemische Gesellschaft in Berlin.
1970	Foundation of the Federation of the European Chemical Societies (FECS).
1972	Retirement of Dr. Wolf. Dr. Wolfgang Fritsche new secretary general of the GDCh.
1975	First award of the Karl-Ziegler-Preis (to Georg Wittig).
1976	Fritsche becomes secretary general of FECS (until 1988).
1982	The Advisory Committee on Existing Chemicals (BUA) is founded at the GDCh.
1983	GDCh organizes the 29th IUPAC-Congress in Cologne.
1987	More than 20.000 members.
1989	Fritsche becomes president of FECS (until 1992).
1991	Dissolution of the Chemische Gesellschaft. To a large extent their members become members of the GDCh. Prof. Dr. Heindirk tom Dieck succeeds Dr. Wolfgang Fritsche as GDCh secretary general. GDCh has now more than 25,000 members.
1992	125th anniversary of the Deutsche Chemische Gesellschaft in Berlin.
1994	Code of Conduct for GDCh members established.
1996	GDCh buys the remaining shares of the Carl-Bosch-Haus from the Max-Planck Society. Major share of VCH Publishers sold to investment group. Development of the "Würzburger Modell" to modernize chemistry studies in Germany.
1997	26. General Meeting together with the Gesellschaft Österreichischer Chemiker on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the GÖCH.
1998	Merger of several national chemical journals (including Liebigs Annalen and Chemische Berichte) to create the European Journal of Organic Chemistry and the European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry.
1999	50th anniversary of the GDCh. 27th General GDCh Meeting and 37th IUPAC-Congress in Berlin.
2002	Together with chemical societies from France and Spain creation of the new journal "Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry", published by Springer Verlag. Prof. Dr. Wolfram Koch succeeds Prof. Heindirk tom Dieck as GDCh Executive Director.
2003	Organization of the "Jahr der Chemie" (Year of Chemistry) together with the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Science in Dialog (WiD) and seven other chemistry organizations.
2004	Organization of the 36th International Chemistry Olympiad in Kiel together with BMBF, VCI and IPN.
2005	Launch of ChemMedChem, a new journal initiated by the Societiá Chimica Italiana and the GDCh, published by Wiley-VCH. GDCh Biennial Congress in Düsseldorf. Mott Chemie schafft Strukturen (Chemistry creates Structures). GDCh Board decides Richard Kuhn Medal no longer to be awarded.
2006	EuCheMS organizes 1. European Chemistry Congress in Budapest, supported mainly by GDCh and RSC.
2007	C6 meeting in Paris, July 2007, Paris declaration passed, GDCh Science Forum, September 16 - 19 at Ulm (former biennial congress) GDCh hosts together with Dechema and DBG the EuCheMS General Assembly 2007 at Frankfurt in October.
2008	Foundation of the new journal ChemSuSChem which has been designed and edited with the Sociéta Chemica Italiana and by Wiley-VCH.
2009	60th anniversary of the GDCh.