Cowboy Club Munich

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The Cowboy Club Munich 1913 e. V. (CCM) is a western club founded in 1913 in Munich - Thalkirchen , which is a cultural and historical association that deals with life in America around 1880. The historical original clothing items from the United States owned by the association are among the exhibits in the association's own museum .

history

The club is the oldest existing cowboy club in Germany. Only the Velocipede Club Wild-West , a bicycle club in Munich, founded in 1896, was even older .

The Cowboy Club Munich was founded in April 1913 by the brothers Fred and Hermann Sommer and their friend Martin Fromberger in what was then the “Zum Ruperthof” inn. You had founded the "Wild West" lottery association back in 1911 with the aim of being able to emigrate to the United States later on using the winnings from lottery participation . The income from winning a ticket in a bird protection lottery was not enough for the longed-for emigration.

CCM riding arena

All three were craftsmen from the slaughterhouse district . They were inspired by the burgeoning Wild West fever that arose after 1890, after Buffalo Bill performed and exhibited at Theresienwiese , among other places, during his European tour . In addition, the Sommer brothers were influenced by the stories of their grandfather Ludwig Sommer , the royal secretary in the Royal Ministry of State from childhood . Interior who had traveled through the United States. Fred Sommer, actually Siegfried Sommer, alias "Fred Black" or "Chief Evening Wind" was the father of Sigi Sommer . In memory of his childhood experiences, Sigi Sommer wrote the story Winnetou on the Flaucherwiese .

With the outbreak and participation in the First World War, the dreams of emigration completely faded and the founders decided to stay in Munich. For many years, the club, which was then still known as the "Cowboy Club Munich-South", took place in various restaurants. All members were obliged to put together a cowboy or Indian costume within the first year of membership. These were mostly self-made. Among other things, the association exchanged eagle feathers from the Alps for original items of clothing from the United States and also took part in carnival events . There was also close contact with the Karl May Museum in Radebeul . In World War II the club life came to a standstill. After the death of the circus boss Carl Krone ( Circus Krone ), his widow, the predator tamer Ida Krone , and the Sembach family made the property on Nockherberg , on which the Kronepark was laid out in 1958 , available for a clubhouse.

Hut and tipi on the club grounds

After the death of Ida Krone in 1957, the club was homeless again until the current area on the Isar was made available by the city. The area between the central site and the Isar-Werkkanal at the level of the Marienklausenbrücke was prepared with the support of the US Army . The foundation stone for the construction of the “ ranch ” was laid on July 22nd, 1961 by Lord Mayor Hans-Jochen Vogel , the inauguration a good two years later on August 10th, 1963. Also present at the ceremony was Major General John FR Seitz , then head of the South Area Command (SACom) of the US armed forces.

In mid-1958, the club's co-founder, Fred Sommer, who was president of the club for many years, died at the age of 70. His body was cremated in the Ostfriedhof .

Club life and activities

"Longhorn Saloon" - exterior view

The Cowboy Club Munich 1913 e. V. has a site near the Isar , on which a ranch, a riding arena and a true-to-original saloon have been built. The club also has its own horses, which are available to club members for riding after they have acquired the necessary knowledge. Outside, around the saloon building one is tipi - bivouac built. The ranch and the saloon are regularly rented out by the association for various festivities such as company parties, weddings and birthdays.

“Longhorn Saloon” - interior view

The club's activities all deal with life in America around 1880 and include, among other things, the range of riding, leather tanning, sewing and processing leather, archery, weapons science, dancing, lasso throwing, whipping, sewing clothes and Indian studies.

On the occasion of the “Open House”, the Cowboy Club Munich opens its gates to the public once a year and demonstrates the skills it has learned to the audience.

The Cowboy Club Munich is a member of the Western Bund e. V. Germany and drives with its friendly clubs regularly to camps and other meetings for hobbyists of America in the times of the Wild West .

To mark the 100th anniversary, there was a special exhibition “Longing for the Wild West” from June 21 to September 15, 2013 in the Munich City Museum . 100 Years of the Munich Cowboy Club ”.

On April 12, 2018 , the original war feather hood of founding member Fred Sommer, equipped with 30 eagle feathers, was donated to the Munich City Museum to mark its 105th anniversary . Isabella Fehle , the director of the city museum, was made an honorary member at the same time and with the illustrious name "Guardian of the war bonnent" became the guardian of the feather bonnet.

