Association of Gardeners, Settlers, and Animal Breeders

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| name = Association of Gardeners, Settlers, and Animal Breeders
VKSK

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| native_name = Verband der Kleingärtner, Siedler und Kleintierzüchter

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| formation = 16 October 1952 (initial)
29 November 1959

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| founding_location = Leipzig

| dissolved = 31 December 1990

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| headquarters = East Berlin

| location = East Germany

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| membership = 1.500.000

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| leader_title = First Secretary

| leader_name = Erich Angermann (1959–1968)
Heinz Schmidtke (1968–1976)
Erich Wegner (1976–1990)

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The Association of Gardeners, Settlers, and Animal Breeders was a mass organization of the German Democratic Republic from 1959 until shortly after German reunification in 1990. The association worked to assist and improve the economic stances of allotment gardeners and small animal breeders, such as dogs and goats.Meyers Universallexikon in vier Bänden, Band IV, VEB Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig, 1980, Lizenz-Nr. 433130/90/80, S. 44.

Initially founded in 1953, its creation was rejected by the ruling Socialist Unity Party, and it took another six years for the organization to be officially consecrated.

In 1988, the association had over 1.5 million members, and it was officially dissolved on 31 December 1990, two months after reunification.