Punt racing

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Costume competition (2005)
The traffic jam at the eye of the needle
In the Eye of the Needle (2006), on the right the Scotch barge
Shortly after the start (1977)
At the Eye of the Needle (2012)
Costume parade before the race (2012)

The Tübingen punt race is a traditional student boat race on the Neckar . As such, it is a locally significant and nationally known tourist event. It takes place annually - for a number of years always on Corpus Christi day - the participants are mainly local student groups with their punting boats . The punt race is one of the highlights of the university summer semester ; when the weather is nice, around 15,000 spectators regularly follow the event.

History and meaning

The race was launched in 1956 by members of the Tübinger Lichtenstein student association . At this point in time, the use of punts in Tübingen already had a long tradition. The first pictorial representation of a punt in connection with Tübingen comes from the 16th century, shown in the Cosmographia Sebastian Münsters . The first photo evidence of the use of punting boats for amusement purposes by student associations can finally be found in the 19th century.

The punt race itself developed from an inauguration ceremony for the newly acquired punt of the student union. The Lichtensteiners competed with their boat "Bluthund" (today Kahn # 77) against six other student associations. The first arbitration court was the AV Virtembergia, because they could not participate due to the lack of a boat. Even in the early days of the competition, teams in disguise took part in the punt race. Since 1967, in addition to winning the race, a prize has been awarded for the most original costume.

The field of participants in the event, which was originally limited to student connections, has been opened up to other groups over time. The event has now become an integral part of the city's calendar of events and a tourist attraction that regularly counts 10,000 visitors, with a peak between 15,000 and 20,000 visitors.

Comparable student poking traditions exist under the designation "punting" (English: to punt = poke, poke) in Oxford and Cambridge in the UK .

Competition conditions

Only non-motorized wooden punting boats are allowed to race. A team consists of eight people including the “poke”, seven of whom try to accelerate the boat further with the help of their hands or to fight off the other boats. With the exception of the punting rod, aids of any kind are prohibited. The details of the competition conditions are subject to frequent changes and correspond to the requirements of the punting court, which consists of members of the organizing group and changes annually.

The punt race traditionally begins with a costume parade of all punt teams on the Neckar. The last 50 participating boats and their teams present themselves to the spectators and the jury of the punt court in self-made disguises. A jury will select the winner of the costume competition from all participants and receive a special prize.

The subsequent race leads around the Tübingen Neckar Island. The length of the competition route is around 2.5 km, the winner crosses the finish line after around twenty minutes. The starting point is a footbridge west of the island, from which the island must be bypassed to the north. The turning point is located immediately east of the island, on a pillar of the adjoining Neckar bridge. Instead of a simple turning maneuver, however, the pillar must be bypassed in the form of a loop. The decisive part of the race is the gap between Neckarinsel and Neckarbrücke, known as the bottleneck , as it has to be crossed twice by each team. It is regularly the scene of scuffles when the poking paths of the outgoing teams at the top cross with those of the main field, which is also starting at the turn, and the participants thus block each other. After having passed the eye of the needle, the Neckar Island is bypassed upstream in the south, the destination is behind a railway bridge on the western tip of the island.

The competition ended with the awarding of a trophy and drinking of liver pods in the past on the so-called iron , near the finish line at the west end of the Neckar Island, and today on a raft. Traditionally, the winners of the race receive the challenge cup together with a barrel of beer donated by the city of Tübingen and undertake to organize the evening victory celebration. The members of the losing team have to drink half a liter of cod liver oil per head in front of the spectators and usually act as the organizer for the race in the following year, which is also connected with a one-year break as a participant. Cod liver oil is also available for boats disqualified for violating the rules. A suckling pig as a special price goes to the team with the best costumes.

There are regular disputes about the type and manner of the specific event. Since the wording of the regulations is frequently changed, there are always inconsistencies in this regard. In 2003, the rules before the race were tightened so that only student groups were allowed to participate in the race. As a result, this race was boycotted by many punting drivers and another, open race was held afterwards. However, this sharp separation was lifted in the following year.

