DJK sports association

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DJK sports association
Founded 1920
Place of foundation Wurzburg
President Elsbeth Beha
societies approx. 1,100
Members 475.479
Association headquarters Langenfeld (Rhineland)
Homepage www.djk.de

The DJK Sports Association (DJK) is the Catholic sports association in Germany with around 475,000 members in around 1,100 clubs. Today he is open to everyone who shares his goals.

Surname

The three letters DJK stand for Deutsche Jugendkraft . The word "youth force" is not an invention of the founders of the DJK Sports Association, it was a frequently used and self-explanatory expression of everyday language at the time of its founding - in the heyday of the youth movement , at the end of the 19th century - which was also used in other cultures, Languages ​​and areas of sport was used (e.g. Italy: Juventus ; from Latin iuventus , 'the youth'). It is supposed to mean the sum of all positive, powerful, creative characteristics of youth par excellence, without this being limited to the period of youth.

history

After the bourgeois gymnastics and sports clubs and the workers' sports clubs had already emerged in the 19th century , the DJK Sports Association was founded in Würzburg in 1920 under the leadership of Prelate Carl Mosterts . During the National Socialist era , the first local clubs of the DJK were dissolved in 1933. The Reichsführer of the DJK, Adalbert Probst , was arrested by the Gestapo on July 1, 1934 and shot on July 2. The DJK was banned across the Reich in 1935 as part of the harmonization of sports organizations, like all other denominational sports organizations.

The re-establishment of the DJK Sports Association as the umbrella organization for Catholic sports took place in 1947 under the name "Association for Sports Care in Catholic Community". There was a fierce dispute over the question of whether the DJK should be understood as a purely Catholic association with its own gaming operations ("DJK Zentralverband") or as an organization integrated into the ideologically neutral DSB ("DJK Hauptverband"), as it was before the war . It was not until 1961 that the previously separate DJK associations in male sports merged.

In 1947, Prelate Ludwig Wolker managed to unite the sports associations that often acted against each other and thus contributed significantly to the establishment of the German Sports Confederation in 1950.

In 1970, the previously separate Catholic associations in male and female sports were united. Today the DJK Sports Association sees itself as a mediator between church and sport, based on Christian principles.

organization

The seat of the association is in Langenfeld (Rhineland) . Like the Jewish sports association Makkabi Germany  , it is a member of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (member with special tasks), the Fédération Internationale Catholique d'Education Physique et Sportive (International Organization of Catholic Sports Associations - FICEP) and the Fédération Internationale Sportive de l 'Enseignement Catholique (International Federation of Catholic School Sports - FISEC). The DJK-Sportjugend is the independent youth organization of the DJK-Sportverband. She is a member of the German Sports Youth and associated with the Federation of German Catholic Youth (BDKJ).

The association is organized into twelve regional associations and twenty-seven diocesan associations with around 1,100 associations nationwide and currently has around 500,000 members, almost half of whom are young people and young adults (as of December 2014). About 60% of the members are male, 40% female. The individual member clubs also belong to the state sports federations and the respective professional associations for their sports. The DJK Sports Association awards the DJK Ethics Prize for Sports every two years . Elsbeth Beha has been president since June 2015. Honorary Presidents are Volker Monnerjahn and Wolfgang Reifenberg.

DJK regional associations

  • Baden-Württemberg
  • Bavaria
  • Berlin
  • Brandenburg
  • Hesse
  • Lower Saxony
  • North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Rhineland-Palatinate
  • Saarland
  • Saxony
  • Thuringia

DJK diocesan associations

  • Aachen
  • augsburg
  • Bamberg
  • Berlin
  • Dresden – Meißen
  • Eichstatt
  • Erfurt
  • eat
  • Freiburg
  • Fulda
  • Goerlitz
  • Hamburg
  • Hildesheim
  • Cologne
  • Limburg
  • Magdeburg
  • Mainz
  • Munich and Freising
  • Muenster
  • Osnabrück
  • Paderborn
  • Passau
  • regensburg
  • Rottenburg-Stuttgart
  • Speyer
  • trier
  • Wurzburg

Benefits of membership

The DJK sports association trains trainers and club managers. Participation in the DJK national championships in advertised sports, participation in the DJK national sports festival and the DJK national winter games is possible upon qualification. Many DJK diocesan associations give a grant for the participants. Members have the opportunity to be appointed to one of the national selection teams of the DJK Sports Association, to take part in courses, national and international competitions, e.g. B. the Catholic European Championship or the World Championship of Catholic School Sports Groups. The DJK Sports Association also awards grants for competitive sports to DJK clubs. The DJK Inclusion Thaler is awarded every two years by the DJK Sports Association. It comes with prize money of 1000 euros. The DJK sports association is also a member of the DOSB management academy and a member of the German sports card. The DJK-Sportjugend is a member of Make Children Strong and awards the “DJK For Youth” seal for outstanding youth work.

criticism

Clubs have left the DJK several times. The reasons given were relatively high contributions to the DJK sports association with little in return.

Club list

The list of clubs below only reflects an excerpt of all around 1,100 clubs.

Championships

The DJK clubs are now integrated into the game operations of the regional and professional sports associations.

In the early years of football in Germany , the DJK held its own championships at irregular intervals, which were won by the following teams:

Masters in field handball were:

There was also its own national football team, which played several international matches against the Netherlands.

DJK Reich Meeting

  1. 1921 Düsseldorf
  2. 1927 Cologne
  3. 1932 Dortmund

Federal sports festivals

  1. 1950 Koblenz
  2. 1953 Schweinfurt
  3. 1957 Paderborn
  4. 1961 Nuremberg
  5. 1965 Düsseldorf
  6. 1969 Augsburg
  7. 1973 Münster
  8. 1977 Mainz
  9. 1981 Mönchengladbach
  10. 1985 Ingolstadt
  11. 1989 Dortmund
  12. 1993 Bamberg
  13. 1997 Düsseldorf "Sport and more ..."
  14. 2001 Koblenz "Encounter needs movement"
  15. 2005 Münster "Sport moves people"
  16. 2010 Krefeld "Fire and Flame"
  17. 2014 Mainz “GeMAINZam beGEISTern” from June 6th to 9th, 2014
  18. 2018 Meppen "Games with friends" from May 18 to 21, 2018

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Inventory survey 2019 (PDF) German Olympic Sports Confederation, accessed on December 13, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Heinz-Egon Rösch : Sport for people's sake. 75 years of the DJK Sports Association 'Deutsche Jugendkraft' 1920–1995 . Meyer & Meyer, Aachen 1995.
  3. ^ Arnd Krüger : Sport and Politics. From gymnastics father Jahn to state amateur. Torch bearer, Hanover 1975, ISBN 3-7716-2087-2 .
  4. ^ Andreas Friedl: DJK Oberwiesenacker is considering leaving the association . In: Mittelbayerische.de . March 26, 2018. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
  5. ^ Nils Heimann: Too high costs - Eintracht Dorstfeld is considering leaving the DJK . In: rp-online.de . March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
  6. ↑ DJK Sports Association: 18th DJK Federal Sports Festival