German Gymnastics and Sports Association
The German Gymnastics and Sports Association ( DTSB ) was the central , mass organization responsible for sport in the GDR , based in East Berlin .
organization
The DTSB was the last mass organization of the GDR on 27./28. Founded April 1957, replacing the German Sports Committee (DS). At the same time, the DTSB took over some of the important tasks of the State Committee for Physical Culture and Sport . In practice, the DTSB was instructed directly by the Central Committee of the SED . The sport department headed by Rudi Hellmann was responsible. Erich Honecker (until 1971), Paul Verner (1971–1984) and Egon Krenz (1984–1989) were the politburo members responsible for sport development in the GDR.
The sports previously represented as sections at the DS were transformed into sports associations under the umbrella of the DTSB, so the German Football Association (DFV) emerged from the football section .
The DTSB was divided into 15 district organizations, each of which was further subdivided into district, city and city district level. The army sports association Vorwärts of the NVA and the sports association Dynamo of the internal security organs ( Stasi , People's Police , Customs) officially belonged to the DTSB with the status of a district organization, but were de facto independent.
From 1961 to 1988 Manfred Ewald was president of the DTSB , who as president of the NOK , chairman of the secret competitive sports commission and a member of the central committee of the SED played the central role in the GDR sports system. However, the first president of the DTSB from 1957 to 1961 was Rudi Reichert . After Ewald was ousted in 1988, Klaus Eichler took over his position until the fall of the Berlin Wall . Martin Kilian was the last DTSB president in 1990 to lead the dissolution of the sports association. Most of the sports associations represented in the DTSB joined a sports association in the German Sports Confederation (DSB).
Popular sport
In 1989 the DTSB had around 3.7 million members, that is over twenty percent of the GDR population. The sporting activity was definitely in the interest of the government. Above all, children and young people were to be motivated to play sports and were organized across the board in school sports communities. Entire municipalities were also awarded a plaque of honor for promoting sport, as in Bechstedt-Wagd .
The trade union company sports associations were the basic organization of the DTSB in the state- owned companies , which functioned as supporting companies .
competitive sport
Popular sport also served the systematic search for talent for competitive sport, for example via the children's and youth sports schools and the children's and youth spartakiads . The sports clubs , where all top athletes from the GDR were concentrated, functioned as centers of competitive sports . The great sporting successes that the GDR has been able to celebrate since the 1970s, especially at the Olympic Games , were consistently presented as evidence of GDR socialism as a whole, both in terms of domestic and foreign policy.
Sports associations in the DTSB
The following sports associations were united in the German Gymnastics and Sports Association:
- General German Motorsport Association of the GDR (ADMV) - founded on June 2, 1957 in Berlin, the association continues to exist
- German Angler Association of the GDR (DAV) - founded on May 13, 1958 in Berlin, the association existed until 2013
- German Basketball Association of the GDR (DBV) - founded on May 20, 1958 in Leipzig, joined a DSB sports association on November 4, 1990 in Hanover
- German Billiards Sports Association of the GDR (DBSV) - founded on March 13, 1958 in Leipzig, joined a DSB sports association on December 8, 1990
- German Archery Association of the GDR (DBSV) - founded on October 23, 1959 in Zittau, now expanded to almost all federal states
- German Boxing Association of the GDR (DBV) - founded on May 4, 1958 in Berlin, joined a DSB sports association on December 8, 1990 in Bochum
- German Ice Skating Association of the GDR (DELV) - founded on August 31, 1958 in Berlin
- German Fistball Association of the GDR (DFV) - founded on April 27, 1958 in Leipzig; continues as a section of the German Gymnastics Federation (DTB)
- German Fencing Association of the GDR (DFV) - founded on July 20, 1958 in Leipzig, joined a DSB sports association on December 8, 1990 in Bonn
- German Badminton Association (DFV) - founded on January 11, 1958 in Berlin, joined a DSB sports association on January 13th / 14th. October 1990 in Düsseldorf
- German Football Association of the GDR (DFV) - emerged from the "Technical Committee Football" in the German Sports Committee ,which was constituted on July 3, 1950, and joineda DSB sports association on November 21, 1990 in Leipzig
- German Deaf Sports Association (DGSV) - founded February 3, 1990; Joined on November 17, 1990 in Braunschweig
- German Weightlifting Association of the GDR (DGV) - founded on April 26, 1958 in Leipzig, joined a DSB sports association on September 30, 1990 in Leimen
- German Handball Association of the GDR (DHV) - founded on June 21, 1958 in Halle, joined a DSB sports association on January 1, 1991
- German Hockey Sports Association of the GDR (DHSV) - founded on April 19, 1958 in Halle, dissolution on November 3, 1990, the newly formed state associations for Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia took place in Hürth on this day the German Hockey Association , the Berliners had previously joined the Berlin Hockey Association .
