Holzforum Allgäu e.V.

Holzforum Allgäu e.V. is a registered association (eingetragener Verein) that functions as the network of the wood and timber-construction industry in the Allgäu region of Bavaria, Germany. Its public-facing identity is built around the slogan "Holz heißt Zukunft" (wood means future), positioning timber as a climate-conscious, future-oriented building material. The association connects companies, planners, architects, municipalities and policymakers who work with wood, and it serves as a regional platform for knowledge exchange, continuing education and joint project work. The organisation's activities centre on events, publications and collaborative research and innovation projects. Its flagship recurring event is the Allgäuer Holztag, a regional timber-construction conference; the 2026 edition brought experts from timber construction, planning, municipalities and politics together at the Kornhaus in Kempten, focusing on climate-conscious material use, building within the existing building stock, and regional value creation. The association also publishes practical guidance such as a compendium on timber-construction planning (Holzbauplanung – Kompendium für die Praxis), which addresses the specific requirements of modern timber construction arising from high degrees of prefabrication, industrial production processes and the close interlocking of planning and execution. Beyond events and publications, Holzforum Allgäu participates in publicly funded innovation and research projects. It is involved in BAUHALPS, a project in which TH Rosenheim is developing a tool for assessing building projects against the three guiding values of the New European Bauhaus — sustainability, aesthetics and inclusion. It is also a partner in NextLevelWood, a project that conducts interviews with relevant actors in the timber-construction environment to capture practical perspectives, requirements and experience as a basis for further project steps. The association also engages in forest- and climate-policy advocacy: representatives of forest ownership, agriculture and landowners from Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Austria, in the context of the "Münchner Appell", called for a "stop the clock" and a restart in the Nature Restoration debate, opposing a rollback of forest conversion (Waldumbau). As an association rather than a commercial manufacturer, Holzforum Allgäu does not sell a product line; its "offerings" are membership networking, events, technical publications, project participation and advocacy for timber construction and sustainable forestry in southern Germany and neighbouring Austria. Its audience spans the timber value chain — sawmills and timber producers, prefabrication and timber-construction firms, planners and architects, municipalities and political decision-makers. The organisation is based in and named after the Allgäu, and its work is explicitly regional in focus while connected to wider Bavarian, German and Alpine-Austrian networks.

Holzforum Allgäu e.V. is a registered association based in the Allgäu region of Bavaria, Germany, that serves as the network of the wood and timber-construction industry in that region. Its self-description, "Das Netzwerk der Holzwirtschaft im Allgäu" (the network of the wood industry in the Allgäu), frames it as a membership-based convenor rather than a commercial producer. The association's public identity is anchored in the slogan "Holz heißt Zukunft" — wood means future — which signals its core message that timber is a climate-conscious and future-oriented material. The organisation's work has developed along three main lines: events, technical publications, and participation in publicly funded research and innovation projects. Its flagship event is the Allgäuer Holztag, a regional timber-construction conference that brings together experts from timber construction, planning, municipalities and politics. The 2026 edition was held at the Kornhaus in Kempten and centred on climate-conscious material use, building within the existing building stock (Bauen im Bestand), and regional value creation, with the guiding question of how existing knowledge can be turned into concrete action — because future-proof building begins with decisions made before construction starts. Alongside events, the association produces practical guidance for the sector. Its compendium "Holzbauplanung – Kompendium für die Praxis" addresses the specific characteristics of modern timber construction: a high degree of prefabrication, industrial production processes, and a close interlocking of planning and execution create particular requirements for planning workflows and for the coordination and collaboration of project participants. The publication thus supports planners, architects and executing firms in adapting their processes to timber construction. Holzforum Allgäu also participates in collaborative innovation projects. In BAUHALPS, TH Rosenheim — with the participation of Holzforum — is developing a tool that follows the three guiding values of the New European Bauhaus: sustainability, aesthetics and inclusion. The tool reassesses building projects with regard to their feasibility. In the NextLevelWood project, interviews with relevant actors in the timber-construction environment have begun; the goal is to capture central perspectives, requirements and practical experience and thereby create a sound basis for further project steps. Beyond project work, the association engages in forest- and climate-policy advocacy. Representatives of forest ownership, agriculture and landowners from Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Austria, in the context of the "Münchner Appell", demanded a "stop the clock" and a restart in the Nature Restoration debate, opposing a rollback of forest conversion (Waldumbau). This positions Holzforum Allgäu within a broader southern-German and Alpine-Austrian network concerned with sustainable forestry and timber use. As an eingetragener Verein, Holzforum Allgäu is a non-profit-oriented membership organisation rather than a listed or privately held commercial company. Its "customers" are its members and the wider timber value chain: sawmills and timber producers, prefabrication and timber-construction firms, planners and architects, municipalities and political decision-makers. Its geographic focus is the Allgäu, with connections across Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Austria. The available evidence does not specify a founding year, founders, executive names or membership figures, so those details are left open here.

• Allgäuer Holztag 2026 held at Kornhaus Kempten, focusing on climate-conscious material use, building within existing stock and regional value creation.

• Publication of 'Holzbauplanung – Kompendium für die Praxis', a practical compendium on timber-construction planning.

• Participation in BAUHALPS, a project in which TH Rosenheim develops a tool based on the New European Bauhaus values.

• Start of interviews in the NextLevelWood project with actors from the timber-construction environment.

• Support for the 'Münchner Appell' calling for a 'stop the clock' and restart in the Nature Restoration debate.

Regional industry network and advocacy platform for timber construction and the wood value chain in the Allgäu, promoting wood as a climate-conscious, future-oriented building material.

• Allgäuer Holztag

  Regional timber-construction conference bringing together experts from timber construction, planning, municipalities and politics.

• Holzbauplanung – Kompendium für die Praxis

  Practical compendium addressing the specific requirements of modern timber construction, including prefabrication, industrial production and coordination of planning and execution.

• BAUHALPS

  Project in which TH Rosenheim, with Holzforum participation, develops a tool oriented to the New European Bauhaus values of sustainability, aesthetics and inclusion.

• NextLevelWood

  Project conducting interviews with relevant actors in the timber-construction environment to capture practical perspectives and requirements.

1. 1Holzforum Allgäu | Das Netzwerk der Holzwirtschaft im Allgäuholzforum-allgaeu.de
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