Bicycle star tour
A bicycle rally is an event in which cyclists take various tours - the rays of the star - to a central meeting point.
Bicycle rides in Berlin and Brandenburg
The bicycle rally in Berlin and Brandenburg is a bicycle demonstration and over the years has developed into the world's largest and most famous bicycle rally. The aim is to make cycling safer and more attractive and to promote gentle mobility as part of a traffic turnaround. The first bicycle rally took place on June 5, 1977 and until 1989 was limited to the area of West Berlin . The number of participants increased steadily, since the mid-1990s there were over 25,000 participants annually, in 2002 the limit of 100,000 participants was reached according to the organizers, in 2004 there were 250,000 participants according to the Berlin police. That number dropped to 100,000 in 2005 and 2006 due to bad weather. The organizer has been the Allgemeine Deutsche Fahrrad-Club (ADFC) Berlin e. V. The Berliner Fahrradsternfahrt was originally brought into being by the loose cyclists' association, Grüne Radler .
On various routes with many meeting points and a total route length of over 1000 kilometers (in 2015), the bicycle tour leads to the center of the city of Berlin, where it ends with the goal of the environmental festival between the Brandenburg Gate and the Großer Stern .
A special feature of the rally is that it is only possible to drive on the city motorway in the area of the AVUS and the Britzer Tunnel on this day ; other parts of the Berlin city motorways could also be used on earlier rallies. Within the city, drivers have to wait up to an hour before they reach the other side of the intersection.
The Berliner Fahrradsternfahrt usually takes place on the first Sunday in June on the occasion of World Environment Day. This should also point out the importance of the bicycle as an environmentally friendly means of transport .
The last rally in Berlin took place on June 2, 2019 under the motto "More space for your bike".
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , there will be no rally in 2020 for the first time in more than 40 years. It was planned for June 7th with the motto: "Streets for everyone - # MehrPlatzfürsRad".
Participant development of the Berliner Fahrradsternfahrt
According to the "BI Gegen die Westtangente" (1977) and ADFC Berlin (from 1993), the following numbers of participants were recorded:
| year | Attendees | Routes | Meeting points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | called off | 19 (planned) | 91 (planned) |
| 2019 | 90,000 | 19th | 91 |
| 2018 | 90,000 | 19th | 90 |
| 2017 | 100,000 | 19th | 90 |
| 2016 | 140,000 | 19th | 90 |
| 2015 | 120,000 | 19th | 90 |
| 2014 | 200,000 | 19th | 90 |
| 2013 | 100,000 | 19th | 90 |
| 2012 | 150,000 | 19th | 88 |
| 2011 | 150,000 | 19th | 88 |
| 2010 | 200,000 | 19th | - |
| 2009 | 100,000 | 18th | 86 |
| 2008 | 250,000 | 18th | 80 |
| 2007 | 250,000 | 18th | 82 |
| 2006 | 100,000 | 19th | 81 |
| 2005 | 100,000 | 17th | 81 |
| 2004 | 250,000 | 16 | 75 |
| 2003 | 100,000 | - | - |
| 2002 | 100,000 | 13 | 57 |
| 2001 | 50,000 | 13 | 56 |
| 2000 | 30,000 | 13 | - |
| 1999 | 25,000 | - | - |
| 1998 | 25,000 | - | - |
| 1997 | 25,000 | - | - |
| 1996 | 25,000 | - | - |
| 1995 | 10,000 | - | - |
| 1977 | 8,000 | 11 | - |
The police reported 22,500 participants for 2014, 35,000 for 2015 and a good 20,000 for 2016. For the 2017 themed bike country Germany. Now! organized rally, the police gave no number of participants; According to a count and estimate by the daily mirror , there should have been around 30,000 participants who drove almost to the end. The ADFC, on the other hand, counts or values all passengers, including those who only travel a short distance and are not there until the end. In 2019, the police estimated the number of participants at "well below 30,000".
Bicycle rally in Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein
The bicycle rally in Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein is much smaller than the bicycle rally in Berlin and Brandenburg . It is held annually on the third Sunday in June. The previous record is around 30,000 participants in 2015. The starting points are spread across the entire Hamburg city area as well as in the neighboring districts in Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein . The individual groups unite to form larger and larger groups, with the aim of reaching a central point in downtown Hamburg at the same time.
The highlight of the ride on the rays from Lower Saxony and southern Hamburg is the ride over the Köhlbrand Bridge, the highest bridge in Hamburg, as well as over numerous sections of the autobahn that are specially closed for this event.
The first major rallies in Hamburg took place in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Bicycle rallies were later organized by the ADFC Hamburg, but they were abandoned in the early 1980s because the number of people taking part continued to decline.
Towards the end of the 1990s there was a new attempt at a bicycle rally in Hamburg. It started with a few hundred participants. Unlike in Berlin, the Hamburg bicycle rally is an event on the occasion of the nationwide Mobile-Without-Car Day , which always takes place on the 3rd Sunday in June. It is also carried out as a demonstration in accordance with the Assembly Act . In addition to the promotion of bicycle traffic, the promotion of the environmental network is required.
The Hamburg bicycle rally is the annually recurring endpoint of a campaign for environmentally friendly means of transport. As early as March, handouts will be distributed and campaigns will be carried out to draw attention to the rally and its goals. The Hamburg bicycle rally is supported by an alliance that includes various ADFC groups, but also initiatives critical of globalization such as attac , peace and environmental associations such as Greenpeace , associations for environmental protection and gentle tourism such as the Friends of Nature , large transport associations such as the Verkehrsclub Deutschland , as well smaller initiatives and associations.