- Association for University and Technical School Sports (VHFS) - founded in 1990
- German Judo Association of the GDR (DJV) - founded on April 19, 1958 in Leipzig, joined a DSB sports association on February 2, 1991 in Passau
- German Canoe Sports Association of the GDR (DKSV) - founded on April 19, 1958 in Berlin, joined a DSB sports association on April 21, 1991 in Norden
- German Bowling Association of the GDR (DKV) - founded on March 30, 1958 in Leipzig, joined a DSB sports association on December 8, 1990 in Dresden
- German Strength Sports and Bodybuilding Association (DKBV) - founded in 1990
- German Association for Athletics of the GDR (DVfL) - founded on May 17, 1958 in Leipzig, joined a DSB sports association on November 24, 1990 in Magdeburg and Salzgitter
- Läuferbund in the DVfL of the GDR , was founded in the spring of 1990 within the DVfL
- Music and minstrel association in the DTSB of the GDR (MSV) - founded in 1990, joined the German Gymnastics Federation (DTB) during the German Gymnastics Day (October 8/9, 1990) in Hanover
- German Orienteering Association (DOV) - founded in 1990, joined the German Gymnastics Federation (DTB) during the German Gymnastics Day (October 8/9, 1990) in Hanover
- German Equestrian Association of the GDR (DPV) - founded on April 27, 1961 in Halle, joined a DSB sports association on December 5, 1990
- German Cycling Association of the GDR (DRSV) - founded on May 18, 1958 in Leipzig, joined a DSB sports association on January 1, 1991
- German Wrestling Association of the GDR (DRV) - founded on April 26, 1958 in Leipzig, joined a DSB sports association on December 8, 1990 in Regensburg
- German Roller Sports Association of the GDR (DRV) - founded on October 12, 1958 in Weißenfels, the five newly formed regional associations joined a DSB sports association in March 1991
- German Rowing Sports Association of the GDR (DRSV) - founded on April 12, 1958 in Berlin, joined a DSB sports association on December 8, 1990 in Kienbaum
- German Rugby Sports Association of the GDR (DRSV) - founded on April 20, 1958 in Berlin, joined a DSB sports association on December 7, 1990
- German Chess Association of the GDR (DSV) - founded on April 27, 1958 in Leipzig, joined a DSB sports association on September 29, 1990 in Hanover
- German Sled and Bobsled Association of the GDR (DSBV) - founded on September 28, 1958 in Ilsenburg, joined a DSB sports association on September 29, 1990 in Berchtesgaden
- German Swimming Association of the GDR (DSSV) - founded on May 4, 1958 in Zeitz, joined a DSB sports association on October 19, 1990 in Hanover
- Bund Deutscher Segler der DDR (BDS) - founded on April 20, 1958 in Berlin, joined a DSB sports association on January 12, 1991
- German Skier Association of the GDR (DSLV) - founded on October 12, 1958 in Leipzig, joined a DSB sports association on October 20, 1990
- German Sports Association Modern Pentathlon (DSMF) - founded in the summer of 1959 in Leipzig, the DSMF existed until 1961 within the Society for Sport and Technology (GST) and was dissolved in 1969
- German Tennis Association of the GDR (DTV) - founded on April 26, 1958 in Halle, joined a DSB sports association on February 9, 1991 in Berlin
- German Table Tennis Association of the GDR (DTTV) - founded on April 4, 1958 in Berlin, the newly formed state associations joined a DSB sports association on October 19, 1990 in Frankfurt a. M.
