Kaiserberg Festival
The Kaiserbergfest has existed since 1883 and is currently supported by the “Kaiserbergfest Duisburg 1883 e. V. "organized. The sports disciplines are organized by various Duisburg sports clubs. The Kaiserbergfest is one of the mountain gymnastics festivals .
Current
The following sports are currently represented at the Kaiserbergsportfest: female apparatus gymnastics (electoral four-way fight and cure fighting), male apparatus gymnastics (six-electoral and six-wing fight), German all-around (German eight-fight, German six-fight), host: TV Wanheimerort e. V. and Friesenkampf , host Eintracht Duisburg 1848 e. V. The sports competitions in the Kaiserbergfest no longer take place on a central date, but rather on different days through major sport-specific events in the competition calendar.
history
In 1883 the gymnastics club 1848 and Gauwart Dietrich Henning invited for the first time to the large meadow near the water tower on the Kaiserberg . In the high and long jump, stone pushing and 200 m run with a turning point, gymnasts should try out new sports in addition to the classic gymnastics disciplines. The folk festival atmosphere on the Kaiserberg with sports competitions, food and drink stands and musical entertainment took place there until 1909. The number of initially 500 athletes from the Gau (Duisburg, Essen, Wesel, Mülheim and Oberhausen), who were organized in 18 clubs, grew quickly. In 1910 the event was relocated to Lotharplatz due to a lack of space and then moved to the Wedaustadion in 1923 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ralf Heuser: From Kaiserberg to the Olympics. Historical sports photography from Duisburg. Mercator-Verlag, Duisburg 2000, ISBN 3-87463-307-1 , pp. 12-13.