Water sports club Buckau-Fermersleben
The water sports club Buckau-Fermersleben e. V. is the largest water sports club in Saxony-Anhalt . Athletes of the club have won various national championship titles in the past. With its youth work, the club also produced later Olympic champions.
Club work
The association is divided into the sailing , canoe and dragon boat departments , each of which is also involved in competitions. With 348 members (as of 2011) it is the largest water sports club in Saxony-Anhalt . The club is located near the Elbe in the Magdeburg district of Fermersleben on Katzenwerder . In addition to the facility around the Fermersleben port operated by the association on Elbe kilometer 322, with access to the Elbe and Salbker See II , the association also has a water sports facility in Plaue in Brandenburg an der Havel . The Salbker See II, west of the Fermersleber club area, is also operated by the club.
history
founding
The club was founded in 1911 as the swimming and rowing club Fermersleben (SuRV). In the immediate vicinity of today's Fermersleben port, August and Paul Michaelis ran a river bathing establishment and restaurant in addition to the Fermersleben ferry . The nine founding members were regular guests of the bathing establishment and wanted to practice swimming in an organized manner in competition. The club initially took part in swimming events in the region. In addition to the swimming disciplines, “figure laying”, long-distance diving and water polo were also practiced. On March 23, 1913, the small club began to build its first clubhouse, which was 15 meters long and 3 meters wide and provided space for three rowing boats. Since there was not enough money for the construction timber, the bailiff seized the furniture pledged as security from the association member Gustav Lindenbeck . In 1914 the association had 30 members. The monthly fee was 0.50 marks. Many members were drafted into military service during the First World War . Despite the difficult times, club member Willi Welsch built the first sailing boat operated by the club in 1915, and in 1917 Otto Krüger owned the club's first paddle boat . In the same year, a women's department was founded in the club, which soon took part in smaller competitions. The number of members increased, with the majority coming from the Buckau and Fermersleben districts. At the end of 1918 the association already had 200 members. A new pier was built from material from a demolished rope factory in Frohse .
Part of the workers' sports movement
The club saw itself as part of the workers 'sports movement and belonged to the workers' water sports association founded in autumn 1919. In Magdeburg, three workers' water sports clubs , including Fermersleben, had merged to form the Great Magdeburg Free Water Sports Club . The swimmers of the now very strong united club were now entitled to training hours in the Wilhelmsbad , the only indoor swimming pool in the city. The Buckau-Fermersleben department acquired the first real rowing boats. In 1920 the boathouse and two of the three rowing boats were destroyed by a spring flood. In 1921 ferryman Michaelis canceled the lease for the area on which the boathouse was located. The association acquired a meadow on the area still used by the association today. Every year, however, Michaelis still had to be paid 60 marks for the use of a path. The association provided lifeguards trained as lifeguards for bathing areas in the Magdeburg region . Swimming lessons were offered to students at the local school . Regional gymnastics clubs such as Vorwärts Fermersleben and Turnverein Fichte were also guests of the club in the summer, and in return the gyms of these clubs were also available to water sports enthusiasts in winter.
With funds from an organized sports lottery, the badly damaged boathouse was replaced by a new building measuring 12 by 8 meters in 1922. The new building was built on a one meter high base. By order of the authorities, the pillars under the house had to be raised to two meters. In addition to changing rooms and boat berths, there was also a small counter. On August 16, 1923, the building was knocked over in a storm described as a hurricane . The guests in the house, including many children, were largely unharmed. However, plans to erect a massive building failed because the building in the flood plain did not appear legally possible.
The club's chairman, Paul Schrader , suggested building a floating boathouse. In the wake of job creation measures the so-called relief work , the project was actually implemented. Construction began in large amounts of personal contribution at a shipyard where the barge to the March 14, 1924 slipways was laid. At the same time, the intended structures were prefabricated in a sheepfold on a Fermersleber farm. Before Pentecost 1924, the 50 meter long, 7 meter wide and 0.98 meter high steel substructure was launched. The prahm was then towed to the groyne in front of Katzenwerder at Elbe kilometer 322. By August 1924, a restaurant and an apartment for the landlord and his family were built on the Prahm. The day before the inauguration ceremony, the Prahm tore itself loose during a storm and turned across the Elbe. With some effort it was possible to salvage the pram and prevent its loss. The houseboat was attached to the head of the groyne in the stream. Between the boathouse and the banks of the Elbe there was a 50-meter swimming lane with a water polo field with a width of 8 meters. There was a further distance of 8 to 10 meters to the bank. A 3 and a 5 meter diving platform was built at the northern end of the promenade. The boat had to be inspected at a shipyard every three years. In winter the prahm was towed to the Sülzehafen in Buckau.
