German ski championships 1900

German ski championships 1900
winner
Cross-country skiing	Bjarne Nilssen
Competitions
Venues	Feldberg (Black Forest)
Individual competitions	1
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The first German ski championship was held on February 2, 1900 on Feldberg in the Black Forest . The Norwegian Bjarne Nilssen was crowned the first German champion in cross-country skiing .

Short Story

The German Ski Championships developed from the already since 1896 the Ski Club Black Forest by guided snowshoe race at Feldberg. 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 Black Forest Ski Club invited athletes from the region as well as national and international skiers. The Feldberger Hof was busy with over 200 mostly participating guests, but the inns in the surrounding villages of Titisee , Menzenschwand , Todtnau , Bärenthal and Hinterzarten were also filled with numerous active athletes and winter sports enthusiasts. The club officials were particularly proud of the participating Norwegians, as an advertisement in the Freiburg newspaper shows:

" The races are gaining in interest because for the first time several Norwegians are taking part in them ".

The Norwegians actually sparked great enthusiasm in the local population through their high skiing skills and were one of the reasons for the extremely lively reporting in the regional press .

Bjarne Nilssen , who was studying in Darmstadt at the time, was the premier winner in the competition for the German championship over the distance between 23 and 25 kilometers according to various sources . The winner received a plaque in the form of a golden ski .

During the three days of racing, in addition to the championship run for Germany, other competitions were held, including the championship in the Black Forest Ski Club, which led from the Feldbergerhof to the Herzogenhorn and back and was won by Emil Maier ahead of Henry Hoek , as well as other cross-country runs over various distances , Youth competitions, women’s skiing and jumping for schoolchildren and senior citizens.

Cross-country skiing (championship run)

Feldberg seen from the Belchen ; Feldberg summit (left) and Seebuck (right), in between the Grüble

space	athlete	(Country), club, place	time
1	Bjarne Nilssen	Norway	3: 30: 00.0 h
2	Emil Maier	SC Black Forest, Menzenschwand	3: 35: 00.0 h
3	Henry Hoek	SC Black Forest, Freiburg	3: 45: 00.0 h
4th	? mandrel	SC Black Forest, Freiburg	3: 46: 00,0 h
5	? Steinweg	Rhineland	3: 47: 00,0 h
5	? Wehrle		3: 50: 00.0 h
7th	? Wolff	Vosges - Alsace	3: 55: 00.0 h

Date: February 2, 1900

Route: Belchen - Feldberg - Feldberger Hof.

Participants: Registered: 12; started: 7; rated: 7;

At the starting point on the Belchen, seven out of twelve registered participants were present. At 8:00 a.m. ( CET ) the starting signal for the first snowshoe race for the German championship was given. The route was run in by members of the Alsatian Jäger Battalion in order to provide the best conditions for the competitors.

The run itself began with the descent from the summit of the Belchen in extremely favorable weather and snow conditions and led over a length of 23 to 25 kilometers over the summit of the Feldberg to the finish at the Feldberger Hof.

Winners and thus the first German champion in cross-country skiing was the from Christiania Dating Bjarne Nilssen before the locals Emil Maier from the section St. Blaise SC Black Forest and in Frankfurt living Freiburg Henry Hoek .

Ski jumping

space	athlete	(Country), club, place	time
1	Bjarne Nilssen	Norway	18.0 m
2	Petersen	Norway	?
3	Olsen	Norway	?
4th	Karl Gruber	SC Black Forest, Freiburg	?

Date: February 4, 1900

Ski jump: Feldberg hill

The ski jumping , then still jump race called, has not been awarded a German league title, but found among the numerous audience and the regional press the highest attention. The jump was made on the so-called Feldberg hill, which had a jump wall height of 1.5 meters. The athletes had to complete three jumps, of which the furthest was included in the rating. The Norwegians who were invited for the first time remained victorious here, especially Bjarne Nilssen with a beautiful jump over 18 meters.

literature

• Constanze N. Pomp: Brettlehupfer. The early phase of skiing in the Black Forest (1890–1930) . Mainz contributions to cultural anthropology / folklore. Waxmann Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-8309-3295-6
• The snowshoe race on the Feldberg, organized by the Black Forest ski club for the days from February 2nd to 4th. In: Freiburger Zeitung , February 3, 1900, daily edition, p. 2
• From the Feldberg. February 2nd. In: Freiburger Zeitung , February 4, 1900, 2nd sheet, p. 2
• From the Feldberg. In: Freiburger Zeitung , February 7, 1900, 2nd sheet, p. 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ From the Feldberg. December 5th. In: Freiburger Zeitung , December 10, 1899, 2nd sheet, p. 1
2. ^ Advertisement of the Ski Club Schwarzwald (left column) In: Freiburger Zeitung , February 1, 1900, daily edition, p. 4
3. ↑ Constanze N. Pomp: Brettlehupfer. The early phase of skiing in the Black Forest (1890–1930) . Mainz contributions to cultural anthropology / folklore. Waxmann Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-8309-3295-6 , p. 229
4. ↑ From the Feldberg. In: Freiburger Zeitung , February 4, 1900, 2nd sheet, p. 2
5. ^ Otto Rögner: From earlier championship days . In: Freiburger Zeitung , special supplement “Battle for the golden ski”, February 5, 1938, p. 13, second column
6. ↑ Vom Feldberg In: Freiburger Zeitung , February 7, 1900, 2nd sheet, p. 1