Warnemünde Week

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The Warnemünde Week is an international sailing event and folk festival in the Baltic Sea resort of Warnemünde . The nine-day regatta , which takes place in the first full week of July, is held off the coast of Warnemünde on the Mecklenburg Bay of the Baltic Sea and has around 2,000 sailors from up to 48 nations every year (in 2019). This makes it the third largest regatta event in Germany after the Kiel Week and the Travemünde Week . In addition, the Warnemünde Week is also a major cultural event, with numerous concerts and an extensive supporting program.

The Warnemünde Week is not identical to the major maritime event Hanse Sail , although this also takes place in Warnemünde and on the nearby Baltic Sea. The main aim of the Hanse Sail is to present tall and traditional sailors from all over the world.

history

One year after the establishment of the Warnemünder Segel-Club e. V. (WSC) took place in 1926 for the first time association and compensation trips before Warnemünde; the WSC was responsible for the triangular railway in front of Warnemünde on July 11th and for the Mecklenburg bathing competition on July 14th, 1926. It was intended as a feeder regatta from the Kiel Week to the Pomeranian Week . With a total of 47 yachts participating , this regatta went down in history as the first Warnemünde week .

After the Warnemünde Week attracted many visitors in the first few years and sparked enthusiasm, sailing suffered a significant loss of quality when the National Socialists came to power in 1933. While the adult members were urged to join the Navy SA and the youths were integrated into the Navy HJ , members of non-Aryan descent were forced out of the clubs. The last Warnemünde Week for the time being took place in 1939. Mines in the Mecklenburg Bay and a ban on sailing Warnemünde yachts during World War II made sailing on the Baltic Sea impossible. In 1940, the "Warnemünde Race Series" took place on the Breitling, the Unterwarnow and the Rostock port as an alternative. Over 100 boats took part.

The first Warnemünde week after the war took place in 1951. In the GDR the event was called the Baltic Sea Week or International Baltic Sea Regatta, and in addition to the regattas, trade union events were also held. During this time, the event gained more importance. In 1956 there was also international participation for the first time with five Polish sea cruisers. In addition to the regattas, social life developed around it. Until 1989 there was a festive welcome evening and a regatta prom.

Despite the strict conditions for sea sailing in the GDR, the sea courses could be maintained and in some cases even expanded. The participants adhered to a kind of unwritten code of honor in order not to obstruct themselves and the other participants in the possibilities of sailing in the larger sailing area. The Baltic Sea Week or International Baltic Sea Regatta was only used twice in 40 years to escape from the GDR .

After the change in the GDR in 1989/90, the event, renamed Warnemünder Woche again, developed into an international sailing regatta series. The years of failure were counted and at the 54th Warnemünde Week in 1991 the Hanseboot boat fair was presented as the new main sponsor. In the years that followed, international championships were held in various boat classes, and the number of participants rose from year to year. In 1993 there were 1000 sailors in 600 boats from 22 nations. Ten years later, at the time of the Olympic bid of Leipzig and Rostock / Warnemünde for the 2012 Summer Olympics , 2300 participants took in 950 boats from 29 nations at the Warnemünde Week in part.

In 2019, the Warnemünder Woche had 650,000 visitors, around 100,000 fewer than in the record summer of 2013. However, according to Ulrike Döring, director of the Warnemünder Woche , it is more important to increase the quality of the competitions and the supporting program than the number of visitors and participating athletes . According to sports director Peter Ramcke, the reduction in the number of athletes from 1,800 in 2018 to 1,400 in 2019 has resulted in a positive streamlining of the program. In 2019, 564 boats were launched, including 110 race boards . For the first time since 2009, Warnemünde was the venue for a world championship in windsurfing in 2019. The participants in the sailing and windsurfing competitions came from 38 nations. The 285 foreign sailors took part in the competitions in 240 boats.

Lecture of bagpipe music during the Warnemünde Week 2019

A cultural highlight of the 82nd Warnemünde Week was the appearance of Anna Kummerlöw , the world champion (2017) in the bagpipe game , and her accompanying band, the "Clan MacLanborough Pipes & Drums", during the meeting of the traditional costume groups.

organizer

The regattas are prepared and organized by the main organizer, the Warnemünder Segel-Club, as well as the co-organizers and supporters of the Berliner Yacht-Club , Hamburger Segel-Club , Joersfelder Segel-Club , Schweriner Segler-Verein, Segler-Verein Stössensee, Berlin-Grünau Yacht Club , Kuttersegelclub Warnemünde, Watersport Association Güstrow 1928 and the watersports association Aumund. The events on land are organized by the non-profit association for Warnemünde and the Congress and Event Service GmbH Rostock.

