German Nordic Ski Championships 1959

42nd German Nordic Ski Championships
	Men's	Ladies
winner
Cross-country skiing (short distance)	Toni Haug	Rita Czech-Blasel
Cross-country skiing (long distance)	Xaver Kraus	-
Cross-country skiing (endurance run)	Siegfried Weiss	-
Cross-country skiing (relay)	Black Forest I Sepp Maier Helmut Eschle Rudolf Maier Siegfried Hug	Swabia Steffi Köhrer Margot Scherer Helga Hermle
Nordic combination	Georg Thoma	-
Ski jumping	Ewald Roscher	-
Competitions
Venues	2	1
Individual competitions	5	1
Team competitions	1	1
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The 42nd German Nordic Ski Championships took place from February 12 to 15, 1959 in Warmensteinach, north Franconia, south of the Ochsenkopf . The ski jumping runs were held on the Gebrüder-Wehrmann-Schanze , where distances of up to 80 meters were possible.

Program and schedule

date	Time	event	gender
Thursday, February 12th	09:00	30 km of cross-country skiing	Men
	14:30	10 km of cross-country skiing	Women
Fri., February 13	09:00	3 × 5 km relay race	Women
	14:00	Combination jump	Men
Saturday, February 14th	09:00	15 km of cross-country skiing	Men
		Combination cross-country skiing	Men
	14:00	Qualification jumping	Men
Sun., February 15th	08:00	4 × 10 km relay race	Men
	12:30	Special jumping	Men

Cross-country skiing

Women

10 km

space	Surname	place	Time (hrs)
01	Rita Czech-Blasl	Freiburg	0:42:03
02	Helga Hermle	Gosheim	0:42:43
03	Steffi Koehrer	Degenfeld	0:43:33
04th	Herta Stadel	Donaueschingen	0:43:50
05	Gertrud Maier	St. Peter	0:45:46

Date: Thursday February 12, 1959

For the fourth time in a row, Rita Czech-Blasl from SC Freiburg won the 10 km cross-country skiing. The fastest junior in fifth place in the overall ranking was Gertrud Maier from St. Peter .

Association relay

space	Association	Names	Time (hrs)
01	Black Forest I	Steffi Köhrer Margot Scherer Helga Hermle	1:02:18
02	Swabia I	Herta Stadel Gertrud Maier Rita Czech-Blasl	1:02:46
03	Swabia II		1:07:37
04th	Bavaria		1:09:34

Date: Friday February 13, 1959

The women's relay of the Swabian Ski Association won the championship title over 3 × 5 kilometers with a 31-second lead over the Black Forest Ski Association . Helga Hermle ran the best time of the day with 19:58 minutes.

Men

15 km

space	Surname	place	Time (hrs)
01	Toni Haug	Subjugation	0:55:59
02	Rudi Kopp	Reit im Winkl	0:56:26
03	Rudolf Maier	St. Peter	0:56:37
04th	Georg Thoma	Hinterzarten	0:57:07
05	Sepp Achatz	Zwiesel	0:57:15
06th	Edi Lengg	Reit im Winkl	0:57:19

Date: Saturday February 14, 1959

The 15 km cross-country skiing was the most popular with 128 participants. Toni Haug was able to prevail for the first time in an individual competition and relegated last year's winner Rudi Kopp to second place.

As in the previous year, Heinrich Schertel from Warmensteinach was the best junior over 10 km in 40:29 minutes.

30 km

space	Surname	place	Time (hrs)
01	Xaver Kraus	Reit im Winkl	2:08:42
02	Wilhelm Schmidt	Braunlage	2:08:51
	Sepp Achatz	Zwiesel	2:08:51
04th	Toni Haug	Subjugation	2:10:03
05	August Hitz	Hinterzarten	2:10:25
06th	Siegfried Hug	Hinterzarten	2:11:01

Date: Thursday February 12, 1959

The 30 km cross-country skiing caused a big surprise at the start of the championships. Nobody had expected the victory of the 24-year-old Xaver Kraus , who started the race with the high starting number 67. The favored Sepp Achatz and Wilhelm Schmidt took second place at the same time, while last year's winner Rudi Kopp fell and finally reached the finish in 2:16:45 hours, far behind.

