German Nordic Ski Championships 1953

36th German Nordic Ski Championships
	Men's	Ladies
winner
Cross-country skiing (short distance)	Hubert Egger	Hanni Gehring
Cross-country skiing (endurance run)	Oskar Burgbacher	-
Cross-country skiing (relay)	Bavaria Toni Haug Albert Mohr Rudi Kopp Hubert Egger	Bavaria Sixt Else Amann Hanni Gehring
Nordic combination	Heinz Hauser	-
Ski jumping	Sepp Hohenleitner	-
Competitions
Venues	3	1
Individual competitions	4th	1
Team competitions	1	1
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Logo of the German Ski Association

The 36th German Nordic Ski Championships took place from February 6th to 8th, 1953 in the Black Forest cities of Freudenstadt and Baiersbronn . In order to create a starting point for the all-German ski championships in 1954, a delegation from the GDR also took part in the West German competitions for the first time. As the organizer, the German Ski Association spent around DM 130,000 on the ski festival. The state of Württemberg-Baden was also involved in the major preparations with a grant of DM 40,000. The main focus was on the ski jumping hills , so that the Ruhesteinschanze in Baiersbronn was rebuilt according to Heini Klopfer's plans, but ultimately not a venue for the ski jumping events. While the combined ski jump was held on the also converted Black Forest hill (K 55) , the special jumpers jumped on the Murgtalschanze (K 65). In addition, two trails were created, one of which was in the valley and the other in the mountains.

The 50 km cross-country skiing championships were held on February 15, 1953 in Willingen , North Hesse .

Program and schedule

date	Time	event	place	gender
Fri. February 6	09:00	15 km of cross-country skiing	Freudenstadt	Men
		Combination cross-country skiing	Freudenstadt	Men
	14:00	Qualification jumping	Murgtalschanze	Men
Saturday, February 7th	09:00	10 km of cross-country skiing	Baiersbronn	Women
	13:00	Combination jump	Black Forest Hill	Men
Sun, February 8th	08:00	4 × 10 km relay race	Baiersbronn	Men
		3 × 6 km relay race		Women
	13:30	Special jumping	Murgtalschanze	Men
Sun., February 15th		50 km of cross-country skiing	Willingen	Men

Cross-country skiing

Women

10 km

space	sportswoman	place	Time (hrs)
01	Hanni Gehring	Subjugation	0:45:28
02	Sigrun bulkheads	Erfurt	0:46:55
03	Margot Heinz	Oelsnitz	0:47:54
04th	Kathe Wöllner	GDR	0:48:27
05	Elfriede Pura	St. Andreasberg	0:48:39

Date: Saturday February 7, 1953

In the women's cross-country race over 10 kilometers, a strong field with 26 athletes started without the defending champion Else Amann . The East German runners in particular proved to be very strong, although they couldn't get past Hanni Gehring from Unterjoch either. The running track was in excellent shape in the early morning hours after the long snowfall had stopped that night. The trail was also extremely varied, so that uphill and downhill gradients alternated at the beginning, before the last kilometer had mostly flat terrain.

Association relay

space	Association	Names	Time (hrs)
01	Bavaria I	Sixt Else Amann Hanni Gehring	1:43:25
02	GDR	Margot Heinz Dorle Heimann Sigrun Schotte	1:44:56
03	Resin I		1:45:04

Date: Sunday February 8, 1953

The 3 × 6-kilometer women's relay, which was held as a supporting competition, was won by the Bavarian Ski Association with a clear lead over the relay of the GDR .

Men

15 km

space	athlete	society	Time (hrs)
01	Hubert Egger	1860 Munich	1:01:31
02	Hermann Möchel	SC Mannheim	1:02:31
03	Albert Hitz	SC Hinterzarten	1:03:42
04th	Toni Haug	SC sub yoke	1:03:54
05	Albert Mohr	SV Hindelang	1:04:01
06th	Rudi Kopp	WSV Reit im Winkl	1:04:10
07th	Alois Harrer	SV Hindelang	1:04:12

Date: Friday February 6, 1953

Hubert Egger won the cross-country skiing over 15 kilometers in 1:01:31 hours ahead of the defending champion Hermann Möchel and Albert Hitz . The GDR champion in cross-country skiing and Nordic combined Cuno Werner (1:05:39 hours) was the fourteenth best East German athlete ahead of Herbert Müller from Klingenthal (18th place; 1:06:21 hours). A total of 125 athletes took part in the competition.

