Artistic gymnastics Reichsheer-Deutsche Turnerschaft

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The art gymnastics competition Reichsheer-Deutsche Turnerschaft was a major gymnastics event that took place on March 31, 1935 in front of over 5,000 spectators in the Berlin Sports Palace . It should form the conclusion of the winter relief work of the German Gymnastics Association and the NSRL in 1935.

Berlin Sports Palace

preparation

The gymnastics competition received general coverage in the sports press. B. the Deutsche Turnzeitung and the regional press , especially the regions from which the gymnasts came. In addition, the newspapers of the venue Berlin reported extensively, including a. the Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger and the propaganda newspaper The Attack .

The Freiburger Zeitung wrote about the competition:

“ The artistic gymnastics competition taking place on March 31st in the Berlin Sports Palace between a team from the Reichsheeres and a squad of the German gymnastics club is one of the most important equipment competitions that have ever been held in Germany. (...) "

The Deutsche Turnzeitung discussed the possible team line-ups and the implementation of the competition:

“ (...) The outcome of the winter fight promises to be just as glamorous as it will bring the fight of the national team of the German gymnastics and the national army team, which is already eagerly awaited everywhere. (...) It is not yet known how the two teams will be put together. The men's gymnastics supervisor of the DT, Schneider, who is the responsible leader of the fight, wants to represent the DT in the greatest possible fighting strength. (...) After all, you will be more or less on the right track if you think of the DT team as Winter, Sandrock, Beckert, Steffens, Polmar, Müller, Lorenz, but at least the same number or even more equal alongside them Gymnasts are available to choose from. The Reichsheer has its mainstay in the fighting game winner and German champion Schwarzmann, in addition to which the West German mare, Frisch, Klingenberg, the Hamburg Behrens and some other well-known forces come into question as further excellent experts, about which the supervisor of the Reichswehr team, Christel Strauch, still holds the veil of the secret. Idle to deal with the question of which team will win now. Answering them may be left to the struggle itself. (...) The place of the fight is the Berlin Sportpalast , whose entrances on March 31st. sure to wear the "sold out" signs. The opening of the event will be the Reichssportführer as the leader of the DT. undertake, next to which a representative of the Reichswehr Ministry should also speak. Then the fight begins on the parallel bars. Only freestyle exercises are performed, including by the substitute, whose rating does not initially count for the team fight, but only if one of the other six gymnasts should be eliminated. (...) First the horse swing exercises follow, then the horse jump. (...) "

Afterwards, the calisthenics and gymnastics on the rings and the decision on the horizontal bar should be sought. In addition, in between demonstrations z. B. the Berlin gymnastics youth and the army sports school Wünsdorf take place.

On the part of the Imperial Army, the Army Command finally reported the following gymnasts:

  • Sergeant Klingenberg, 2nd / Inf-Rgt Münster, Hamm
  • Sergeant Kallweit, 11th / Inf-Rgt Rastenburg, Lötzen
  • Private Alfred Schwarzmann , 13./ Inf-Rgt Nürnberg, Nürnberg
  • Gunner Walter Behrens , 11./ Art-Rgt Rendsburg, Wandsbeck
  • Fusilier Reinhold Stutte , 2nd / Inf-Rgt Münster, Hamm
  • Fusilier Fritz Frisch , 2nd / Inf-Rgt Münster, Hamm

Substitute: Füsilier Stracke, 2. / Inf-Rgt Münster, Hamm

These gymnasts were prepared for the competition by Christian Strauch at the Army Sports School in Wünsdorf .

