SK John T. Essberger, one of the large 44m-class cruisers of the DGzRS

SK Berlin, a 27m-class cruiser of the DGzRS, and a SeaKing helicopter of the German Navy

SK Herman Helms, a cruiser of the 27m-class

The Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger or DGzRS (literally translated: German Society for the Resue of Shipwrecked Sailors, but more commonly referred to in English as the German Lifeboat Institution or GLI) is responsible for Search and Rescue in German territorial waters in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, including the Exclusive Economic Zone. The German Navy ( Deutsche Marine ( is the Navy of Germany and part of the Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces For the TV series of this title see Search and Rescue (TV series. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The North Sea is a marginal, Epeiric sea of the Atlantic Ocean on the European Continental shelf. The Baltic Sea is a Brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N Latitude and from 20°E to 26°E Longitude. Under the law of the sea, an Exclusive Economic Zone ( EEZ) is a seazone over which a State has special rights over the exploration and use of marine

The headquarters and the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre of the Society are located in Bremen. Bremen (ˈbʁeːmən is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany (official name Stadtgemeinde Bremen / City Municipality of Bremen It was founded in Kiel on 29 May 1865. For the city in the United States, see Kiel Wisconsin. For the name see Kiel (name. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year It owns 61 lifeboats at 54 stations, 185 employed crew members and 800 volunteers. A lifeboat is a boat designed to save the lives of people in trouble at sea The Society has about 2500 engagements every year. Up to 2005, it rescued approximately 72,000 persons. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 2004 it saved 368 lives, rescued 837 persons from critical situations and carried out 343 medical transports. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "

Like the comparable British and Dutch organizations, the DGzRS is entirely financed by membership fees, private donations and legacies. The founder Sir William Hillary Sir William Hillary came to live on the Isle of Man in 1808

Writer and honorary member Nikolai von Michalewsky has immortalized the DGzRS in his series of science fiction novels by taking it as the model for his "Independent Society for Saving Spacewrecked". Nikolai von Michalewsky (aka Mark Brandis) (* January 17, 1931, Dahlewitz † December 27, 2000, Grasberg was a German writer and

See also

• Royal National Lifeboat Institution
• Koninklijke Nederlandse Redding Maatschappij
• Société Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer
• Redningsselskapet

External links

• Official website