Deutsche Unitarier Religionsgemeinschaft ("German Unitarian Religious Community") was founded in was formed in 1876 in Germany's Rheinhessen region under the name Religionsgemeinschaft Freier Protestanten ("Religious Community of Free Protestants"). 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Rheinhessen refers to the part of the former Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt located west of the Rhine river and now part of Rhineland-Palatinate. ...

In 1911 their newspaper took on the subtitle "deutsch-unitarische Blätter" ("German Unitarian Gazette") because leader Rudolf Walbaum wanted to connect to American Unitarians. A database query syntax error has occurred. ... Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), in full the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations in North America, is a liberal religious denomination formed by the merger in 1961 of the American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church in America. ...

The current name, Deutsche Unitarier Religionsgemeinschaft, was adopted in 1950. 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Theology

Most members lean towards scientific and philosophical humanism, but there is recognition of the merit of other faith traditions. Humanism is a general term for many different lines of thought that focus on humanity and issues that are common to human beings. ...

Organization

Congregations are lay-led. It is the only Unitarian group in Germany to belong to the ICUU. The International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU) is a world council bringing together Unitarians, Universalists and Unitarian Universalists. ...