The German Red Cross (German: Deutsches Rotes Kreuz) is the national Red Cross Society of the Federal Republic of Germany. Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Red_Cross. ... The terms Red Cross and Red Crescent are often used as short names for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, or its two leading international organs, the ICRC and the IFRCS. This page is about the symbol itself, see respective articles for information about the organizations and movements. ...

With over 4.5 million members, it is the third largest Red Cross society in the world.

Voluntary societies of the German Red Cross

• Bereitschaften (medical service units)
• Bergwacht (mountain rescue service)
• Wasserwacht (lifeguard service)
• Sozialarbeit (welfare work)
• Jugendrotkreuz (Red Cross Youth)

The Wasserwacht is a German lifeguard service. ...

Presidents of the German Red Cross

• 1921 - 1933: Joachim v. Winterfeldt-Menkin
• 1933 - 1945: Carl-Eduard Herzog v. Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha
• 1950 - 1952: Dr. Otto Gessler
• 1952 - 1961: Dr. Heinrich Weitz
• 1961 - 1967: Hans Ritter von Lex
• 1967 - 1982: Walter Bargatzky
• 1982 - 1994: Botho Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein
• 1994 - 2003: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Knut Ipsen
• since 2003: Federal minister (retired) Rudolf Seiters

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein was a county between Hesse-Darmstadt and Westphalia. ...

External links

• German Red Cross
• German Red Cross Youth
• GRC lifeguard service