Bodod Swimming
| Bodod Swimming | |
|---|---|
| category | Sporting event |
| sport | Long distance swimming |
| Website | www.boddenschwimmen.de |
| Venue | Greifswald |
| Route length | 2600 m |
| 1st event | August 14, 1921 |
| Participants | 200 |
The Bodden swimming is a swept annual long-distance swimming from Ludwigsburg to Wieck (Greifswald) . The swimming distance runs through the Danish Wiek and is 2600 m. Around 200 swimmers take part every year. The DLRG Greifswald has been organizing swimming since 2006 . Children's bottom swimming celebrated its premiere in 2009 with shorter distances of 100 m, 200 m and 500 m. Safety is ensured by local lifeboats from the THW , the marine technology school , the Greifswald fire brigade and the DLRG as well as private individuals.
The first swim took place on August 14, 1921. From 1988 to 2019, toddler swimming was an integral part of the fishing festival in Wieck. In 2020, by creating an extensive hygiene concept, the organizers made it possible for swimming to take place despite the corona pandemic.
history
With the establishment of the bathing establishment in Eldena , which still exists today , the Greifswalder Turner Bund (GTB) founded its own swimming department in 1915. On August 13, 1921, the Greifswalder Zeitung published an official announcement for the coming day, referring to the "swimming across the Danish Wiek" and the start at 3 p.m. in Ludwigsburg with a subsequent swimming test for swimming students. Back then, the winner needed 57 minutes for the 2.6 kilometer long route. After a year later, with only three starters, the only woman left the two male competitors behind and both even had to be picked up by the support boats, the statement was made that women can do excellent things in endurance swimming.
In the next few years, long-distance swimming was included in the annual GTB swim festival at the south pier. This started in the morning with the long distance (2600 m), in the afternoon there were competitions over short distances in chest, back and arbitrary swimming as well as water polo. After the construction of a diving platform on the south pier, there were also diving competitions. Diving and lifeguarding were added later.
Even today, the route is shown at 2600 m. The organizers of the time already had an eye on the shallows of the Danish Wiek , the so-called middle ground. So they disqualified two Stralsund swimmers in 1927, who used this shoal for a short break.
"The event of swimming across the Danish Wiek is a valuable addition to our sporting summer program."
In the 1930s, the Physical Exercise Committee took over the implementation of cradle swimming . The competition became the fifth component of the Greifswald championships, consisting of a forest run, road relay race, championships of the arena and championships of the gym. After a few years, the organization passed into the hands of the Greifswald Swimmer Association. Anyone who wanted to start in 1936 had to pay an entry fee of 9 pfennigs . There was a certificate of participation for this. The start was also made with high waves and water temperatures of 14 degrees. At that time every swimmer got their own escort boat, provided by the training battalion, the agricultural school and the Hilda rowing club. A brisk registration of 22 participants caused a "boat shortage". Therefore, in 1935 every starter had to provide their own escort boat.
After the war, the regional newspaper reported on July 31, 1947 that the population did not want to be expected to walk long distances at the moment and that there were considerations to replace the traditional Wiekschwimmen with a Ryckschwimmen . In the 1950s there are no records of any competitions that took place.
With the hustle and bustle of the fishing festival, the Greifswald long-distance swimming revived in 1960 and was given its name, Boddenschwimmen, which is still valid today . Together with the Ryckhangeln , it was part of the sporting highlight of the festival. In the 1970s, the focus was on the Baltic Sea week, instead of the fisherman's festival and swimming in the lagoon.
The resumption of toddler swimming was canceled on July 30, 1987 due to the low water temperatures, as the Ostsee-Zeitung reported at the time. Long distance swimming has been held annually since July 18, 1988, initially organized by the City and District Sports Association. However, after its new start, the toddler swimming had to struggle with a low number of participants and a shadowy existence next to the fishing festival. In 2006 the DLRG Greifswald took over the organization of the swimming pool. Since then, the number of participants has grown steadily and the limit of 200 swimmers set for safety reasons has been reached for several years. In 2009, children's bottom swimming was also introduced over 100 m, 200 m and 500 m.
There was a threat of an interruption in 2020 due to the corona pandemic. Because of the low number of infections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and a detailed hygiene concept, the bottom swim was finally able to take place with 70 swimmers. A round course over 1950 m was swum and the subsequent award ceremony as well as the children's floor swimming was waived.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Greifswald City Archives, Arndtstrasse 2, 17489 Greifswald
- ↑ Ostsee-Zeitung: Bodden swimming already 100 years old? July 11, 2016, accessed on July 31, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Ostsee-Zeitung: Greifswald: Green light for Boddenschwimming - Ryckhangeln is canceled. In: Ostsee-Zeitung. June 24, 2020, accessed on July 31, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Ostsee-Zeitung: Greifswalder Boddenschwimmen: Gunnar Splittgerber rises first out of the floods. Ostsee-Zeitung, July 19, 2020, accessed on July 31, 2020 (German).