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German Crystallographic Society

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German scientific organization

The German Crystallographic Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kristallographie, or DGK in German) is a non-profit organization based in Berlin. As a voluntary association of scientists working in crystallography or interested in crystallography and other people and institutions, its goal is to promote crystallography in teaching, research and industrial practice as well as in the public, in particular by fostering the exchange of experience and ideas as well as further education at national and international level Frame.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1991Founded1
  • HeadquartersStuttgart, Germany1
  • Websitedgk-home.de
  • Legal formRegistered association (eingetragener Verein)1
  • Kind of organizationAssociation1
  • LEI984500A94D8FF7C4C6213
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressCarl-Pulfrich-Straße 1, 07745 Jena, Germany3
  • Registered withLocal Court Berlin-Charlottenburg, VR 120983

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The German Crystallographic Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kristallographie, or DGK in German) is a non-profit organization based in Berlin. As a voluntary association of scientists working in crystallography or interested in crystallography and other people and institutions, its goal is to promote crystallography in teaching, research and industrial practice as well as in the public, in particular by fostering the exchange of experience and ideas as well as further education at national and international level Frame. Working groups are dedicated to specific areas of crystallography. The Society has just over 1000 members.2

The story

The association was founded on March 12, 1991 in Munich by merging the scientific associations "Crystallography Working Group" (AGKr) and "Association for Crystallography" (VFK). The merger of the West German AGKr led by Wolfram Saenger with the VFK of the GDR led by Ursula Steinike (Berlin) was decided by a vote of the members of these societies. The first elected chairman of the German Crystallographic Society was Heinz Schulz.

President since inception:

The annual meeting of the DGK takes place at a different location (usually in Germany) every year. In 2020 the conference was organized together with the Polish Crystallographic Association in Wroclaw. In 2021 the conference was supposed to take place in Hamburg at DESY and in 2022 in Munich, but due to the corona pandemic they were held online.

From Wikipedia’s article on German Crystallographic Society, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Timeline

  1. 1991Founded Founded1

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