Participant development of the Hamburg bicycle rally
| year | Attendees |
|---|---|
| 2020 | called off |
| 2019 | 30,000 |
| 2018 | 27,000 |
| 2017 | 30,000 |
| 2016 | 26,000 |
| 2015 | 30,000 |
| 2014 | 23,000 |
| 2013 | 12,000 |
| 2012 | 12,000 |
| 2011 | 8,000 |
| 2010 | 10,000 |
| 2009 | 18,000 |
Bicycle rides in North Rhine-Westphalia
Bicycle rally in Düsseldorf
Since 2008 the ADFC Düsseldorf has organized an annual bicycle rally. In 2011, 2,500 people drove to the state parliament building from various locations in Düsseldorf, but also from surrounding cities such as Duisburg. In 2013, the rally in or into the state capital was actively supported for the first time by the ADFC regional association NRW and thus also declared as the 1st ADFC NRW FahrradSternfahrt; on May 5, 2013 around 5,000 cyclists took part in the rally. On May 11, 2014 there were around 7,500 cyclists. At the 2019 rally, around 6,000 cyclists drove from more than 60 locations to the state capital Düsseldorf on June 2, where over 206,000 signatures from the NRW-wide popular initiative Aufbruch Fahrrad were handed over to the state parliament.
Cologne bicycle rally
The Cologne bicycle rally has been organized by the Kölner Sternfahrt action alliance since 2008 . This consists of various environmental and transport associations / initiatives, political groups and interested individuals involved in the organization of the rally:
- General German Bicycle Club e. V. (ADFC)
- AK Environment Cologne SPD
- Green Cologne Ecology Working Group
- Residents association car-free settlement Nippes (Neighbors60)
- KölnAgenda e. V.
- Ecological Democratic Party Cologne Bonn (ÖDP)
- Robin Wood Cologne
- VCD Cologne and the surrounding area
and other
The 6th Cologne bicycle rally took place on June 16, 2013 under the motto Give the bicycle space - let's make Cologne a bicycle city ! instead of. In 2014, the non-profit association to promote the Kölner Fahrrad-Sternfahrt e. V. founded. The purpose of the association is to bring together all citizens who want healthy, environmentally friendly and therefore livable mobility in public transport and especially want to improve bicycle traffic in a bicycle rally.
Traditionally, the cyclists start in the morning from around 30 meeting points in the Cologne city area and the surrounding area. The individual groups travel in a star shape along 9 routes to downtown Cologne. At 2 p.m. a tour through Cologne's city center begins, followed by a large final rally at 3 p.m. with various speakers and information stands. The demonstrators are urgently calling for better conditions for cyclists, so that the bicycle as a means of transport in Cologne becomes even more natural and safer. So that people stay mobile and the city becomes even more livable.
Bicycle rally Dortmund
After there was already a relatively large bicycle demonstration with around 300 participants in Dortmund on June 17, 2012, representatives from various institutions decided to organize the Dortmund bicycle rally on the mobile without a car day of action . The first rally took place on June 16, 2013 with 2,500 cyclists.
Bicycle rally in Baden-Württemberg
In 2012, a first attempt to conduct a rally failed due to safety concerns and only a so-called pilot drive was held. The Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure organized the first rally in 2013 with the support of ADFC Baden-Württemberg. Around 4,000 visitors were counted here. The 2014 rally was first carried out by the ADFC and had around 6,000 visitors.
The sixth rally with almost 7,000 participants took place on June 10, 2018 under the motto “Bicycle instead of fine dust”. Several thousand cyclists took part in the RadSternfahrt Baden-Württemberg 2019 on May 19, 2019 under the motto # MehrPlatzFürsRad .
Bicycle rally in Saxony-Anhalt
In Magdeburg , the ADFC has been organizing the bicycle campaign day once a year since 2011. The program includes a rally to a meeting point and a subsequent bike tour through the city and over the Magdeburger Ring . In 2013 almost 2000 cyclists were involved. The program is rounded off by a children's and family festival.
Bicycle rally Thuringia
The "Freudenthal", a gastronomic facility below the Gleichen Castle in Wandersleben , is the destination of the annual "Thuringian Castle Tour", in which more than 10,000 cyclists regularly take part. The traditional rally entered the Guinness Book of Records in 1998 with over 10,000 participants at the time . International cycling professionals who have already participated may include a. Eddy Merckx , Bernard Hinault , Danny Clark , Rudi Altig , Francesco Moser , Gustav Adolf Schur , Olaf Ludwig , Lutz Heßlich and Didi Thurau .
Cross-border bike rally
Since 2010 there is the Polish Szczecin a feeder ride (Szczecin). It takes place at the beginning of June on a nationwide Polish bicycle action day. A branch of the rally began in 2013 in the German city of Gartz (Oder) . The Szczecin bicycle rally was the first cross-border rally in Europe. In 2017 there were a total of six branches that started in Widuchowa , Goleniów , Stargard , Police , Lipiany and Gartz (via the Tantow train station ).
The Berlin bicycle rally starts the evening before in Szczecin.
Individual evidence
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- ↑ Due to a general decree issued due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the Hamburg bicycle rally 2020 was canceled. See Fahrradsternfahrt 2020. In: fahrradsternfahrt.info. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
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