German gymnastics and sports festival 1938

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Opening of the German Gymnastics and Sports Festival in Breslau in 1938 by Interior Minister Frick and Reich Sports Leader von Tschammer
6 Pfennig stamp, stamp series German Gymnastics and Sports Festival in Breslau.

The German Gymnastics and Sports Festival 1938 took place in Breslau from July 27th to 31st, 1938. The venue was the Olympic Stadium in Breslau .

The 18th German Gymnastics Festival coincided with the 5th German Fighting Games . Because of the combined program, the name has also been expanded. The event took place with 150,000 participants from ten countries, 150,000 parade participants and 70,000 participants at the final demonstration.

The festival was one of the largest mass events of the Nazi era.

Soccer

As part of the German Gymnastics and Sports Festival in 1938 , there was a district selection competition between the teams selected from the 17 football districts that existed at the time . In contrast to the Reichsbund Cup competitions, this tournament also featured a consolation round that was contested by the losers of the main tournament. The winner of this competition was the Ostmark team with a 4-1 victory over Lower Silesia . From the quarter-finals onwards, all games took place in Wroclaw , the last sixteen were played in various venues in Silesia.

The football tournament was held from July 24th to July 31st, 1938, so the teams had to play several games within a week. Due to the large number of sporting events this week, some games were already played in the morning hours, which had a negative effect on the audience.

Main tournament

Elimination game

date Result Stadion
July 17, 1938 Saxony 4: 3 (0: 1) Hesse Thuringian State Combat Track, Weimar (4,000)

Round of 16

date Result Stadion
July 24, 1938 Berlin-Brandenburg 3: 0 (1: 0) East Prussia Ostmarkstadion , Frankfurt / Oder (5,000)
July 24, 1938 Lower Saxony 2: 0 (1: 0) Saxony VfB Stadium , Liegnitz (6,000)
July 24, 1938 southwest 4: 1 (2: 1) Bavaria Bergland-Kampfbahn, Waldenburg (10,000)
July 24, 1938 Ostmark 3: 0 (1: 0) Middle Rhine 03-Stadion am Birkenwald , Ratibor (12,000)
July 24, 1938 to bathe 4: 3 (2: 0) Lower Rhine Schweidnitzer Stadium, Schweidnitz (6,000)
July 24, 1938 Silesia 6: 4 (4: 3) Pomerania Stadion am Stadtpark, Bytom (7,000)
July 24, 1938 Württemberg 3: 0 (0: 0) Westphalia Neissestadion, Neisse (12,000)
July 24, 1938 center 1: 0 n.V. (0: 0; 0: 0) Nordmark Schenkendorfplatz , Görlitz (4,000)

Quarter finals

date Result Stadion
July 26, 1938 Lower Saxony 3: 1 (1: 0) Berlin-Brandenburg Greeniche Sports Park , Wroclaw (1,500)
July 26, 1938 southwest 3: 1 (1: 0) to bathe Sportpark Gräbschen , Wroclaw (3,000)
July 26, 1938 Silesia 2: 8 (0: 5) Ostmark Schlesierkampfbahn , Breslau (15,000)
July 26, 1938 Württemberg 5: 1 (2: 1) center Jahn-Kampfbahn , Breslau (15,000)

Semifinals

date Result Stadion
July 28, 1938 Ostmark 2: 0 (1: 0) Württemberg Friesenwiese, Wroclaw (50,000)
July 28, 1938 Lower Saxony 4: 1 (1: 0) southwest Friesenwiese, Wroclaw (30,000)

3rd place match

date Result Stadion
July 30, 1938 southwest 5: 0 (3: 0) Württemberg Greeniche Sports Park , Wroclaw (1,000)

final

Due to the crowd, the game could only start 50 minutes later. Because of the darkness that then fell, the game was played only twice for 35 minutes without a half-time break.

date Result Stadion
July 30, 1938 Ostmark 4: 1 (2: 0) Lower Saxony Schlesierkampfbahn , Breslau (70,000)

Consolation tournament

Preliminary round

date Result Stadion
July 26, 1938 East Prussia 0: 2 (0: 1) Saxony Municipal Stadium, Münsterberg (2,000)
July 26, 1938 Westphalia 4: 2 (3: 1) Nordmark Jahn-Kampfbahn, Breslau (3,000)
July 26, 1938 Bavaria 5: 4 (3: 0) Lower Rhine City Stadium, Brzeg (8,000)
July 26, 1938 Middle Rhine 5: 4 (3: 0) Pomerania Schlesierkampfbahn , Breslau

Quarter-finals consolation round

date Result Stadion
July 28, 1938 Saxony 2: 1 (1: 0) Berlin-Brandenburg Friesenwiese, Wroclaw (15,000)
July 28, 1938 Middle Rhine 5: 2 (2: 1) to bathe Friesenwiese, Wroclaw (6,000)
July 28, 1938 Silesia 1: 2 (0: 1) Bavaria Greeniche Sports Park , Wroclaw (1,000)
July 28, 1938 Westphalia 4: 2 (2: 1) center Green oak sports park , Wroclaw

Semi-final consolation round

date Result Stadion
July 29, 1938 Saxony 2: 1 (1: 0) Bavaria Hermann-Göring-Sportfeld , Breslau (3,000)
July 29, 1938 Middle Rhine 2: 1 (1: 1) Westphalia Hermann-Göring-Sportfeld , Breslau (5,000)

Final consolation round

date Result Stadion
July 30, 1938 Saxony 1: 0 (1: 0) Middle Rhine Greeniche Sports Park , Wroclaw (2,000)

Field handball

The German field handball championship for women in 1938 was held from the intermediate round as part of the German Gymnastics Festival in Breslau. In the final held on July 30, 1938, the women of the gymnastics community in Berlin prevailed 4: 3 against VfR Mannheim .

literature

Propagandist:

  • Werner Gärtner: People in physical exercises. German Gymnastics and Sports Festival, Breslau 1938. Reich Sports Leader Hans von Tschammer und Osten. Wilhelm Limpert Verlag, Berlin 1938.
  • Heinrich Hoffmann : Hitler at the German Gymnastics and Sports Festival in Breslau 1938. Verlag Heinrich Hoffmann, Munich 1938.

District selection competition:

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German women's field handball championship 1938. Retrieved on January 16, 2019 .

Web links

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