On the part of the German Gymnastics Association , gymnastics should:

Substitute man: Alfred Trostheim , Dortmund

The judges were appointed:

Imperial Army

  • 1. Captain Schmidt, Berlin-Charlottenburg
  • 2. Sports teacher Heinecke-Poppe, Dresden Infantry School / Department of physical exercises

German gymnastics club

  • 1. Böhlicke, section turnkeeper i. Berlin district
  • 2. Mock, Berlin

The prices varied from 50 pfennigs in the second tier to 2.50 Reichsmarks for the grandstands (ground floor).

course

The competition in the sold out sports palace was u. a. under the eyes of Reichswehr Minister Colonel General Werner von Blomberg , the Chief of Army Command Werner von Fritsch , Reich Sports Leader von Tschammer und Osten (who gave the opening speech), Reich Press Chief Otto Dietrich , Reich Men's Gymnastics Warden Martin Schneider and Police General Kurt Daluege .

v. Blomberg and Fritsch (right and middle)

The competition began with the substitute for each team, followed by the gymnasts of the Reichsheeres and the German gymnasts in turn. The results were announced immediately after the exercise through loudspeakers and light letters to provide clarity about the current status of the competition. The German gymnastics newspaper emphasized that Schwarzmann, due to a lack of preparation time for a non-commissioned officer course and Sandrock, but also some other gymnasts, did not find their proven form due to the cold floor sports hall. Only two gymnasts, Schwarzmann in the horse jump and Steffens on the horizontal bar, achieved the full 40 points.

As expected, the DT team prevailed against the Reichsheer. Nevertheless, the gymnasts of the Imperial Army achieved some good results. So their overall result in the horse jump was better than that of the German Gymnastics Association and in the horse swing there was only one point missing to tie. The DTZ noted about the Reichsheer:

“ (...) According to Schwarzmann, the best of the soldiers was Füs. Fresh. Füs followed at a short distance. Stutte and Kan. Behrens. (...) "

The German gymnastics club prevailed in the final result with 993.9 points to 965.2 points.

The individual evaluation gave the following result (since the free exercise was not performed by all gymnasts, it was omitted for the overall individual evaluation):

Individual evaluation

space Surname Affiliation total score
1 Beckert German gymnastics club 152.5
2 Steffens German gymnastics club 151.8
3 Frey German gymnastics club 151.4
4th Black man Imperial Army 151
5 Fresh Imperial Army 147.4
6th Mare Imperial Army 146.8
7th Sandrock German gymnastics club 146.6
8th Polmar German gymnastics club 143.8
9 Behrens Imperial Army 140.5
10 Kallweit Imperial Army 134.8
11 Klingenberg Imperial Army 133.7
12 Limburg German gymnastics club 133.3

graduation

The award ceremony was carried out by the Reichswehr Minister von Blomberg, who presented the winners with the wreaths. In his address, von Blomberg emphasized that one cannot speak of winners and vanquished because the performances were too great for that. He also expressed the wish that this competition would often be carried out in such harmony. Finally, Major General von Schomburg, on behalf of the Chief of Army Command, presented the members of both ranks with an etching of the Berlin memorial signed by General von Fritsch.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alfons Arenhövel (Ed.): Arena of Passions - The Berlin Sports Palace and its events 1910–1973 , Berlin 1990, p. 364.
  2. ↑ Südwestdeutsches Sportblatt (oldest Freiburger Fachblatt) - weekly supplement of the Freiburger Zeitung for sport, games, etc. Gymnastics, No. 11/76, March 18, 1935.
  3. ^ Deutsche Turnzeitung, Berlin 11. Lenzmond 1935 (episode 11 / 80th year), p. 4.
  4. ^ Deutsche Turnzeitung , Berlin 25. Lenzmond 1935 (episode 13 / 80th year), p. 3.
  5. ↑ Ibid.
  6. ↑ Deutsche Turnzeitung , Berlin 1st Easter Moon 1935 (episode 14 / 80th year), p. 2.
  7. ↑ Deutsche Turnzeitung , Berlin 1. Easter Moon 1935 (episode 14 / 80th year), pp. 1–2.
  8. ↑ Südwestdeutsches Sportblatt (oldest Freiburger Fachblatt) - weekly supplement of the Freiburger Zeitung for sport, games, etc. Gymnastics, No. 13/90, April 1, 1935.
  9. ↑ Deutsche Turnzeitung , Berlin 1st Easter Moon 1935 (episode 14 / 80th year), p. 2.