Media presence

The association was reported in 2011 in the world and on the occasion of its 100th anniversary on Bavarian television , in the Süddeutsche Zeitung , in the evening newspaper , in Focus , on münchen.tv , on afk tv and on Hufgefluester TV.

The CCM also contributed recipes for the Bayern 2 series Zeit für Bayern .

The club grounds on Munich's Floßlände, and in particular the authentic saloon, are regularly used as a film set for various films and TV clips. In April 2018, among other things, a trailer for the dance show Let's Dance with Julia Dietze and Massimo Sinató was filmed.

Known members

Honorary members

literature

Web links

Commons : Cowboy Club Munich  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Frank Theis: Leisure Culture - The World of the German Country & Western Scene (diploma thesis), Institute for Sociology, University of Hamburg, March 2010. ( Memento from June 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ A b Cowboy Club Munich-South - adults who play WIld-West ; in: Münchner Illustrierte Presse , No. 16, 1930. P. 543.
  3. ↑ For us, the authentic is the most important thing , Sendlinger Anzeiger, April 17, 2013.
  4. ↑ a b The Cowboy Club Munich: Longing for the Wild West, Bavarian TV, December 17, 2013. ( Memento from December 3, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )
  5. ↑ Wild West in Munich - Cowboy Club celebrates its birthday , Focus online, June 20, 2013.
  6. ↑ Description of picture for picture 5/9. In yearning for the Wild West , muenchen.de. 2013.
  7. ↑ My father the chief evening wind . In: Werner Meyer (Ed.): How madly the years fly by - Sigi Sommer - chronicler, journalist, walker. ( Memento of the original from December 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.allitera.de 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. , Allitera Verlag ; 2004, p. 20. ISBN 3-86520-068-0
  8. ↑ Longing for the Wild West: 100 Years of the Münchner Cowboy Club , Münchner Stadtmuseum, 2013.
  9. ↑ Sigi Sommer: Winnetou on the Flaucherwiese . In: Sendlinger G'schichten ( Memento from December 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) , Allitera Verlag; 2014, p. 14 ff.
  10. ↑ a b c d e f Elk Emil Eber , Galleria d'Arte Thule.
  11. ↑ a b c Ulrich Trebbin: The first cowboy club in Germany , Bavaria 2, June 23, 2013.
  12. ↑ Laura R. Graham; H. Glenn Penny: Performing Indigeneity. Global Histories and Contemporary Experiences. University of Nebraska Press, 2014, p. 185. ISBN 978-0-8032-7415-0
  13. ↑ Munich cowboy Siegfried Sommer dies ; in: City Chronicle 1958 , City of Munich.
  14. ^ Cowboy Club Munich: Rentals. Retrieved July 9, 2018 .
  15. ^ Cowboy Club Munich: Activities of the CCM. Retrieved July 9, 2018 .
  16. ^ Member associations , Western Bund Germany.
  17. ↑ a b The cowboy club leaves feathers . In: sueddeutsche.de . April 12, 2018 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed July 9, 2018]).
  18. ↑ Alexandra Haderlein: Wild West Fever in Thalkirchen: Sigi Dörschl is one of the last cowboys in Munich. , Die Welt, July 14, 2011.
  19. ↑ Anniversary in Thalkirchen: Celebrating the Cowboys , AZ, May 20, 2013.
  20. ↑ Wild West in Munich - Cowboy Club celebrates its birthday , Focus, June 20, 2013.
  21. ^ Nicole Werner: Visit to the Cowboy Club Munich: Wilder Bavarian West , Süddeutsche.de, September 14, 2013.
  22. ^ Jörg van Hooven: People in Munich: Cowboy-Club , münchen.tv, July 11, 2013.
  23. ↑ Wild Wild West: A visit to the Cowboy Club Munich , afk tv, February 22, 2013.
  24. ↑ HUFGEFLUESTER TV horse television Bernhard Schormair: Wild West Girls - Interview in the Cowboy Club Muenchen on the Open Day 2015. July 20, 2015, accessed on March 22, 2017 .
  25. ^ Boston Baked Beans , BR2, Nov. 3, 2013.
  26. ↑ Game medallions with gingerbread crust , BR2, November 3, 2013.
  27. ↑ Elk Eber, Painter , artroots.com.
  28. ^ Captured in the Wild West , Badische Zeitung , September 25, 2009.
  29. ↑ Imprint , Winona News.
  30. ↑ Chief “Rote Feder” becomes an honorary member of the CCM , June 2013.

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