This year members of the association built four sailing boats. In the following years a large number of boats were self-built. The club's chairman Paul Schrader was also politically active. He was the full-time secretary of the Workers 'Sports Cartel and a member of the municipal committee for physical exercise, where he campaigned for the interests of the city's workers' sports clubs.
In 1925 the association acquired another adjacent property. The financial burden, the association was in debt with 20,000 Marks, could be overcome by the membership increased to 400 to 600. In 1925, six members of the association went on a hiking trip towards Constantinople , which had to be broken off under tragic circumstances, as the member Ernst Otto left the tent after a fever attack and then went missing.
The club's sailors took part in various regattas with, however, rather poor results, which is likely to be explained by the lack of experience and the insufficient material requirements. The usual regatta route of the sailors started at the southern tip of the Rotehorn Island , the so-called Langen Heinrich and walked past the boathouses on the banks of the Elbe upstream to the turning mark which was roughly at the level of the Mönchsgraben .
In 1927 a group of rowers split off from the association and founded the Freedom Association in Buckau . Rowing was no longer practiced in the Buckau Fermersleben club. The Freedom Association was forced to dissolve in 1933 by the National Socialists . Canoeing, however, was intensified. At the end of 1928, 15 new paddle boats were built. In addition, 6 traveling dinghies were built . On July 18, 1929, the new boats were christened in the presence of the Mayor of Magdeburg, Hermann Beims . Beims sailed for an hour on a club boat. He donated 100 marks from his private fortune to build a canoe. The canoeist was then inaugurated on May 4, 1930. The club was able to record successes with canoe regattas. From 1930 Rudi Baumgarten was the coach of the canoeists.
The club members regularly took part in events of the workers' sports movement. So there were parades to the Reichs-Arbeiter-Sporttage . A shawm band had been founded in the club. During the demonstration, the train was attacked by rioters. The band broke off the music and cleared up the situation clearly before the police or other demonstrators could intervene. However, from then on the move was continued without music, as some instruments had also suffered. The association was committed against the emerging National Socialism. The canoeists carried out so-called propaganda trips to Schönebeck (Elbe) , where, together with Schönebeck workers' associations, they organized events against the National Socialists. Literature and discussion evenings were also held.
In 1930 the club already had 30 paddle boats and 18 sailing boats. A transportable 20 by 7.5 meter boat shed was purchased to accommodate it, which had to be moved to a flood-proof location in winter. On June 14, 1931, the 20th anniversary of the association was celebrated.
The political situation became more and more tense. In 1932 it happened that ten to twelve uniformed members of the NSDAP rioted on the club boathouse. They had hoisted the swastika flag on the flagpole of the association . The innkeeper couple Nohr and the swimming master Harald Wirnlein were forced to show the Hitler salute . After this incident, the association organized the assignment of guards. There are also supposed to have been violent clashes on other occasions.
National Socialism and World War II
After the seizure of power by the Nazis in 1933 and flags were also hidden several boats of the club. Workers' sports clubs were banned from participating in competitions. There was a threat of the association being banned and the association's property confiscated. In order to ensure the survival of the association, it was decided to respond to the conditions of the new rulers. The previous chairman Paul Schrader formally resigned from the association, but remained connected to the association. The board member Wilhelm Klare joined the NSDAP in coordination with the board in order to be able to appear as the club leader . The general assembly decided on August 4, 1933 to join the German Reich Association for Physical Exercise . The measures were successful and the association could not be dissolved. On October 21, 1933, the club was named Water Sports Club Buckau-Fermersleben e. V. registered in the register of associations . The competition suspension lasted for some time. After the suspension was lifted, the club began to flourish in 1935. Many members who had worked for other clubs to bypass the ban on competitions returned. Both swimmers, canoeists and sailors took part in competitions and were also able to achieve success.
