German federal shooting
As a rule, the German Federal Shooting took place every three years from 1862, and at greater intervals from 1912 until 1965. Organized by the German Shooting Federation, several thousand shooters met at different venues in Germany.
Origins, development
After the DSB was founded in Gotha in 1861 to unite the shooters in Germany, it was decided that a general German federal shooting should be held every three years in the summer . The 1st German Federal Shooting took place in Frankfurt am Main in 1862 .
While at the beginning the national shootings were not only intended for sporting purposes but also for military sport purposes, in the last decades of the 19th century they took on more of a folk festival character. Valuable prizes were donated by the emperor, king, government and nobility, as well as trade and industry. The daily published festival newspapers with stories about the shooting event and the lists of results could be bound in folders. The targeted three-year rhythm could not be maintained over the years, as the chaos of war and other influences made this temporarily impossible.
A total of 23 federal shootings took place, the last in Hanover in 1965. The trophies and medals issued are coveted collectors' items today, and the festival newspapers are documents of the shooting industry in Germany.
List of federal shootings
Frankfurt am Main 1862
The 1st German Federal Shooting took place from July 13 to 21, 1862. 8,000 shooters from 9 nations came together at 100 shooting ranges. The first federal shooting was officially called the Schützenfest , only at the following federal shooting was the word federal shooting on the medals and other commemorative items noted.
Bremen 1865
The 2nd German Federal Shooting took place from July 16 to 23, 1865 . 3400 shooters from 5 nations came together at 150 shooting ranges.
Vienna 1868
The 3rd German Federal Shooting took place in Vienna from July 26th to August 6th, 1868. 3400 shooters from 5 nations came together at 150 shooting ranges.
Hanover 1872
The 4th German Federal Shooting took place in Hanover from July 14 to 21, 1872. 4,200 shooters from 4 nations came together at 90 shooting ranges.
Stuttgart 1875
From August 1st to August 8th, 1875, the 5th German Federal Shooting took place in Stuttgart. 2870 shooters from 3 nations came together at 106 shooting ranges.
Düsseldorf 1878
The 6th German Federal Shooting took place in Düsseldorf from July 20 to 29, 1878. 3000 shooters from 5 nations came together at 100 shooting ranges.
Munich 1881
From July 24th to 31st, 1881, the 7th German Federal Shooting took place in Munich. 3,628 shooters from 7 nations came together at 100 shooting ranges. A splendid shooting town was built on the Theresienwiese .
Leipzig 1884
The 8th German Federal Shooting took place in Leipzig from July 20 to 27, 1884. 2,100 shooters from 3 nations came together at 120 shooting ranges. This federal shooting had its festival hall, gastronomy, temple of gifts and shooting hall on the grounds of the disc wood in Leipzig.
Frankfurt am Main 1887
From July 3 to 10, 1887, the 9th German Federal Shooting took place in Frankfurt for the second time. 2,746 shooters from 4 nations came together at 148 shooting ranges.
Berlin 1890
From July 6th to 13th, 1890, the 10th German Federal Shooting took place in Berlin. 4,000 shooters from 5 nations came together at 112 shooting ranges.
Mainz 1894
The 11th German Federal Shooting took place in Mainz from June 17 to 24, 1894. 2800 shooters from 4 nations came together at 145 shooting ranges in the Mainz city park . The illustrated entertainment paper Über Land und Meer reported on the parade, during which a jewelery-carved Cuvee barrel from the free Kupferberg Corps was carried. To commemorate this event, the Schützenbrunnen was built in Mainz City Park.
Nuremberg 1897
From July 4th to 11th, 1897, the 12th German Federal Shooting took place in Nuremberg. 3,600 shooters from 3 nations came together at 157 shooting ranges.
Dresden 1900
From July 5th to 15th, 1900, the 13th German Federal Shooting took place in Dresden. 2100 shooters from 6 nations came together at 172 shooting ranges.
Hanover 1903
The 14th German Federal Shooting took place in Hanover from July 5 to 12, 1903. 2700 shooters from 4 nations came together at 152 shooting ranges. After 1872, a federal shooting was held in Hanover for the second time.
Munich 1906
The 15th German Federal Shooting took place in Munich from July 15 to 22, 1906. 2700 shooters from 4 nations came together at 152 shooting ranges. Munich was the venue for the sporting competitions for the second time after 1881.
Hamburg 1909
From July 11th to 18th, 1909, the 16th German Federal Shooting took place in Hamburg. 4,200 shooters from 9 nations came together at 181 shooting ranges.