Sailing regattas

The 75th Warnemünde Week took place from July 7th to 15th, 2012 . Among the sporting highlights were the Laser Europa Cup, where 250 international laser sailors competed in regattas on the Baltic Sea with their Olympic single -handed dinghy , the International German Championship of OK dinghies and the Hobie 16 catamaran class , as well as the German Open in Soling and the catamaran class Hobie 14 . Furthermore, the races of the Paralympic boat class 2.4mR took place for the second time after 2011 . Four deep sea regattas were also part of the sailing event. 750 thick ships took part in the Mecklenburg Spa Regatta, the 2 Up & Down, the Warnemünde Cup and the long-distance regatta Hanseboot Rund Bornholm . Cutter sailing had its premiere at the 75th Warnemünde Week .

The 76th Warnemünde Week took place from July 6th to 14th, 2013. The sporting highlights included the International German Championship (IDM) Inshore & Offshore, the Laser Europa Cup and the Europa Cup in the Skippi 650 boat class, the Nordic J / 80 championship and the German Open at Platu 25 . In 2013 the race of the Paralympic boat class 2.4mR took place again. The 2013 sailing event also included four offshore regattas: the Mecklenburg Spa Regatta, the 2 Up & Down, the Warnemünder Cup and the long-distance regatta Hanseboot Rund Bornholm.

Ranking lists were held in 2013 in the following boat classes: BIC Techno, Raceboard, RS: X, Ixylon , 420er Jolle , Streamline , Finn , OK-Jolle , H-Boot , J / 24 , 505er , 29er , Kutter ZK10 , Korsar , Pirat , A -Cat and Formula 18 . Another highlight is the Kitesurf Trophy (championship series) from July 11th to 14th, 2013.

Preparation for the last regatta of the Laser Europa Cup on July 14, 2019

The 82nd Warnemünde Week took place from July 6th to 14th, 2019. The sailing competitions included:

  • the “Raceboard World Championship” for windsurfers
  • the sea regatta Warnemünde - Kühlungsborn - Heiligendamm - Warnemünde
  • the long-distance regatta "Around Bornholm". The sailing yacht "OSPA", the former Volvo Ocean 60 "SEB", set a new course record for about 270 nautical miles (24 hours, 54 minutes, 23 seconds).
  • the Laser Europa Cup.

The 83rd Warnemünde Week should have taken place from July 4 to 12, 2020, but had to be postponed to the following year (July 3 to 11, 2021) due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

Supporting program

All traditional costume groups dance together after the 2019 costume parade

The dragon boat race is traditionally held in the water during Warnemünde Week .

On land, the Warnemünde Week has been opened since 2001 with the Niegen Ümgang through Warnemünde, a colorful parade in historical costumes. Since 2002 there has been a costume parade on the final day, where groups from all over Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania present themselves to the public. Sports also take place on sand courts, in the so-called SportBeachArena, beach parties and entertainment at the foot of the lighthouse , on the Alter Strom and on the beach.

In 2019 the following were offered on land:

  • the 18th Niege Ümgang ,
  • the festive opening concert with classical and instrumental music,
  • the 25th beach handball days with 24 women's and 24 men's teams,
  • the 6th beach lacrosse tournament "LAX at the Beach" (a kind of hockey game on sand),
  • the 21st shanty meeting with choirs from the northern federal states,
  • the 6th Ahoy Beachkubb (Viking chess as a sandy variant),
  • the 19th Warnemünde costume meeting .

literature

  • Dieter Goldschmidt: The Warnemünde sailing club . WSC eV (Ed.), DSV-Verlag, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-86251-003-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Warnemünde Week as international as seldom before | Sail24.com. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
  2. ↑ The yacht . tape 1940 , no. 29 , 1940, p. 345 .
  3. ↑ 650,000 guests visit Warnemünde Week . "North Magazine". ndr.de. 14th July 2019
  4. ↑ Nikolas Woeckner: Warnemünde Week: 19 nations at the Raceboard World Championships . sail24.com. 5th July 2019
  5. ↑ Numbers and facts about the 82nd Warnemünde Week . ostsee-zeitung.de. 14th July 2019
  6. ^ André Hatting: World Champion Anna Kummerlöw: "The bagpipe was in total harmony" . deutschlandfunkkultur.de. July 12, 2018
  7. ↑ The winners of the Raceboard World Championships come from Finland, Poland and Spain - Warnemuender Woche. Retrieved on May 25, 2020 (German).
  8. ↑ Nikolas Woeckner: Round Bornholm Record: “Like on tram tracks” | Sail24.com. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
  9. ^ Laser Europa Cup: "The conditions were tricky" - Warnemuender week. Retrieved on May 25, 2020 (German).
  10. ↑ Warnemünde Week: Postponement to 2021 - MeckPomm's second largest festival is suspended. In: SegelReporter. Retrieved on May 25, 2020 (German).