Federal Gymnastics Festival

The ETF Tower at the ETF 2007 in Frauenfeld

The association's award with the ETF logo

A large-scale demonstration at the 2007 ETF Closing Ceremony

The Swiss Federal Gymnastics Festival (ETF) ( French Fête fédérale de gymnastique , Italian Festa Federale di ginnastica , Romansh Festa federala da gimnastica ) is the largest multi-sport sporting event in Switzerland . The first Federal Gymnastics Festival was held on April 24, 1832 in Aarau to establish the Swiss Gymnastics Federation .

Event cycle

From 1832 to 1865 the Swiss gymnastics group held their festivals every year. From 1867 the Federal Gymnastics Festival took place irregularly until a 2-year cycle was introduced in 1874 and a 3-year cycle from 1888. Between 1912 and 1922, as well as 1936 and 1947, no gymnastics festivals were held because of the two world wars. In 1947 the ETV switched to a 4-year cycle and in 1972 to a 6-year cycle. The gymnastics festival in Frauenfeld , which is scheduled for 2008, has been brought forward by one year in view of the European Football Championship in our own country and Austria . It will then take place every six years.

Federal Gymnastics Festival 2007

The ETF 2007 in Frauenfeld from June 14th to 24th, 2007 was considered a celebration of short distances . The festival area, all competition venues and accommodations were easily accessible by bus or on foot. 56,000 gymnasts in 1848 clubs fought for 36 gymnastics festival winners and 14 Swiss championship titles. Around 100,000 visitors followed the competitions.

In the three-part club competition of the active, the STV Wettingen gymnastics festival winner. In artistic gymnastics women won Ariella Käslin from BTV Lucerne and in the men's Claudio Capelli from BTV Bern entitled "Gymnastics Festival winner".

During the six days, around 8,000 gymnasts tried to set the world record for the longest gymnast's ribbon in the world, which resulted in a total length of 837 meters. The ETF generated a profit of 900,000 francs .

Federal Gymnastics Festival 2013

The motto of the ETF in Biel / Bienne and Magglingen from June 13 to 23, 2013 was "Gymnastique fanastique". 60,000 gymnasts took part in the gymnastics festival, 17,000 of whom were children and young people. Around 100,000 visitors attended the festival on the lake and around the city of Biel.

In the three-part club competition of the active, STV Wettingen won the gymnastics festival, as it did at the ETF 2007. Giulia Steingruber won the gymnastics title for women and Claudio Capelli from BTV Bern for men .

The ETF was hit by extreme weather events for two days. On Friday, June 21, more than 80 people were injured in a thunderstorm that devastated the festival grounds. The responsibility for whether mistakes were made during evacuation and crisis management should be clarified.

Swiss Federal Gymnastics Festival 2019

The 76th Swiss Federal Gymnastics Festival (ETF) took place in Aarau from June 13 to 23, 2019 . Around 69,000 gymnasts took part in 108 disciplines at the gymnastics festival. Around 200,000 spectators attended the festival. The gymnastics festival winner was STV Wangen SZ , with a minimal lead over the previous series winner STV Wettingen (2002, 2007, 2013). The next federal will take place in Lausanne in 2025.