To mark the 25th anniversary of the association, a sailing regatta was organized on the Elbe in 1936 together with the Magdeburg Water Friends, who are also celebrating their 25th anniversary . 63 boats in 13 rating classes were at the start. Club members Hans Tinngrün and Heinz Belau each took third place. On August 30, 1936, swimming competitions were held for the same occasion. The competition was filled with the strong teams of well-known Magdeburg swimming clubs. The water sports club achieved second place behind the team from SC Hellas Magdeburg in the men's 4 x 100 meter relay . The end of the festivities was a canoe regatta on September 6, 1936. The best placings in the competition, which is also very strong, were second places in a single kayak with Heinz Belau and in a single wooden boat with Behrends.
Since the area between the houseboat and the banks of the Elbe silted up and the water levels were too low at low tide, a catwalk was built on the current side of the boat. It is remarkable that in the meantime three members of the association had also bought or built motor boats. Above all, swimmers and canoeists developed in terms of sport. Among the sailors, Heinz Belau and Erwin Seidling succeeded in winning the spring regatta of the Magdeburg Water Friends in 1938 in the class of 12 standard harpists .
After the beginning of the Second World War , the bathing business continued. The association estimated the number of children coming as bathers to be 300 in 1939. Sport was stopped earlier than usual due to the war that started on September 1st in 1939. The active men were quickly called up for military service. At the beginning of 1940, 30 members of the association had already moved in. Certain tasks such as that of the lifeguard were then performed by older age groups or by club members on leave from the front . The under 18-year-olds now increasingly provided the members of the competition teams and also had to perform internal club tasks. In this respect, the sports business was soon lively again, albeit without the actual top performers. The young generation of swimmers managed to help determine the top performance of the Gau . Fritz Sander was the trainer . Canoeists and sailors also stayed active.
At the beginning of 1940, all sports clubs were given a new uniform statute by means of a Führer decree . Participants in swimming competitions had to arrive in BDM or HJ uniform, otherwise there was a threat of a ban on the competition. In 1943, the swimmer Rosi Stratemann was to be deprived of two individual victories because she was forbidden to wear club emblems and had come without a uniform. However, a white lie by the coach could avert this. After the association chairman Wilhelm Klare was drafted, Ernst Knaupe from Fermersleben became the new chairman.
Even in 1942 a competition operation was maintained, although the war-related restrictions increased. Competitions across Gau borders were prohibited in order to conserve traffic capacity for war purposes. On July 26, 1942, the association took part in the People's Day for Water Sports . Almost 300 Magdeburg canoeists took part. The start of the regatta took place in front of the club boathouse, the finish lines were downstream to the Buckau ferry .
From 1942 onwards, the winter storage facility in Buckauer Sülzehafen, which had been common up until then, could no longer be used. The customs port on Werder was set as the new winter storage facility by decree .
To the west of the club's premises, for example in the area where there is a boathouse today, protective trenches with a wooden roof had been built in order to seek protection from the increasingly frequent air raids. In September 1944, allied planes attacked ships on the Elbe. A burning paddle steamer that was hit lay directly in front of the boat. On the houseboat itself, an incendiary bomb hit one of the edges and fell into the Elbe without causing any damage. Then the houseboat was towed to the winter quarters in the customs port. Due to the increasing air raids, the landlords Bastel moved out of the houseboat at the end of 1944 to their apartment on Elisenstrasse. However, in an air raid in the early afternoon of January 16, 1945 with a focus on Fermersleben, Ms. Bastel was killed.
Also in the winter of 1944/1945, the swimmers' training continued in the Wilhelmsbad, which was later to become the municipal swimming pool, which had not yet been destroyed. With the destruction of the pool during the great air raid on Magdeburg on January 16, 1945, this training opportunity was lost. The boathouse was preserved, an evacuation to Rogätz , which was still planned , did not take place. German soldiers were quartered on the boathouse.
The exact number of club members who perished during the Second World War is not known. In the club chronicle of 2011 alone, 23 fallen soldiers were listed.
post war period
After the end of the war, the members of the association had to find out that the prahm in the customs port had partly sunk. Unlike many other boats and boathouses, however, it was not damaged by direct war effects. When the water level sank, the prahm had hit the ground and had got into an inclined position as nobody was on site to pull the boat into deeper water. When the water level rises later, the water then ran into the trough. It was not yet possible to raise the ship under the difficult conditions. All Magdeburg Elbe bridges had also been blown up, so that transport to Buckau or Fermersleben would not have been possible. At the beginning of February 1946, the boathouse, half on land, half in the water, was pulled back into the water using winches. The boat swam and was then pumped out and towed to the soup port in Buckau. The interior was largely destroyed by the water. The wooden parts had been removed by the local population for heating purposes. The boat was painstakingly restored. In April 1946 it sank again. Lifting was difficult because the doors of the superstructures also had to be sealed for pumping out. After the bridge was raised again, as previously planned, it was brought to the shipyard in Frohse. There the pram was repaired and painted with tar paint. The new damage to the superstructure caused by the second sinking was later repaired by the athletes. The material used for the superstructures of the abandoned Blauer Stern boathouse opposite the Mönchsgraben.