50 km

space	athlete	society	Time (hrs)
01	Oskar Burgbacher	SZ Brend	3:40:49
02	Albert Hitz	SC Hinterzarten	3:43:56
03	Hermann Möchel	SC Mannheim	3:47:21

Date: Sunday February 15, 1953

Oskar Burgbacher won the 50 km ski marathon , which is his third title in this discipline.

Association relay

space	Association	Names	Time (hrs)
01	Bavaria I	Toni Haug Albert Mohr Rudi Kopp Hubert Egger	2:56:15
02	Black Forest I	Oskar Burgbacher August Hitz Albert Hitz Hermann Möchel	2:59:15
03	GDR	Herbert Müller Erich Lindenlaub Hermann Forker Cuno Werner	3:01:52
04th	Bavaria II		3:03:28
05	Resin I		3:04:46
06th	Bavaria III		3:06:39
07th	Swabia I		3:06:40
08th	West Germany		3:10:17
09	Bavaria IV		3:11:15

Date: Sunday February 8, 1953

The Bavarian Ski Association was able to confidently win the 4 × 10 kilometer relay race for the fourth time in a row with a three-minute lead. The dominance of Bavaria was also evident from the fact that four seasons were able to place in the top nine.

Nordic combination

Single (15 km / K 55)

space	athlete	place	Total points
01	Heinz Hauser	Reit im Winkl	437.5
02	Cuno Werner	Goldlauter	421.5
03	Helmut Böck	Nesselwang	415.1
04th	Erich Roeder	Klingenthal	414.4
05	Hermann Möchel	Mannheim	411.9
06th	Josef Mayer	Ruhpolding	410.0
07th	Max Hellmer	Feet

Date: Friday February 6th and Saturday February 7th 1953

The battle for the "Golden Ski" was split in two. First the 15 km cross-country skiing was held before the combined ski jumping was carried out on Saturday. The defending champion Heinz Hauser had created a favorable starting position for himself as tenth among the specialists with a grade of 229.7 in cross-country skiing, which he was able to convert to a championship victory with 437.5 points in ski jumping with the widths of 42.5 and 40.5 meters . The leading combiner after cross-country skiing was Hermann Möchel , who, with jumps of 35.5 and 35 meters, fell back to fifth place in the overall standings. The East German athlete Cuno Werner , who was awarded the victory in Class I because Hauser started in the age group, took second place after the fourth-best combined cross-country run and the sixth-best combined jump.

Ski jumping

Normal hill (K 65)

space	athlete	society	Width 1	Width 2	Points
01	Sepp Hohenleitner	SC Partenkirchen	70.5 m	71.5 m	229.3
02	Franz Dengg	SC Partenkirchen
03	Toni Landenhammer	WSV Reit im Winkl
04th	Sepp Weiler	SC Oberstdorf
05	Harry Glass	SC Dynamo Klingenthal

Date: Sunday February 8, 1953

The special jumping event was held at the end of the championships in front of 35,000 spectators. After the elimination jump on the Murgtalschanze had to be canceled due to heavy snow drift, the competition rounds could be carried out on Sunday. Former master Toni Brutscher from Oberstdorf fell in the first round and thus had no chance. The 23-year-old Sepp Hohenleitner became the champion .

Newspaper articles

• Germany's ski championships in Freudenstadt , Passauer Neue Presse , issue no.20 from February 5, 1953
• Heinz Holland: Good prospects for Cuno Werner in Baiersbronn , Neues Deutschland , page 6, issue No. 32 of February 7, 1953
• Heinz Holland: Cuno Werner and Sigrun Schotte fight for second places , ND , page 6, issue No. 33 of February 8, 1953
• Good prospects for Cuno Werner , Berliner Zeitung , page 5, issue no.33 from February 8, 1953
• “Goldener Ski” again for Heinz Hauser , PNP , issue no. 22 from February 9, 1953
• German ski elite fought for championship title , PNP , issue no.22 from February 9, 1953
• GDR athlete successful , BZ , page 4, issue no.34 from February 10, 1953
• Cuno Werner haunted the Black Forest , Neue Zeit , page 3, issue no.34 from February 10, 1953
• NZ , page 5, dated February 11, 1953
• Third attempt by Oskar Burgbacher , PNP , issue no.24 from February 13, 1953
• Sports at a glance - skiing , PNP , issue no.26 from February 16, 1953
• In a nutshell in two columns , NZ , page 5, issue No. 55 of March 5, 1953

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ski jumping hill archive: Schwarzwaldschanze, Freudenstadt. Accessed April 26, 2019 (German). 
2. ↑ Ski jumping hill archive: Mitteltal, Baiersbronn. Accessed April 26, 2019 (German).