Results

Results of the punt race since 1956
year Winning team Losing team a Costume price b Boats
1956 Tübingen Lichtenstein - 6th
1957 Ev. Student group "Swabia" Lichtenstein - 8th
1958 Academic connection hedgehog - 9
1959 Academic gymnastics association Arminia - 14th
1960 Academic connection hedgehog - 18th
1961 Arminia Ev. Student group "Swabia" - 21st
1962 Academic connection hedgehog - 29
1963 Connection Normannia Eberhardina - Markomannia - 35
1964 Connection Normannia AV Guestfalia Tübingen - 38
1965 Connection Normannia -
1966 Arminia Christian boy scouts -
1967 Connection Normannia Tübingen fraternity Derendingia 41
1968 Arminia Ghibellinia Country team Scotland 35
1969 Arminia Scotland 14th
1970 Connection Normannia Scotland 23
1971 K.St.V. Rechberg Cheruskia Ghibellinia 22nd
1972 Connection Normannia Royal company Roigel 14th
1973 Connection Normannia Roigel 19th
1974 Connection Ulmia Rechberg Roigel 16
1975 Ulmia Gymnastics Federation Hohenstaufia Normannia 13
1976 Connection Normannia Arminia Roigel 21st
1977 K.St.V. Alamannia Roigel Roigel 12
1978 Alamannia Stochdorphia 16
1979 Ulmia Scotland Stochdorphia 18th
1980 Association of German Students Eberhardina - Markomannia Roigel 22nd
1981 Connection Normannia Rechberg 21st
1982 Stochdorphia Hohenstaufia / Ulmia Stochdorphia 21st
1983 AV Virtembergia 24
1984 Old Strasbourg fraternity Germania Foehrberg Stochdorphia 28
1985 Tübingen fraternity Derendingia Hohenstaufia Sachsenhausen student community 27
1986 Academic connection hedgehog Strasbourg fraternity Arminia 27
1987 Academic connection hedgehog Dentistry student council Cheruskia 27
1988 Stochdorphia Alamannia / Scotland Academic connection Laetitia / Roigel 32
1989 Academic connection Igel / Team "Brutus" Hohenstaufia / Tübingen Wingolf Laetitia / Roigel 35
1990 Team "Iltis" Rechberg / Singerships Hohentübingen / Team Albrecht-Bengel-Haus Association of German Students 33
1991 Team "Iltis" Guestfalia Roigel 31
1992 Pegasus Corps Franconia Corps Franconia
1993 Team "Brutus" 35
1994 Team "Brutus" Stochdorphia Roigel 36
1995 Team "Brutus" Palatia Roigel 40
1996 Pegasus Arminia Arminia 36
1997 Spleinix Singers Hohentübingen Roigel 42
1998 Punting Club Tübingen ("Brutus" boat) Laetitia Roigel 38
1999 Sleipnir Geigerle student residence Roigel 43
2000 Punting Club Tübingen ("Brutus" boat) Germania Roigel 46
2001 AV Cheruskia Tübingen Corps Borussia Roigel
2002 Evangelical monastery in Tübingen Strasbourg fraternity Arminia Normannia
2003 c Sports department Corps Franconia Academic Society Stuttgardia Tübingen
Punting Club Tübingen ("Brutus" boat) Leibniz College Leibniz College
2004 Connection Normannia Hohenstaufia Academic Ski Club Tübingen - ASCT
2005 Punting Club Tübingen ("Brutus" boat) Germania Tübingen fraternity Royal company Roigel
2006 Professor's boat Claus Hipp Corps Borussia Geology Student Council
2007 Tübingen punt club Singers Hohentübingen Academic Society Stuttgardia Tübingen
2008 Caruso's singer Tübingen Wingolf Geosciences Student Council 55
2009 Dentistry student council Association of German Students Geosciences Student Council 47
2010 Team octopus Old Strasbourg fraternity Germania Geosciences team 2 54
2011 Student council of sports scientists AV Guestfalia Tübingen Geosciences Student Council 56
2012 Sports scientists Scotland Lustnau youth center 54
2013 Student council of sports scientists Strasbourg fraternity Arminia the Elder Geosciences Student Council 55
2014 Academic-musical connection Stochdorphia Academic connection hedgehog Geosciences Student Council 57
2015 Former Sports Student Council Singers Hohentübingen Lustnau youth center 47
2016 Former Sports Student Council Corps Borussia Geosciences Student Council 52
2017 Academic gymnastics association Arminia Old Strasbourg fraternity Germania Geosciences Student Council 53
2018 Team Orang Ukahn Association of German Students Environmental Sciences and Geosciences Student Council 56
2019 Nicaria AV Guestfalia Environmental Sciences and Geosciences Student Council 53

Sources: Hug / Mielke 2000, Tübinger Blätter , Schwäbisches Tagblatt .

a The losing team is usually the host of the next year.
b Has only been awarded since 1967.
cTwo races took place in 2003 because of a tightening of the regulations. Race 1 was held exclusively by student groups, while race 2 was open to all interested groups.
dThe AV Cheruskia Tübingen team was disqualified for "deliberate loss" and unsporting behavior . The punishment intended for this violation of the rules (drinking cod liver oil) was demonstratively refused.

