Despite the rainy weather, a dozen club sisters and a few guests gathered cheerfully at Nymphenburg Palace, where the Wittelsbach family spent their summer months. The origins of the palace just outside the city gates can be traced back to Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, who brought the Italian way of life to Munich and was an important advisor to her husband: it was a gift to mark the birth of the long-awaited heir to the throne.

It is thanks to Marie Leopoldine, the last, very young Kur princess, that Bavaria was not sold off to Austria. After her elderly husband passed away, she developed an incredible entrepreneurial spirit and became the richest woman in Bavaria!

The self-confident Caroline of Baden, who insisted on furniture for children in their chambers, for example, could be traced in three rooms, some of which had been freshly restored.

After the rulers, Susanne, with her incredibly broad knowledge, also introduced us to some extraordinary life stories of women from Ludwig I's gallery of beauties.

The trip ended on a successful conclusion at the Metzgerwirt restaurant with amicable exchanges between club sisters and guests.

Club meetings

We meet regularly on the Tuesdays of every month for our club meeting to exchange ideas, learn new things, expand our knowledge and maintain our friendships.

We usually listen to lectures and reports on a wide variety of topics, both from club sisters and external guests. As we all have different backgrounds, the following exchanges always result in exciting discussions and new insights.

An important point is also the joint organisation of our activities and projects for women worldwide.l

Networking & Cooperations

Soroptimist International is a worldwide community of women.

Since 1948, Soroptimist International (SI) has had consultative status as an NGO of the ECOSOC, the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, and has women representatives at the following UN sub-organisations in New York, Geneva, Vienna and Paris: WHO, UNHCR, ECOSOC, UNIDO, ILO, UNEP, UNESCO and UNICEF.

SID (Soroptimist International Deutschland) is a member of the German Women's Council. Many clubs are involved in state and local women's councils. Our club, for example, is a member of the Bavarian State Women's Council, which actively supports women.

Regular visits and exchanges with partner clubs at home and abroad result in long-lasting friendships, joint projects and new, unfamiliar insights into foreign ways of life. This is usually very impressive and enriching.

Activities

With shared activities such as working on social and socially relevant projects, our regular club meetings, excursions, organising lectures, cultural tours or other events, we broaden our own horizons, foster our friendships with each other, and try to improve the conditions for a self-determined life of women here locally and worldwide.

To improve the realisation of our projects, we have founded a support association:

Soroptimistische Hilfe München-Schwabing e.V.

Find out more about our activities on our homepage under the heading Activities and Projects.

PLease send donations to:

Stadtsparkasse München
IBAN DE58 7015 0000 0098 1364 50

Our Partner (Link) Club Bad Ragaz

There are particularly close links with special partner clubs abroad, the so-called 'Link Clubs', with which regular joint activities are organised.

Close by and worldwide -

we are part of a great movement!

SI unites women from all continents, cultures and professions to work for the improvement of living conditions for women and girls worldwide and to contribute to a better global understanding.

With its worldwide network of over 2,900 clubs with approximately 70,000 members in 118 countries, Soroptimist International offers its members a unique forum for the exchange of knowledge and experience.

There are five federations under the umbrella organisation Soroptimist International:

Soroptimist International of the Americas, Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland, Soroptimist International of the South West Pacific, Soroptimist International of Europe and Soroptimist International Africa.

SI Europe (SIE) includes about 1,166 clubs with about 31,500 members in 43 countries.
Soroptimist International Deutschland (SID) currently consists of 224 clubs with over 6,700 members in eight districts.

Club sisters around the world meet at local club meetings, national and international events and mutual visits. Here, encounters develop into friendships that often last a lifetime.