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|assocname= '''Austrian Alpine Club''' <br />
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|sport= [[Mountaineering]] <br />
|category =Amateur athletic association<br />
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|headquarters =[[Innsbruck]]<br />
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|president = Dr. Wolfgang Schnabl <br />
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The '''Austrian Alpine Club''' ({{langx|de|Österreichischer Alpenverein}}) has about 700,000 members in 194 [[Section (Alpine club)|sections]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Sections of the Alpine Club | website =Austrian Alpenverein| access-date =22 June 2024 |url = https://www.alpenverein.at/portal/der-verein/sektionen/index.php }}</ref> and is the largest mountaineering organisation in [[Austria]]. It is responsible for the upkeep of over 234 [[Alpine club hut|alpine hut]]s in Austria and neighbouring countries. It also maintains over 26,000 kilometres of footpaths, and produces detailed maps of key mountain areas within Austria. Much of this work is done by the association's 22,000 volunteers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.alpenverein.at/portal/der-verein/index.php |title=Der Verein Wege ins Freie Österreichischer Alpenverein |website=www.alpenverein.at |access-date=15 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406022816/https://www.alpenverein.at/portal/der-verein/index.php |archive-date=6 April 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The association has a [[Alpine Club Museum|museum in Innsbruck]] dedicated to the history of [[alpinism]]. It also has sections in Belgium and the United Kingdom, and a group in Poland.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[South Tyrol Alpine Club]] (Alpenverein Südtirol, AVS)<br />
* [[German Alpine Club]] (Deutscher Alpenverein, DAV)<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.alpenverein.at/ OeAV (Austrian Alpine Association)] {{in lang|de}}<br />
* [https://www.alpenverein.at/britannia/index.php Austrian Alpine Club(UK) - OeAV Sektion Britannia] {{in lang|en}}<br />
* [http://www.alpenverein.pl/ Alpenverein Polska (Ortsgruppe of OeAV Sektion Austria)] {{in lang|pl}}<br />
* [http://www.alpenverein-slovensko.sk/ Alpenverein Slovakia (Ortsgruppe of OeAV Sektion Austria)] {{in lang|sk}}<br />
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[[Category:Tourism in Austria]]<br />
[[Category:Climbing and mountaineering organizations]]<br />
[[Category:Hiking organizations]]<br />
[[Category:Tourism in Innsbruck]]<br />
[[Category:1862 establishments in the Austrian Empire]]<br />
[[Category:Alpine clubs]]<br />
[[Category:Sports clubs and teams established in 1862]]<br />
[[Category:Mountaineering in Austria]]<br />
[[Category:Hiking governing bodies]]<br />
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