Naturism in Germany

Naturism is a cultural and social movement practicing, advocating and defending social nudity in private and in public. It is particularly popular in Germany where it goes under the name Freikörperkultur (FKK). FKK promotes a lifestyle based on personal, family and/or social nudism in the "great outdoors" environment. Naturism grew out of the German Lebensreform movement and the Wandervogel youth movement of 1896, and has been adopted in many neighbouring European countries and was taken by the German diaspora to North America and other continents.

In 1974, the International Naturist Federation (INF) defined naturism as:

Naturism is a lifestyle in harmony with nature, expressed through personal and social nudity, and characterised by self-respect of people with different opinions and of the environment.

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