sport packs bags for hiking trekking snow sports and others . it was founded in 1898 in augsburg . 1 contents 1 history 2 environmental efforts 3 references 4 external links history edit in 1898 hans deuter founded deuter sport . starting in the 1900s deuter sport provided the bavarian royal mail with post sacks and mail bags . the company expanded in 1905 from producing linen weaving sackcloth freight car and horse blankets to also include a department that offered tent rentals . in 1910 there was a high demand for products from the military . deuter sport began manufacturing satchels backpacks knapsacks belts mess tents and store tents for the military . starting in 1919 deuter sport expanded once again and began manufacturing suitcases backpacks tents and truck canopies . at this time the needs of the tent rental section of the company exceeds its 10 000 sq meter space . 2 it is owned since 2006 by schwan stabilo . environmental efforts edit deuter sport commits to be environmentally friendly . the deuter drecksack dirt bag is a bag used to carry garbage . the bag is very light and very easy to carry and is made out of recycled material . for every drecksack sold deuter gives 1 euro to the bergwaldoffensive an association for the protection of the forests in the bavarian alps . 3 there have been approximately 23 000 drecksacks sold to date . 4 references edit deuter history . history deuter sport gmbh & co. kg . deuter . retrieved 20 february 2013 . the tent rental section reaches its space limit of 10 000 sq metres . http www.bergwald offensive.de projekt bergwald partner.html in german ; retrieved 20 february 2015 http award.ispo.com en winner 2013 marketing multichannel deuter sport gmbh co. kg retrieved 20 february 2015 external links edit deuter official website deuter gb uk official website deuter usa us official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title deuter sport & oldid 695839410 categories sportswear brandscompanies established in 1898german brandshidden categories use dmy dates from july 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran ais svenska edit links this page was last modified on 19 december 2015 at 00 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view