Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk (Germany)

LC control no.	n 82063787
Descriptive conventions	rda
Corporate name heading	Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk (Germany) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Bundesanstalt THW (Germany) German Federal Agency for Technical Relief Germany (Federal Republic, 1949- ). Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk Germany (West). Bundesministerium des Innern. Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk Technisches Hilfswerk (Germany) THW (Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk) T.H.W. (Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk)
See also	Technische Nothilfe (Organization) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities Sponsoring corporate body: Germany (West). Bundesamt für Zivilen Bevölkerungsschutz *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Beginning date	19500822
Associated country	Germany
Special note	In 1958 the functions of the Bundesanstalt für Zivilen Luftschutz and the Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk were taken over by the Bundesamt für Zivilen Bevölkerungsschutz
Found in	Das Technische Hilfswerk, Aug. 1954. Wikipedia, 21 Nov. 2008 (Technische Nothilfe (TENO) was dissolved in 1945; its functions were assumed again in 1950 when the Technisches Hilfswerk was formed) Technisches Hilfswerk website, June 17, 2014: German page, "Das THW" (Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk [logo]); Bundesanstalt THW; the structure of the THW is unique, in that organizationally it belongs to the operations area ("Geschäftsbereich") of the Ministry of the Interior, yet 99% of its members are volunteers) <http://www.thw.de/DE/THW/thw_node.html> Technisches Hilfswerk website, June 17, 2014: English page, "THW, Overview, History" ([Das] Technische Hilfswerk; August 22, 1950 the German Federal minister of the interior (Gustav Heinemann) and Otto Lummitzsch agreed to start the establishmnt of a civil security service; by 1953 the Technische Hilfswerk became a federal agency, and has remained commited to protection of the population and people in distress (both domestic and foreign) through technical assistance on a volunteer basis <http://www.thw.de/EN/THW/Overview/History/history_node.html> German Wikipedia, June 17, 2014: "Technisches Hilfswerk" (Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk; THW; Technisches Hilfswerk; international name: German Federal Agency for Technical Relief; subordinate to the Bundesministerium des Innern, and located in Bonn-Lengsdorf); founded August. 22, 1950 as the federal civil and catastrophic protective organization ("Zivil- und Katastrophenschutzorganisation des Bundes ..."), its designation "Technisches Hilfswerk (THW) has been official since October 20, 1951; with the founding 1957 of the Bundesdienststelle für zivilen Bevölkerungsschutz, the THW was integrated into this organization; since December 8, 2008 the THW (representative of the Innenministerium) has cooperative agreements with the Bundesministerium für Verteidigung to utilize military facilities as well as provide reciprocal educational support)