German ski championships
The German Ski Championships were held from 1900 to 1944. The German championship in cross-country skiing and jumping was awarded until 1904 , after which only the title "German ski master" was fought until 1936, which went to the winner in the Nordic combined . From 1937 to 1944 there were the two German championship titles in running and jumping (Nordic combined) and in driving ( Alpine combined ). From 1927 the German relay championship was also held as a team competition, followed by the championship title in endurance run in 1937 before German championship titles were awarded in all individual disciplines from 1938.
Short Story
The German ski championships evolved from the field mountain races held by the Black Forest ski club since 1896 . At its fifth general meeting on December 5, 1899, at the request of the Freiburg local group, the main board of the ski club decided to introduce an international race for the championship of Germany over a length of about 30 kilometers in 1900 . The premier winner was the Norwegian Bjarne Nielsen , who is studying in Germany . By 1904 German championships were henceforth each advertised in jumping and cross-country, until 1905, the winner of the internationally regarded as supreme discipline Nordic combined was (then assembled run called) honored as German ski champions.
The championship title for 1906 was not awarded because the candidate in question, the winner of the international championship run, Rudolf Biehler , " could not fully meet the conditions required for international ski jumping ". In the same year, the SC Schwarzwald handed over the patronage of the German title fights to the German Ski Association founded a year earlier . He entrusted the "Windsbraut" snowshoe club in the Silesian Schreiberhau with his first main association race . Despite the dates on December 29th and 30th, 1906, these ski championships were already announced for 1907.
The first German title holders were Henry Hoek (cross-country skiing 1902), Karl Gruber (jumping 1904), Alfred Walter (Nordic combined 1905) and H. Balke from Schlettstadt (cross-country skiing 1904) from the Black Forest region . Right from the start, mostly successful skiers from Norway and Austria and, after the First World War, the winter sports enthusiasts of the German-Bohemian Ski Association HDW and the Swiss Ski Association took part in the German ski championships . By 1944 a total of twelve Nordic and one Alpine championship titles went to Norwegian skiers, two Nordic and one Alpine titles to Austrians and three Nordic titles to the German-Bohemian representatives from what was then Czechoslovakia .
Günther Meergans was the first athlete to defend his title in 1938. Between 1939 and 1941, Gustl Berauer was victorious three times in a row. Before that, there was no title defense, even Gustl Müller from Bayrischzell , who was able to claim the German championship title three times, always skipped a year in between.
In 1927 the German relay championships were introduced, which were contested first with five and later with four men. Based on an initiative of the German Ski Association, the 4 x 10 kilometer relay was held for the first time in Innsbruck in 1933 as part of the Nordic World Ski Championships . The record winner was the Bavarian Ski Association , which won all titles with three exceptions. In 1927 the championship title was not awarded after an ex-aequo decision between Bavaria and the main association of German winter sports clubs in Czechoslovakia (HDW), in 1938 the representatives of the Vogtland won and in 1941 those from Ostmark (Austria), whose relay members all belonged to the ski club South Tyroleans who belonged to Innsbruck and were formerly starting for Italy .
In 1934, championship titles were officially awarded to men and women in alpine competitions for the first time. Innsbruck's Hellmut Lantschner, who was still starting for Austria at the time, secured the first men's title . The following year, the championship title went to the Norwegian all-round athlete Randmod Sörensen, who lives in Germany . From 1938 onwards, most of the men's successes were achieved by the former Austrians starting for Germany, while Christl Cranz from Freiburg was the series winner for women .
In 1937 a German championship title was awarded for the first time in the endurance run over 50 kilometers, just one year later there were official German championship titles in all Nordic and Alpine individual disciplines, with the title of German ski champion (Nordic and Alpine) still being awarded to the respective combination winner until 1944 and in terms of value that of the individual disciplines.
In 1942 and 1943 there were no more championships due to the course of the war ; only in 1944 was another attempt to hold German war championships. While the alpine competitions held in the Arlberg area could be carried out without any problems, the ski jumping and thus the Nordic combined had to be canceled without replacement after several attempts at the Nordic championships in Altenberg .
After the Second World War , the German Ski Championships found their successors in the Nordic and Alpine German Ski Championships, which have now definitely been held separately since 1949 . The title of German ski champion is no longer awarded, instead championship titles are held in all individual disciplines.
Nordic competitions
Individual championships
Relay championships
Alpine competitions
| year | Venue (s) |
Alpine combination men |
Downhill men |
Slalom men |
Alpine combination women |
Downhill women |
Slalom women |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Berchtesgaden |
Hellmut Lantschner AUT
|
- | - | Christl Cranz | ||
| 1935 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
Randmod Sörensen NOR
|
- | - | Christl Cranz | ||
| 1936 | Oberstdorf | Franz Pfnür | - | - | Christl Cranz | ||
| 1937 | Rottach-Egern | Rudolf Cranz | - | - | Christl Cranz | ||
| 1938 | Feldberg | Hellmut Lantschner | Hellmut Lantschner | Hellmut Lantschner | Christl Cranz | Christl Cranz | Christl Cranz |
| 1939 | Kitzbühel | Wilhelm Walch | Wilhelm Walch | Rudolf Cranz | Christl Cranz | Christl Cranz | Christl Cranz |
| 1940 | Ruhpolding | Josef Jennewein | Josef Jennewein | Josef Jennewein | Christl Cranz | Christl Cranz | Christl Cranz |
| 1941 | ? | Rudolf Cranz | Albert Pfeiffer | Rudolf Cranz | Christl Cranz |
Hilde Doleschell and Rosemarie Proxauf |
Christl Cranz |
| 1942-1943 | not carried out | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1944 | Arlberg | Engelbert Haider | Hans Nogler | Engelbert Haider | Annemarie Fischer | Annemarie Fischer | Annemarie Fischer |
| 1945 | not carried out | - | - |
Web links
- Advertisement from the Black Forest Ski Club regarding its Feldberg races, including the first championship race for Germany. in: Freiburger Zeitung of February 1, 1900, daily edition, page 4
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- Battle for the golden ski. The German and Wehrmacht Ski Championships February 5th - 13th Neustadt / Feldberg. Special supplement to the Freiburger Zeitung of February 5, 1938, pages 9 to 16
Individual evidence
- ↑ From the Feldberg. December 5th. in: Freiburger Zeitung of December 10, 1899, 2nd sheet, page 1
- ↑ On the 10th snowshoe race on the Feldberg in: Freiburger Zeitung of February 6, 1906, 1st sheet, page 2
- ^ The championship of Germany in: Allgemeine Sport-Zeitung from December 16, 1906, serial. Page 1543
- ^ German ski champions: 1900 - 1937. in: Freiburger Zeitung. Special supplement "The fight for the golden ski; from February 5, 1938, page 15