- German Triathlon Association - founded in 1990, joined a DSB sports association on October 28, 1990
- German Gymnastics Association of the GDR (DTV) - founded on May 3rd, 1958 in Berlin, joined a DSB sports association on August 8th / 9th. September 1990 in Hanover
- German Association for Disabled Sports of the GDR (DVfV) - founded on 4th / 5th July 1959 in Halle, the five newly founded state sports associations joined a DSB sports association in March 1991
- German Sports Association Volleyball of the GDR (DSVB) - founded on April 20, 1958 in Leipzig, joined a DSB sports association on December 8, 1990
- German Association for Hiking, Mountaineering and Orienteering of the GDR (DWBO) - founded on June 15, 1958 in Dresden, the DWBO was dissolved on December 31, 1990
Distribution of members to the sports
In 1988, the athletes and trainers were distributed among the sports sections in the following way.
sport | Number of people doing sports | Number of trainers |
---|---|---|
fishing | 527.696 | 10,942 |
basketball | 14,644 | 1,243 |
billiards | 11.009 | 1,361 |
Archery | 4,668 | 545 |
Boxing | 20,908 | 1,868 |
Ice sports | 8,995 | 631 |
Fistball | 10,779 | 1,345 |
fencing | 6,584 | 673 |
Badminton | 27,069 | 2,480 |
Soccer | 575,667 | 39.207 |
Weightlifting | 25,630 | 2,465 |
Handball | 152.975 | 13,225 |
hockey | 6.152 | 576 |
Judo | 54,544 | 4,891 |
Canoe / kayak | 26,768 | 2,082 |
Bowling | 204.126 | 17,369 |
athletics | 180.605 | 15,583 |
Motorsport | 85.134 | 5,064 |
Equestrian sport | 53,818 | 5,951 |
Cycling | 27,226 | 2,816 |
Wrestling | 23,686 | 2,106 |
Roller sports | 4,704 | 381 |
rowing | 14,275 | 1.103 |
rugby | 1,213 | 103 |
chess | 43,374 | 4,523 |
Sleigh / bob | 3,759 | 447 |
swim | 83.509 | 6,911 |
sailing | 31,318 | 2,231 |
Ski / biathlon | 48,438 | 4,100 |
tennis | 47,274 | 3,185 |
Table tennis | 126,376 | 12,084 |
do gymnastics | 408.476 | 26,542 |
Disabled sports | 14,080 | 1,249 |
volleyball | 134.924 | 12,454 |
Hiking / mountaineering / orienteering | 86.123 | 6,844 |
General sports groups | 513.453 | 35,265 |
Other sections | 155,756 | 12,920 |
Minstrels | 17,157 | 1.924 |
all in all | 3,782,892 | 264,689 |
Web links
- Competitive sport in the GDR website from the former Vice President of the DTSB Horst Röder
- Frieder Schilling: 50 years of DTSB loyalty is good, total control is better. Spiegel Online from April 28, 2007
- Diagram: Integration of the National Olympic Committee of the GDR in systematic doping in the GDR, the hierarchy of state-planned compulsory doping ( memento of January 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), In: Brigitte Berendonk ; Werner Franke : Doping. From research to fraud. The time
Individual evidence
- ^ German Gymnastics and Sports Association (DTSB). In: Andreas Herbst (Eds.), Winfried Ranke, Jürgen Winkler: This is how the GDR worked. Volume 1: Lexicon of organizations and institutions, departmental union management , League for Friendship between Nations (= rororo-Handbuch. Vol. 6348). Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-499-16348-9 , pp. 234-243 (239-243).
- ↑ Statistical Yearbook 1989 of the German Democratic Republic