Federal gymnastics festivals since 1832

No.	year	date	place	Winner club competition	Party attendees
01.	1832	April 24th	Aarau ( Telliring )	Individual competitions only From 1832 to 1859	60
02.	1833	April 14th	Zurich		70
03.	1834	17./18. April	Bern		63
04th	1835	21./22. April	Basel		87
05.	1836	13./14. April	Zurich		145
06th	1837	29./30. March	Schaffhausen		75
07th	1838	24./25. July	Chur		100
08th.	1839	24./25. July	Bern		200
09.	1840	17./18. August	Lucerne		210
10.	1841	18./19. August	Basel		200
11.	1842	17./18. August	Zurich		300
12.	1843	11./12. August	Aarau		205
13.	1844	19./20. August	St. Gallen		161
14th	1845	22./23. July	Chur		about 100
15th	1846	5th / 6th August	Bern		approx. 200
16.	1847	5th / 6th August	Schaffhausen		approx. 200
17th	1848	27./28. July	Basel		350
18th	1849	23/24 August	Zurich		300
19th	1850	25./26. July	La Chaux-de-Fonds		300
20th	1851	4th / 5th August	St. Gallen		about 300
21st	1852	29./30. July	Geneva		-
22nd	1853	25./26. July	Chur		370
23.	1854	23-25 July	Freiburg		about 250
24.	1855	1st - 3rd August	Lausanne		-
25th	1856	10-12 August	Winterthur		350
26th	1857	3rd / 4th August	Aarau		350
27.	1858	29.-31. July	Bern		250
28.	1859	10-13 July	Zurich		400
29	1860	15-18 July	Basel	Burgdorf	700
30th	1861	10-14 August	Solothurn	BTV Solothurn	about 500
31.	1862	24.-27. August	Neuchâtel	Geneva	400
32.	1863	8-12 August	Schaffhausen	Basel	approx. 350
33.	1864	17.-21. August	St. Gallen	TV old section Zurich	350
34.	1865	12-16 August	Le Locle	Basel	400
35.	1867	22-25 June	Geneva	Basel	400
36.	1868	21.-24. August	Bellinzona	STV Langental	250
37.	1869	24.-28. July	Biel / Bienne	Biel	600
38.	1871	12-15 August	Liestal	Basel	400
39.	1872	3rd-6th August	La Chaux-de-Fonds	La Chaux-de-Fonds	500
40.	1873	9-12 August	Freiburg	City gymnastics club Bern	550
41.	1874	1st - 4th August	Zurich	Gymnastics Club Neumünster Zurich	1000
42.	1876	5th-8th August	Bern	Geneva	1000
43.	1878	3rd-6th August	St. Gallen	St. Gallen	800
44.	1880	17th to 20th July	Lausanne	BTV Basel	1200
45.	1882	July 29th - August 1st	Aarau	Biel	1500
46.	1884	19. – 22. July	Chur	La Chaux-de-Fonds	1600
47.	1886	17th to 20th July	Basel	BTV Lausanne	2000
48.	1888	June 29th - July 3rd	Lucerne	City gymnastics club Bern	2060
49.	1891	18.-21. July	Geneva		2400
50.	1894	4th-7th August	Lugano		2620
51.	1897	24.-27. July	Schaffhausen		3760
52.	1900	4th-7th August	La Chaux-de-Fonds	TV old section Zurich	4540
53.	1903	18.-21. July	Zurich		6000
54.	1906	14.-17. July	Bern	STV Winterthur	7370
55.	1909	9-13 July	Lausanne	TV Aussersihl , Plainpalais , TV Thalwil	8090
56.	1912	5th-9th July	Basel	STV Schaffhausen	11'256
57.	1922	21-25 July	St. Gallen	BTV Bern , TV Töss	15,000
58.	1925	17.-21. July	Geneva	BTV Bern	16,000
59.	1928	20th - 24th July	Lucerne	City gymnastics club Bern	17,000
60.	1932	9-18 July	Aarau	TV Olten	17,500
61.	1936	12. + 17. – 20. July	Winterthur	TV Grenchen	18,300
62.	1947	12./13.+18.-21. July	Bern	TV Grenchen	20,900
63.	1951	7./8.+13.-16. July	Lausanne	BTV Bern	22,000
64.	1955	9/10 + 14-17 July	Zurich	BTV Lucerne	22,000
65.	1959	5th + 9th - 12th July	Basel	TV Olten	26,000
66.	1963	22./23.+27.-30. June	Lucerne	TV City Police Zurich	31,500
67.	1967	17./18.+22.-25. June	Bern	BTV Lucerne	32,000
68.	1972	15-18 + 21-25 June	Aarau	BTV Lucerne	28,000
69.	1978	15-18 + 21-25 June	Geneva	BTV Lucerne	26,000
70.	1984	14-17 + 20-24 June	Winterthur	BTV Lucerne	65,000
71.	1991	12-16 + 19-23 June	Lucerne	BTV Lucerne	72,000
72.	1996	21.-30. June	Bern	TV Länggasse Bern	75,000
73.	2002	14.-23. June	Canton of Basel-Country	STV Wettingen	approx. 70,000
74.	2007	14.-24. June	Frauenfeld	STV Wettingen	56,000
75.	2013	13.-23. June	Biel / Bienne and Magglingen	STV Wettingen	60,000
76.	2019	13.-23. June	Aarau	STV Wangen SZ	69,000
77.	2025	open	Lausanne

Source:

literature

• Maximilian Triet, Peter Schildknecht (ed.): The Federal Gymnastics Festival 1832-2002 . Spotlights on a national event. tape 4 . Weltbild , 2002, ISBN 3-909152-93-7 ( online at issuu [accessed June 30, 2020]).

supporting documents

1. ↑ The history of the Swiss Federal Gymnastics Festival
2. ↑ After the second horror storm: Turnfest director defends the procedure. June 23, 2013. Retrieved June 23, 2013 . 
3. ↑ Meteorologist accuses Turnfest-OK of "gross negligence". June 23, 2013. Retrieved June 23, 2013 . 
4. ↑ Swiss Federal Gymnastics Festival Aarau 2019
5. ↑ Alexandra Herzog: Federal Gymnastics Festival winner club competition. (PDF; 49.6 MB) In: stv-fsg.ch. Swiss Gymnastics Federation , July 1, 2019, accessed on June 30, 2020 . 

Web links

Commons : Eidgenössisches Turnfest  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Swiss Federal Gymnastics Festival 2019
• Swiss Gymnastics Federation