With its seat being in Mannheim, Germany, the RdR was formed in 2004 as a successor to the Zwischenstaatliche Kommission für deutsche Rechtschreibung ("Intergovernmental Commission for German Orthography") in order to include supporters as well as opponents of the German orthography reform of 1996 (and subsequent reforms).
Qendrën e ka në Mannheim, Gjermani, RdR u krijua 2004 si pasues i Zwischenstaatliche Kommission für deutsche Rechtschreibung ("komisionit ndërqeveritar për drejtshkrimin gjerman") in order to comprise proponents as well as opponents to the German orthography reformë of 1996 (and subsequent reforms).