Before the Bavarian Forest Nature Park and Bavarian Forest National Park, the Bavarian Forest Club was the only institution that placed the culture and nature of the Bavarian Forest at the centre of activties, with its goal of development of the town for hiking and holiday, and marking and maintaining the hiking trails.
Until the founding of the Bavarian Forest Nature Park in 1967 and the Bavarian Forest National Park in 1970, the Bavarian Forest Club was the only major institution that placed the culture and nature of the Bavarian Forest at the centre of its activities. The main goals of the club were the development of the Bavarian Forest as a hiking and holiday area, the creation of a dense network of hiking trails and the construction of refuge huts. Later they concentrated on the maintenance and waymarking of trails, the conservation of refuge huts and viewing towers as well as measures such as the protection of the Schachten, the historical grazing areas of the highlands. 
