Marc Aurel March
The Marc Aurel March is the largest annual march and running event of the Austrian Armed Forces .
history
predecessor
In 1963, US President John F. Kennedy took up an order from Theodore Roosevelt from 1908 , according to which every officer in the Marines must be able to cover a distance of 50 miles or 80 kilometers within 20 hours. At his instruction, under the commandant of the US Marines, General David M. Shoup , such a march with 20 officers was carried out again on a test basis and proceeded satisfactorily. After his brother Robert F. Kennedy took part in such a march and the media reported intensively about it, more and more such marches took place in the United States.
John F. Kennedy Memorial March
The first of these performance marches of the Austrian Armed Forces was started in memory of the murdered US President on November 19, 1965 in the Tegetthoff barracks in Vienna's Kuchelau. The route led 80 kilometers over the route Vienna - Tulln an der Donau - Grafenwörth to Krems - Mautern to the local Raab barracks.
The next long-distance march Vienna - Krems - Mautern , as this march was also called, was officially announced by the Austrian Armed Forces in 1966.
The last of these marches initially took place in 1974, but between April 1979 and 1988 they were again organized by HSV Wien .
Marc Aurel March
As a follow-up event, the Heeressportverein Wien organized the first “Marc Aurel March” in 1975. This led via Bruckneudorf - Neusiedl am See - Podersdorf am See - Prellenkirchen - Hainburg an der Donau - Bruck an der Leitha back to Bruckneudorf in the Benedek barracks over a distance of 60 or 100 kilometers.
The Marc Aurel March has also been a run since 1975.
In 1995 the route was reduced to 40 kilometers. Since 2002 there has been the option of covering the Marc Aurel March as a one-day march over 40 kilometers or as a two-day march with a distance of 2 × 40 kilometers.
Naming
The name is said to be reminiscent of the Roman Emperor Mark Aurel , who died during the Marcomann Wars on the Upper Danube in 180 in what was then the Roman legionary camp Vindobona (today: Vienna).
regulate
The Marc Aurel March is open to military marching groups and civil hikers of all nations.
- The march or run takes place either as a one-day event over 40 kilometers or as a two-day event over 2 × 40 kilometers.
- The baggage march takes place either as a one-day event over 40 kilometers or as a two-day event over 2 × 40 kilometers. It can be carried out as an individual or group march. The minimum weight of the baggage is 8 kilograms.
- The hike takes place either as a one-day event over 22 kilometers or as a two-day event over 2 × 22 kilometers.
Sports competitions
As part of the Marc Aurel March, the European championships in the 100 kilometer run were held three times.
Prominent participants
Between 1965 and 2004 around 37,000 people from 21 countries took part in the event. Among the participants in the Marc Aurel March were also numerous prominent participants from Germany and abroad:
- Harald Ofner
- Herbert Scheibner (he took part for the seventh time in 2006)
- Peter Stiedl
- Christian Segur-Cabanac
- J. Naftzinger (US Defense Attaché in Austria)
- Hans Georg Nippe (Commander of the Naval Section Command West of the German Federal Navy )
- Immo von Schnurbein ( sea captain and commander of the German sailing training ship Gorch Fock )
Further marching events of the Army Sports Club (selection)
- Oberst-Bilgeri-March (Army Sports Club Vorarlberg)
- Trefflinger March Days (Army Sports Club Upper Austria)
- Archduke Johann Memorial March (Heeressportverein Graz)
- Schöcklmarsch (Heeressportverein Treuer Gratkorn)
- Jansa Memorial March (Heeressportverein Großmittel)
- Brumowski March (Heeressportverein Langenlebarn)
- Ostarrichi-March (Army Sports Club Amstetten)
- Neusiedlersee-March (Army Sports Club Eisenstadt)
Marc-Aurel circular hiking trail
In 1983 the Marc-Aurel-Rundwanderweg (MARWW 999) was laid out with a length of around 110 kilometers.
Footnotes
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 17, 2008 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.
- ↑ http://rk19-bielefeld-mitte.de/info/Maersche/marcaurel.htm
- ↑ http://www.ots.at/presseaussendung.php?schluessel=OTS_20060830_OTS0032
