Kurt Domke

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Kurt Domke was a British prisoner of war from 1945 to 1947.

Kurt Domke (born June 22, 1914 in Forst an der Neisse ; † March 20, 2018 in Bad Dürkheim ) was a German gymnast.

life and career

Domke initially did gymnastics for the Berge-Forst gymnastics club. In 1935 he took part in the Olympic qualifications for German gymnasts. In October 1935 he still belonged to the extended circle of the German Olympic team, the 30 best German gymnasts.

On November 16, 1935, he became Brandenburg Champion in Spandau and thus fought for participation in the German Championships in Frankfurt. In 1936 he could not defend the title because he had to fulfill his army duty.

At the German Championships in Stuttgart in 1937 he was 41.

A year later he was active for the Aeltere Casseler gymnastics community .

In January 1938 he took third place behind Alfred Schwarzmann and Willi Stadel in a competition between the Aelteren Cassel gymnastics community against the Heeressportschule Wünsdorf .

Domke was also Hessian Gaumeister in the all-around and individual champion on parallel bars and pommel horse . At the German Championships in Karlsruhe , he was 24.

At the end of March / beginning of April 1938 he did gymnastics as a member of the German team on an advertising trip in Austria in the course of the annexation of Austria to the National Socialist German Reich . On this trip, 36 top German gymnasts were gathered in two German teams.

In 1950 he was a member of the Lower Saxony state selection.

At his death, Domke was considered the oldest gymnast in Germany. He was a member of the Hameln Gymnastics Club from 1880.

Kurt Domke on the pommel horse
The picture shows Kurt Domke in the British prison camp in Egypt, where he also set up a gymnastics group.

Literature (selection)

  • Domke, Kurt: Personality of sport in Lower Saxony: Alfred Schwarzmann. In: NISH-Jahrbuch 2000, Hoya 2000, pp. 180-185.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ MTV Vienenburg: An MTV member turns 101 years old! In: Important Events. Retrieved July 10, 2017 .
  2. ^ Kurt Domke: Obituary notice. In: Bad Dürkheimer Zeitung , March 23, 2018, accessed on March 27, 2018.
  3. ↑ Hamburger Anzeiger, October 2, 1935. Online ; See also Hamburger Nachrichten of October 1, 1935 Online .
  4. ^ Deutsche Turnzeitung (82nd volume / episode 16) of April 20, 1937.
  5. ↑ Hamburger Anzeiger, January 20, 1938. Online
  6. ^ Deutsche Turnzeitung (83rd volume / episode 5) from February 1, 1938.
  7. ^ Deutsche Turnzeitung (83rd volume / episode 10) of March 8, 1938.
  8. ^ Deutsche Turnzeitung (83rd volume / episode 13) of March 29, 1938. Available online at Hamburger Nachrichten of March 25, 1938.
  9. ↑ The oldest gymnast in Germany Die Rheinpfalz from May 7, 2016.
  10. ^ Gymnastics Club Hameln from 1880 e. V. ( Memento of the original from September 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , PDF file, p. 13 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tc-hameln.de
personal data
SURNAME Domke, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German gymnast
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Forest on the Neisse
DATE OF DEATH 20th March 2018