Frankfurt am Main 1912
The 17th German Federal Shooting took place in Frankfurt am Main from July 14 to 21, 1912. 5200 shooters from 4 nations came together at 202 shooting ranges. Exactly 50 years had passed since the 1st German Federal Shooting. And it was also the last federal shooting before the First World War .
Munich 1927
From July 16 to 23, 1927, nine years after the end of the First World War, the 18th German Federal Shooting took place in Munich. 5000 shooters from 5 nations came together at 189 shooting ranges. Munich was the venue for the third time after 1881 and 1906.
Cologne 1930
From July 20 to August 3, 1930, the 19th German Federal Shooting took place in Cologne. 3500 shooters from 5 nations came together at 200 shooting ranges.
Leipzig 1934
From July 6th to 15th, 1934, the 20th German Federal Shooting took place in Leipzig. 1,800 shooters from 3 nations came together at 175 shooting ranges. Planned during the Weimar period, the second federal shooting in Leipzig (after 1884) took place under the impressions of the Third Reich . After the DC circuit of the gun clubs no further Bundesschießen took place during the time of National Socialism.
Hanover 1955
The 21st German Federal Shooting took place in Hanover from July 1 to 10, 1955. 3,000 shooters from 14 nations came together at 212 shooting ranges. It was not until ten years after the end of the Second World War that a federal shooting could be organized again. Hanover was the venue again, for the third time after 1872 and 1903.
Munich 1961
The 22nd German Federal Shooting took place in Munich from July 8 to 19, 1961. 5087 shooters from 8 nations came together at 290 shooting ranges. For the 100th anniversary of the German Rifle Federation, a federal shooting was organized in Munich for the fourth time (after 1881, 1906 and 1927).
Hanover 1965
From June 25 to July 4, 1965, the 23rd and last German Federal Shooting took place in Hanover. 3000 shooters from 9 nations came together at 175 shooting ranges. The Lower Saxony state capital was allowed to host a federal shooting for the fourth time.
Follow-up events
The sporting tradition of federal shooting was taken over by the German shooting championships in Munich, the tradition-oriented part of the events is continued at the “Federal Meeting of Historic Shooting Associations” and at major shooting festivals .
For the 150th anniversary of the German Shooting Federation from 8th to 9th In July 2011, a large festival shooting took place as an accompanying program in the old founding town of Gotha, which was called "Bundessschießen" (since it is organized by a "Bund", the German Shooting Association), but could not be placed in the series of the former German Federal Shooting.
literature
- German Federal Shooting a German Olympia 1862 to 1965; Hans-Joachim Beck, DrDr. Werner Müller, Stefan Grus; 284 p .; Self-published 2007, to be obtained from "Förderverein eV for the German Rifle Museum and the Gotha founding site of 1861 of the German Rifle Federation."
- Hans-Thorald Michaelis : The first German federal shooting in Frankfurt am Main in 1862 - a "German tragedy of the unresolved". In: Innsbrucker Historische Studien (IHS) Vol. 16/17, (1997); Pp. 361-406.
- Hans-Thorald Michaelis: Swiss and American guests at the First German Marksmanship Festival in Frankfurt am Main in July 1862 (The Swiss and American Contribution to the 1st German Marksmanship Festival in Frankfurt am Main in July 1862). In: Fixed catalog Frankfurt am Main - USA Influence and Change - Mutual Relationships (1994/5), pp. 389–398.
- Hans-Thorald Michaelis: The III. German federal shooting in Vienna in 1868 as a political and historical phenomenon. In: Communications of the Institute for Austrian Historical Research (MIÖG) , Vol. 104 (1996), Vienna, pp. 58–95.
Web links
- Information on the first German federal shooting in 1862 - Exhibition of the history museum Lüdenscheid on the history of the shooting clubs. From the Middle Ages to the modern age.
- Deutscher Schützenbund (DSB) - History of the German Schützenbund
- Historical sporting weapons - detailed information on the traditional sporting weapons used in the German federal shooting, the "fire nozzle" and "Wehrmannsbüchse".
Individual evidence
- ↑ Guide to the city of Leipzig and the surrounding area 1884. ( ISBN 3-910147-80-1 )
- ↑ Barbara Kaufhold: German sparkling wine Advertising 1879-1918: Their development from an economic, social and artistic aspects . Dissertation Ruhr University Bochum, 2003.
- ↑ www.schuetzenverein-gotha.de ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
