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Martin Gerste (born September 5, 1872 in Gleiwitz , † December 17, 1956 in Mülheim an der Ruhr ) was the first municipal sports director in Mülheim an der Ruhr.

Life

As a trained gymnastics teacher, Martin Gerste came from Liegnitz in Silesia to Mülheim an der Ruhr in 1910 to take on the newly created position of city gymnastics and games inspector. Until his retirement in 1937, he was responsible for the newly founded City Office for Physical Education (Sports Office). In 1911 he called the Vaterländische Festspiele - the later youth festival - into being, founded the Stadtsportbund in 1919, which he chaired until 1928, and was chairman of the Mülheim gymnastics community in 1856 for over 15 years. For many years he was the highest technical director of the Rheinische Turnerbundes, who thanked him for his commitment with honorary membership in 1952.

As a book author, Gerste made a name for himself with “Germany's Playing Youth”, “Hiking trips for German elementary school youth” and “Curriculum for boys and girls' gymnastics”. He was an employee of the "Handbook of the entire gymnastics".

His commitment to sport as part of the education of children and young people made Martin Gerste a personality whose work was recognized and valued far beyond the borders of Mülheim. In reference to the great German gymnast and organizer Friedrich Ludwig Jahn , he was also referred to as Mülheim's "gymnastics father".

A few years after his death in 1960, a street in the Mülheim district of Speldorf was named after him.

literature

• Mülheimer Stadtspiegel 1957 Issue 1, p. 7.

Other sources

• City archive Mülheim an der Ruhr, inventory 1550 No. 139 (Mülheim personalities)
• City archive Mülheim an der Ruhr, inventory 1210 No. 98 (Gerste personnel file)
• City archive Mülheim an der Ruhr, holdings 1605 (barley estate)

Web links

• Street names in Mülheim an der Ruhr: Martin-Gerste-Straße