50 km

space	Surname	society	Time (hrs)
01	Siegfried Weiss	SZ Brend	2:24:55
02	Rudi Kopp	WSV Reit im Winkl	2:26:32
03	Rudolf Fuchs	WSV Braunlage	2:32:06
04th	Josef Winkler	Spaichingen	2:34:16
05	Wilhelm Ehrenberg	SC Altenau	2:34:36

Date: Sunday February 22, 1959

After the 50 km endurance run had failed the previous three years, a champion in the longest discipline was again determined in February 1961. Siegfried Weiß was able to secure the title in Altenau . Errors and shortcomings on the running route, which at around 45 kilometers was also significantly shorter than planned, caused criticism.

Association relay

space	Association	Surname	Time (hrs)
01	Black Forest I	Sepp Maier Helmut Eschle Rudolf Maier Siegfried Hug	2:48:15
02	Bavaria I	Toni Haugg Edi Lengg Sepp Achatz Rudi Kopp	2:49:06
03	Bavaria II		2:51:19

Date: Sunday February 15, 1959

The 4 × 10 kilometer relay race was decided early on, as the second Bavarian runner Edi Lengg lost his way and had to accept a loss of time. The Black Forest Ski Association took the chance and was team champion again.

Nordic combination

singles

space	Surname	place	Total points
01	Georg Thoma	Hinterzarten	460.5
02	Edi Lengg	Reit im Winkl	451.3
03	Josef Schiffner	Frankfurt / Main	449.3
04th	Helmut Böck	Frankfurt / Main	445.7
05	Hans Leppert	Bischofsgrün	445.4

Date: Friday February 13th and Saturday February 14th 1959

Georg Thoma successfully defended his championship title and received the "Golden Ski". After he had already won the combined jumping on Friday, he not only showed the best combination time with a running time of 57:07 minutes in the 15 km cross-country skiing, but even took fourth place among the cross-country specialists. Edi Lengg completed an outstanding cross-country skiing behind Thoma , which is why he was able to relegate the former winners Josef Schiffner and Helmut Böck to third and fourth place.

In the juniors, Walter Vogel from Reit im Winkl won ahead of Heinrich Schertel and Ernst Lauber .

Ski jumping

Large hill

space	Surname	place	Width 1	Width 2	Points
01	Ewald Roscher	Baden-Baden	65.5 m	74.0 m	224.5
02	Helmut Kurz	Partenkirchen	66.0 m	72.0 m	224.0
03	Hubert Witting	Partenkirchen	66.5 m	73.0 m	221.5
04th	Georg Thoma	Hinterzarten	65.5 m	73.0 m	219.0
05	Hermann Anwander	Oberstdorf	63.5 m	70.0 m	215.5
06th	Hans Leppert	Bischofsgrün	64.0 m	71.0 m	214.0

Date: Sunday February 15, 1959

The next and last surprise of the Nordic ski championships in 1959 came with the decision for the German championship title in ski jumping. On the Gebrüder-Wehrmann-Schanze the 31-year-old master painter Ewald Roscher won the competition in front of 25,000 spectators in front of the Gebirgsjägerfreiten Helmut Kurz . Last year's winner Max Bolkart lived up to his role as a favorite when he was in the lead with a jump of 66.5 meters after the first round. However, Bolkart was unable to make the second jump to 73.5 meters.

Newspaper articles

• "Goldener Ski" is up for grabs , Passauer Neue Presse , issue no. 35 from February 12, 1959
• Kraus (Reit im Winkl) 30 km cross-country champion , PNP , issue No. 36 from February 13, 1959
• Combination winner Thoma defended Golden Ski , PNP , Issue No. 38 from February 16, 1959
• Finally it worked for Toni Haug , PNP , issue no.39 from February 17, 1959
• International ski competitions in Altenau , PNP , issue no.44 from February 23, 1959