ATV Ditmarsia Kiel

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Circle of ATV Ditmarsia Kiel
Half coat of arms of ATV Ditmarsia Kiel

The ATV Ditmarsia Kiel is a non-striking and non-colored gymnastics association at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel . The association was founded on November 8, 1890 by eight members of the ATV zu Berlin and has been a member of the Academic Gymnastics Association since then .

history

The name Ditmarsia is supposed to recall the history of the well-fortified tribe of the Dithmarscher , who defended the free peasant republic on the west coast of today's Schleswig-Holstein from all enemies from the time of Charlemagne to 1559 .

In addition to various other sports, ATV Ditmarsia has been rowing since 1896 ; she received her first rowing boat in 1899 and moved into her own boat rooms in the Seeburg in 1911 , which the Ditmarsen used until the beginning of May 2013. In addition to rowing excursions, racing rowing reached its peak from the mid-1950s under the direction of Karl Wiepke, an internationally recognized specialist. At times the Ditmarsen eight was the fastest eight in Germany. The Ditmarsia achieved 170 victories on all major European regatta courses. Including the European championships in eighth in Mâcon (1959), in four in Prague (1961) and eighth at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome .

In 1958 and 1960, ATV Ditmarsia was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf by the Federal President for outstanding sporting achievements. In the 1962/63 financial year, Ditmarisa was a suburb of the Academic Gymnastics Association (ATB), as was the 2006/2007 financial year. In November 2003, Ditmarsia organized the annual association day of its umbrella organization ("ATB Day") in Kiel, in 2004 several old men and active people organized the three-yearly sports festival of the Academic Gymnastics Association ("ATB Festival") in Kiel with more than 1,000 participants People.

Others

ATV Ditmarsia house in Kiel-Ravensberg

Even if the Ditmarsia does not wear its colors in the form of a ribbon and hat, it is still color-leading. The colors green, white and gold are a symbol of imperturbability, resistance and loyalty.

The motto is: nec temere, nec timide (German: Neither daring nor despondent ). The fraternity members are called ditmarsi .

Known fraternity members

  • Kurt Blaum (1884–1970), German politician
  • Karl-Heinz Hopp (1936–2007), rowing athlete and veterinarian
  • Hans Luther (1879–1962), politician and lawyer, Imperial Chancellor
  • Frank Schepke (1935–2017), rowing athlete
  • Kraft Schepke (* 1934), rowing athlete
  • Hans-Jürgen Schilling (* 1933), former General Secretary of the German Red Cross

literature

  • EH Eberhard: Handbook of the student liaison system. Leipzig 1924/25, p. 75.
  • Old gentlemen's association of the ATB (ed.): 100 years of the Academic Gymnastics Association 1883–1983. Melsungen 1983, pp. 328-329.
  • Old gentlemen's association of ATV Ditmarsia Kiel (Hrsg.): 100 years ATV Ditmarsia Kiel. Kiel 1990.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bastian Karkossa: Seeburg Kiel: Campus Suite displaces rowing club. Kieler Nachrichten online, March 30, 2013, accessed on March 28, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Kraft Schepke: 50 years ago today: The first eight gold. (No longer available online.) Deutschland-Achter, September 3, 2010, archived from the original on September 23, 2015 ; Retrieved April 12, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.deutschlandachter.de
  3. ↑ Rowing: the batsman of the first gold eight died. Der Spiegel, January 22, 2007, accessed April 12, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Bulletin of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government. Berlin 1959, p. 218.
  5. ↑ 100 years of the Academic Gymnastics Federation 1883–1983. P. 366.

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Coordinates: 54 ° 20 ′ 21.8 ″  N , 10 ° 7 ′ 40.2 ″  E