Sauerländer Heimatbund

The Sauerländer Heimatbund (English: Sauerland Home Federation) [notes 1] is a non-profit NGO in Germany.

Their purpose is to adhere to and honour the cultural roots, heritage and traditions the Sauerland area.

The organisation was founded by the Roman Catholic priest Franz Hoffmeister as a community of traditional students.

Specific aspects of Heimat — love and attachment to homeland and the rejection of anything foreign — left the idea vulnerable to easy assimilation into the fascist "blood and soil" literature of the National Socialists.

In the 21st century annual meetings were held in Balve (2004),[2] Meschede (2005), Arnsberg (2006) [3] and Allendorf (2007),[4]