1. Why Dresden? the origins of the International Vegetarian Union
By John Davis IVU Manager & Historian

2. Dresden Early 20th century
Dresden Vegetarian Society
Four Vegetarian Restaurants
Hydrotherapy Sanatarium
National Hygiene Museum

3. Origins of International Vegetarianism 1847-1887
1847 – Vegetarian Society (UK)
– American Vegetarian Society
- over 30 local veg groups in UK
1867 – Deutsche Verein für natürliche Lebensweise
Stuttgarter Vegetarierverein
Deutsche Verein für harmonische Lebenweise (Vegetarier Verein)
1887 – 40th Anniversary of Veg Society German visitor (Herr Weidner from Cologne)
Joseph Brotherton & James Simpson

4. Origins of International Vegetarianism 1889
1889, June – Vegetarian Union (London Vegetarian Society)
1889, September – International Vegetarian Congress in Cologne
1889, October 1 – Vegetarian Federal Union – now global

5. Origins of International Vegetarianism 1878-1890
1878 – Austria
1879 – France
1880 – Switzerland
1882 – New Zealand
1884 – Hungary
1886 – Australia
1886 – USA (VSA)
1889 – India
Ireland
Plus dozens of local groups in the UK,
at least a dozen in Germany, and many
more in the other countries.

6. Origins of International Vegetarianism 1890
International Vegetarian Congress, London

7. Origins of International Vegetarianism 1891-93
1891 – VFU Congress, Brussels, cancelled
1892 – Deutsche Vegetarier-Bund
1893 – International Congress, Chicago

8. Origins of International Vegetarianism 1897 - 1903
1897 – International Congress, London
1900 – International Congress, Paris
1901 – Brussels Congress…??
1903 – the end of the money...

9. Origins of International Vegetarianism 1891 - 1906
1891 – Czechoslovakia
1891 – Chile
1894 – Netherlands
1895 – Sweden
1896 – Denmark
1897 – Belgium
1899 – Italy
1901 – Russia
1903 – Norway
1905 – Spain
Greece

10. Origins of International Vegetarianism 1904-1908
1904 International Congress, St Louis
1907 Vegetarian Society Diamond Jubilee - proposal for a new Federation
1908 – Dresden IVU founded

11. If you want to know what happened next ...
Tomorrow, Monday: – Festsaal 100 Years of the International Vegetarian Union

12. BOAT TRIP TO MEISSEN
Wednesday, July 30 – depart – back in Dresden at 18.00
16.80 euros for the boat
‘do your own thing’ for three hours in the 1,000 year old town of Meissen