
is once again an internationally renowned FKK community center in Berlin.) (Nearly a century later, FSV Adolf Koch e.V. The Nazi regime shut Koch's schools and largely curtailed the practice due to its socialist sentiments, but naturism quickly regained popularity after the war.

Adolf Koch, a Berlin-born schoolteacher and early FKK advocate, led the naturism movement in post-World War I Germany by opening 13 training facilities devoted to nude athletics. Germany's first nude beach opened on the northern island of Sylt in 1920.

It’s a non-erotic celebration of the human form, often practiced in nature, and sometimes connected to athletics.

This community-based form of naturism started in the late 19th century when Germans began exploring nudity as a means to improve their mental and physical well-being. Germans began exploring naturism as a way to improve mental health © Sina Schuldt/ Picture Alliance via Getty ImagesįKK, or Freikörperkultur, translates to Free Body Culture.
