History

Kneipp Worldwide was founded in Lindau at Lake Constance, Germany in 1962 under the name “Internationale Konföderation der Kneipp-Bewegung (IKK)“, the international confederation of the Kneipp Movement. The founder-members agreed that the associated organizations would remain independent in their home countries. From the beginning the Presidential Council (“Präsidialrat”) decided on the admission of new organizations as members. The Presidential Council is elected every four years by the members.

The following organizations were founder-members of the IKK:

  • Kneipp-Bund e.V. (the confederation of German Kneipp associ (ations and individual members - Germany
    www.kneippbund.de
  • Kneippärztebund e.V. (the German physicians' society for preventive and naturopathic medicine) - Germany
    www.kneippaerztebund.de
  • Verband Kneippscher Bademeister/innen (the association of Kneipp balneotherapists) - Germany
    www.kneippschule.de
  • Österreichischer Kneipp Bund (the confederation of Austrian Kneipp associations and individual members) - Austria
    www.kneippbund.at
  •  Österreichischer Kneippärztebund (the Austrian physicians' society for preventive and naturopathic medicine) - Austria
  • Schweizer Kneippverband (the confederation of Swiss Kneipp associations) - Switzerland
    www.kneipp.ch

In 1972, a Danish Kneipp association joined the IKK, and in 1975 the Confederation of South African Kneipp Associations followed. The office of the General Secretary in Bad Wörishofen was implemented in 1976. Since 2021, there is a second office in Berlin, Germany.

Today, Kneipp Worldwide consists of six national associations, some professional associations and single members in more than 40 countries. Its work focuses on congresses, acquisition of members and, last but not least, on the “Kneippiade” – a social event combining exercise and fun which attracted hundreds of friends of the Kneipp Movement when it was held for the first time in 2001. Since then the Kneippiade ("International Games oft the Kneipp Movement" since 2010) has become an established part of the European Kneipp Movement.


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  • Generalsekretariat Kneipp Worldwide

    Kneipp-Zentrum
    Adolf-Scholz-Allee 6-8
    86825 Bad Wörishofen
    Germany

  • Contact

    Phone: +49 8247 / 3002 - 102
    Fax: +49 8247 / 3002 - 199
    E-Mail: ikk@kneippbund.de

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