Gymnastics Federation of Lower Saxony

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Lower Saxony Gymnastics Federation
(NTB)
purpose nonprofit organization
Chair: Heiner Bartling (President)
Establishment date: October 24, 1947
Number of members: 781,000
Seat : Hanover
Website: www.ntbwelt.de

The Lower Saxony Gymnastics Federation (NTB), with over 780,000 members the largest sports federation in Landessportbund Lower Saxony and largest national trade association German Gymnastics Federation .

Around 50,000 trainers and voluntary decision-makers in 2,850 clubs and 45 gymnastics circles work in the NTB. There is a wide range of exercise that extends from apparatus gymnastics to orienteering to gymnastics games like Indiaca.

history

The Lower Saxony Gymnastics Federation was only founded in 1947. The Northeim conference in September 1947 brought about a tightening of the gymnastics organization, especially in the Lower Saxony area. In the districts and districts, gymnastics had become so solid that on October 24, 1947, Carl Körner was able to initiate the final transformation of the provisional gymnastics committee into the “Gymnastics Association of Lower Saxony” in the prince's room of the train station restaurants in Hanover. 120 members of parliament decided unanimously to establish the independent state gymnastics association by raising their seats, which then renamed itself in 1958 with a resolution to become the “Lower Saxony Gymnastics Association”.

tasks

The NTB is the association for "lifelong movement development and joy of movement" and looks after many target groups. Children, women and the elderly make up 80 percent of the members. This requires a wide range of gymnastics for children, gymnastics, dance and aerobics for women to health sports , which also focus on sociability. The NTB works with various schools, universities, kindergartens, media, companies and social institutions.

In addition, the Gymnastics Association organizes events such as the Gymnastics Festival, the fireworks of gymnastics , the show group competition Rendezvous of the best , the NTB Congress, the children's gymnastics show, as well as national and international top sporting events . In the past, u. a. The following major events are organized: the International Trade Fair Cup, the group masters in rhythmic gymnastics, the gymnastics musical TABEA, the aerobics world championship 1999, the trampoline world championship 2003, the fistball world championship 2007 and the children's gymnastics musical Sternenland in children's hands .

Facilities

The NTB has various facilities:

Office

The office, based in Hanover, is the central advice center of the NTB. Various tasks are carried out here, such as safeguarding the interests of members, looking after and caring for members, organizing numerous events, holding championships, club service and public relations, finances and administration, and youth gymnastics.

Regional gymnastics school

The State Gymnastics School Melle is the central training and further education facility of the Lower Saxony Gymnastics Federation. Your tasks are the organization, supervision and administration of various courses. It has sports facilities and seminar rooms that make leisure time, meetings and seminars possible. In addition to the offers in the regional gymnastics school, there are many other offers in the respective gymnastics circles.

Youth Education Center

The NTB's youth education center is located on Baltrum and is looked after on a voluntary basis. Family camps, youth camps and other seminars are offered here, in which all members of the NTB, friendly gymnastics associations as well as schools, students and club groups can take part.

Gymnastics and sports promotion company

The Turn- und Sportfördergesellschaft (TSF) is the central marketing agency of the NTB. Among other things, the tour of the gymnastics fireworks is organized here. The TSF also develops courses in the areas of fitness and aerobics and arranges gymnasts, artists and artists for company and club parties.

School for Sport, Health & Education

The School for Sport, Health & Education in Melle in the Osnabrücker Land has been offering training to become a certified movement pedagogue sports and gymnastics teacher since September 2014. The training is suitable for all secondary school students, high school graduates, career changers and trainers with a passion for sport. The duration of the training is three years. The school was recognized as a supplementary school by the state school authorities. In addition, the school has been accepted as an extraordinary member of the LandesSportBund Niedersachsen (LSB).

Lower Saxony Children's Gymnastics Foundation

The Lower Saxony Children's Gymnastics Foundation was initiated in 2013 by the Lower Saxony Gymnastics Association. With the establishment of the Lower Saxony Children's Gymnastics Foundation, the professional association wants to go beyond the obligations of organized sport to promote children.

Young gymnast from Lower Saxony

The Niedersächsische Turnerjugend (NTJ) is the self-administered children and youth organization of the Niedersächsischer Turner-Bund eV and sees itself as representing the interests of the children and young people of the Lower Saxony gymnastics and sports clubs. The NTJ also organizes courses, leisure time and the annual TUJU meeting.

Gymnastics festival

Since 1950 the NTB has been organizing the regional gymnastics festival (now known as the experience gymnastics festival ). The Gymnastics Festival is the largest popular sports event in Northern Germany and can welcome up to 300,000 visitors and 20,000 active participants in the respective gymnastics festival city. The history of the gymnastics festivals follows in tabular form:

Gymnastics festivals 1 to 10
No. year place
01 1950 Verden (Aller)
02 1955 Goettingen
03 1960 Oldenburg
04th 1965 Osnabrück
05 1970 Luneburg
06th 1975 Emden
07th 1980 Verden (Aller)
08th 1985 Salzgitter
09 1989 Hanover
10 1993 Wolfsburg
Gymnastics festivals 11 to 20
No. year place
11 1996 Stade
12 2000 Oldenburg
13 2004 Hamelin
14th 2008 Braunschweig
15th 2012 Osnabrück
16 2016 Goettingen
17th 2020 Oldenburg

Web links

Commons : Niedersächsischer Turner-Bund  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Fresh, pious, happy, free!" , Goettinger-tageblatt.de, April 17, 2016, accessed on March 9, 2019.