Other reception

literature

  • Stefan Hug, Jörg Mielke: The pole stays on the man. The punt and the punt race in Tübingen . Universitas Verlag, Tübingen 2000, ISBN 3-924898-30-8 .
  • Ingeborg Weber-Kellermann : Folk festivals in Germany (=  HB-Bildatlas special . Volume 3 ). HB-Verlag, Hamburg 1981, DNB  830972137 .

Web links

Commons : punt racing  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Sannwald: History traits . between Schönbuch, Gäu and Alb: The district of Tübingen. Ed .: Tübingen district. 4th updated edition. Gomaringer Verlag, 2006, ISBN 978-3-926969-25-5 , pp. 189 .
  2. ↑ 15,000 spectators at the Tübingen punt race. Reutlinger General-Anzeiger, accessed on June 22, 2017 .
  3. ↑ 15,000 visitors watch punt races in midsummer temperatures . In: Schwäbisches Tagblatt online . ( tagblatt.de [accessed on June 22, 2017]).
  4. ↑ Hug / Mielke 2000, pp. 8-14.
  5. ↑ a b c blz: The pole stays on the man . In: Berliner Zeitung . Berliner Verlag GmbH. May 27, 2006. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Student traditions such as the widespread May singing of the students (and often also the student corporations), semester-ending traditions such as the punt race in Tübingen or the rowing regatta in Oxford and Cambridge, various graduation ceremonies are cultivated and used as tourist attractions, even if university and city at the same time have to defend their modern image. ”
    Cora Dietl: University cities     . Places of Spirit and Strife . In: Ulrich Müller, Werner Wunderlich (ed.): Castles, countries, places (=  Middle Ages myths . Volume 5 ). UVK Verlagsgesellschaft, Konstanz 2008, ISBN 978-3-89669-636-6 , p. 877 .
  7. ↑ a b Tübingen Citizens and Tourist Association: Events / Highlights 2012 ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , tuebingen-info.de. Last accessed June 20, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / tuebingen-info.de
  8. ^ German National Tourist Board : The eternal student city: Tübingen . In: germany.travel.de . Retrieved on June 20, 2012: “ The punt race around the Neckar Island is real popular amusement, probably the wildest spectacle in the Tübingen event calendar. "
  9. ^ Andreas Heimann: Tübingen: Poke yourself in the Neckar . In: Spiegel Online . SPIEGEL publishing house Rudolf Augstein. September 17, 2002. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
  10. ↑ Horst Kunz: Tübinger Chronik . In: Bürger- und Verkehrsverein Tübingen (Hrsg.): Tübinger Blätter . No. 90 , 2004, ISSN  0930-3642 , p. 120 .
  11. ↑ The fastest in the punt . In: Stuttgarter Nachrichten . Stuttgarter Nachrichten publishing company. June 3, 2010. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  12. ^ RT Rivington: Punting: Its History and Techniques . RT Rivington Punting Books, Oxford 1983, ISBN 978-0-9508045-2-1 . It also includes the following passage on the Tübingen punt race: “There are about 50 punt boats at Tübingen, most of them owned by student clubs of the University, the student associations. There is a traditional annual race for these boats in June, the punt race [sic!]. It is a light-hearted event, the winning club has to give a party at it's club-house and the losers have to drink a glass of fish oil. "(Quoted from Hug / Mielke 2000)
  13. ↑ Jecke boat trip on the Neckar . In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . M. DuMont Schauberg . June 7, 2012. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  14. ↑ On Corpus Christi the punt race starts in Tübingen . In: Bild Online . Axel Springer AG . June 7, 2012. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
  15. ↑ Turbulent water battle on the Neckar . In: Welt Online . Axel Springer AG . June 7, 2012. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
  16. ↑ Fabian Ziehe: Chaos tradition with infallible judges . In: Schwäbisches Tagblatt . Schwäbisches Tagblatt GmbH. June 8, 2012. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
  17. ^ "Tübinger Blätter", Citizens and Tourist Association Tübingen e. V., 1979, p. 121
  18. ↑ Thousands line the Neckar in Tübingen - sports scientists win the punt race . In: SWR news . Südwestrundfunk . June 7, 2012. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
  19. ^ Punting races in Tübingen: Turbulent water battle on the Tübingen Neckar during the punting races. Schwarzwälder Bote, May 30, 2013 6:15 p.m.
  20. ↑ Punt racing attracts thousands to the Neckarinsel Schwäbisches Tagblatt, June 19, 2014 6:45 p.m.
  21. ↑ Official website of the punt race 2015
  22. ^ Tübingen - Cherusci refuse cod liver oil. The Cherusci committed a sacrilege at the punt race in Tübingen: They behaved unsportingly and refused the cod liver oil Südwestpresse Ulm, June 2, 2013 5:00 p.m.