Meiningen New Year's Eve Run
 Meiningen New Year's Eve Run
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| venue |
Meiningen Germany
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| First run | 1955 |
| distance | 10 km (women and men) |
| distance | 6 km (youth) |
| distance | 4 km (students) |
| Website | Official website |
The Meiningen New Year's Eve run is the oldest and one of the most traditional New Year's Eve runs in Germany, which is held every year in Meiningen on New Year's Eve . The first New Year's Eve run took place on December 31, 1955 in Wasungen . The organizer is PSV Meiningen 90 e. V.
history
Inspired by the New Year's Eve run in São Paulo , the first New Year's Eve run was held on December 31, 1955 in the neighboring town of Wasungen . In 1957 the two-time Olympic silver medalist from Rome won the 5,000 and 10,000 m run, Hans Grodotzki . After the third New Year's Eve run in 1958, the organizers relocated the running route to Meiningen, where the New Year’s Eve run was held with a few interruptions until 1989 in the “Herrenberg” forest park in the immediate vicinity of the old town. The running track has been in Meiningen Castle Park since 1990 . For the 50th anniversary in 2004, the New Year's Eve run was carried out with large participation at the place of origin in Wasungen. There were among others the athletes Siegfried Herrmann and Hans Grodotzki.
In 2019, the 49th New Year's Eve run took place, with Rhys Bishop from New Zealand and the reigning German champion in 50 km walking Jonathan Hilbert (23rd at the World Championships in Doha) for the men and the German mountain running champion Anna-Lena Klee for the Women won the 10 km course.
Running tracks
The New Year's Eve runs are carried out on a 2 km long circuit through the palace gardens in Meiningen. Evaluations and award ceremonies take place in 14 age groups.
| Run | Distance in km | Ratings |
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| Main run | 10 | - Men and women (up to 34 years of age) - Seniors I (35-49 years) - Seniors II (from 50 years) |
| Teenagers | 6th | - Girls and boys U18 - Girls and boys U20 |
| student | 4th | - Girls and boys U16 - Girls and boys U14 |
| Everyone's run | 2 | without rating |
Route
The starting point of the Meininger New Year's Eve run is on the grand staircase of Elisabethenburg Palace . The running route leads from there over the green bridge, along the Bleichgräben through Karlsallee to the Volkshausbrücke. This is crossed and the running route then leads on the Limbachsweg along the Werra past the arch bridge to the Georgsbrücke . There the Werra is crossed for the second time and the route then runs back to the starting point. The entire route is paved throughout and, for the most part, paved. The New Year's Eve run is carried out in all weather conditions, so that the times are influenced accordingly.
Winners list
The winner will be honored in each of the 14 age groups. The winners list below shows the overall winners of all age groups in the 10 km main run.
Source: Result lists of the organizer from 2003 (2004 in Wasungen).
| year | Men | time | Women | time | ||
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| 2019 | Rhys Bishop ( NZL / Ostheim) and Jonathan Hilbert (LG Ohra Energie)
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33:35 | Anna-Lena Klee (Ostheim) | 43:17 | ||
| 2018 | Roman Friday (Eisenach) | 34:28 | Daniela Bach (Grevenbroich) | 42:15 | ||
| 2017 | Rhys Bishop ( NZL / Ostheim)
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33:21 | Anna Izabela Böge (Neubrandenburg) | 40:40 | ||
| 2016 | Marco Witzel | 35:31 | Josefine Rutkowski (Meiningen) | 41:44 | ||
| 2015 | Samosom Tesfazghi Hayalu ( ERI )
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34:02 | Susanne Haßmüller (Ostheim) | 40:45 | ||
| 2014 | Marcel Krieghoff (Erfurt) | 34:30 | Nicole Kruhme (Gehlberg) | 40:29 | ||
| 2013 | Henry Beck (Weimar) | 35:22 | Stefanie Rexhäuser (Meiningen) | 38:10 | ||
| 2012 | Henry Beck (Weimar) | 34:26 | Katharina Grohmann (Nussdorf am Inn) | 39:27 | ||
| 2011 | Christoph Brandt (Radebeul) | 34:23 | Anke Härtl (Coburg) | 41:14 | ||
| 2010 | Manuel Stöckert (Ostheim) | 34:56 | Anke Härtl (Coburg) | 44:35 | ||
| 2009 | Arne Leipziger (Erfurt) | 32:55 | Bettina Tschernig (Mühlhausen) | 40:03 | ||
| 2008 | Marcus König (Ostheim) | 35:47 | Stefanie Wiesmair (Meiningen) | 38:20 | ||
| 2007 | Andre Röthling (Erfurt) | 33:33 | Stefanie Wiesmair (Meiningen) | 39:42 | ||
| 2006 | Henry Beck (Suhl) | 34:49 | Stefanie Wiesmair (Meiningen) | 38:36 | ||
| 2005 | Julius Helm (Ostheim) | 34:32 | Stefanie Wiesmair (Bad Salzungen) | 40:20 | ||
| 2004 | Julius Helm (Ostheim) | 31:53 | Stefanie Wiesmair (Bad Salzungen) | 39:15 | ||
| 2003 | Reinhard Löppen (Emsetal) | 35:39 | Ramona Krause (Barchfeld) | 43:09 |
In the previous years, the following were among others able to enter the list of winners: Hans Grodotzki , Andreas Greiner (Jena, 3000 m youth champion), Bernd Keppler (Meiningen), Annett Amberg (Leipzig, walker), Sven Schottmann (Kassel), several times Rainer Wachenbrunner ( Berlin, European Cross Country Champion), Nino Dell (World Mountain Running Champion), Edeltraut Beck (Münnerstadt, World Mountain Running Champion), Rene Stöckert (Ostheim) and Jürgen Schramm (Rohr).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Running scene in Thuringia
- ↑ Meininger Tageblatt : The cradle stands downstream. Friday Packet for December 23, 2017.
- ^ PSV Meiningen, archive of results