Paul Schrader was meanwhile again a member of the association and active on the board. In the summer of 1946, a swimming lane was built from old jetties in the Sülzehafen, and the overhaul of sailing and motor boats began.
Dissolution of the association
After the end of the Second World War, the existing clubs in the Soviet occupation zone were largely banned. The Buckau-Fermersleben water sports club was dissolved on September 24, 1946 and deleted from the club register. The members joined the Buckau-Wolf sports community , which was active in Fermersleben and was assigned as a sports community to the Buckau R. Wolf machine factory based in Buckau and Salbke . The Buckau-Fermersleben water sports club became a department of the Buckau-Wolf sports community, while continuing to use the existing facilities and maintaining staff continuity. The name of the sports community changed so often in the next few years due to central requirements that the names on jerseys and boats were often out of date.
In 1948 Paul Schrader applied to the Magdeburg City Council for a position to manage the boathouse because the association did not have sufficient funds. In fact, the position was also approved.
The decline of swimming
From the shipyard in Frohse, the boathouse was then brought back to its place on the groyne in front of Fermersleber Katzenwerder for the first time in March 1947. The swimming lane was set up on the Elbe side of the promenade and the first swimming competitions were held. During this phase, water polo was particularly popular. A major tournament was held. Due to the deteriorating pollution of the Elbe, it was the last tournament in the river. The swimmers of the club had to stop their training in the Elbe. For a while they trained at the Lemsdorf swimming division in Fort II . Swimming coach Heinz Stegmann was chairman there. At times they competed together with the Lemsdorfer swimmers as Magdeburg-Lemsdorf . On a regional scale, success was achieved in the water polo as well as in individual and relay competitions. However, the problem of the lack of traditional training opportunities in the Elbe could not be solved. Plans to replace an outdoor swimming pool in the area between Buckauer Friedhof and Sülze in the so-called Schmidtschen Park could not be implemented. The training took place in the rebuilt municipal swimming pool during the winter months. Some trained in the Carl-Miller-Bad, an outdoor pool south of the old town . In 1948 the name changed to BSG Diesel Magdeburg . The water sports enthusiasts continued to compete under Buckau-Wolf . The sailors also started out again.
The first open-zone swimming competitions in Dessau in October 1949 , in which 22 clubs took part , were a major sporting event for swimmers . The 1st indoor swimming festival was held on February 5, 1950 in Magdeburg's municipal swimming pool. Here you reached the first place in the 4 x 100 m relay of men. the last great success was winning the state championship of Saxony-Anhalt in water polo against KWU Magdeburg 4-0. In 1950, however, due to the increasing pollution of the Elbe water, there was an official bathing ban for the Elbe. Swimmers and water polo players then left the club. The water polo players were active in the future with SG Dynamo . The sports facility was the dynamo facility across from Magdeburg's west cemetery . Under the later GDR national coach Rolf Bastel, the water polo players became GDR champions 13 times and won once second and four times third in the European Cup .
The attempt to rebuild took place in 1951. In a dredging hole at the Chemie boathouse , a 50-meter jetty was built by the BSG with the help of the SKL . Adolf Heyland , who was in charge of the reconstruction , also called for the construction of lounge and changing rooms. However, this requirement was not met. Heyland then stopped the project. The jetty was used by the local population. During the floods in 1952/1953, parts of the footbridges were torn away, the rest could initially be secured. A little later the swimming tubs and jetties were illegally dismantled and disappeared. Within the structure of the water sports club, this was the last attempt at building a swimming team. Such a department was later established elsewhere within the BSG.
Canoeists' successes
During this time the canoeists restarted after Walter Rehkuh returned from Soviet captivity in 1949 and many young talents gathered around him. Two single and two- person kayaks were built during the winter . At the German Championships in Pirna in 1950, however, the boats were not allowed to start, probably due to their very light construction. Rolf Leue and Otto Gandree could start with borrowed boats and even reached the finals .
In 1950 the name changed to BSG Stahl Süd . To solve the boating problem, 13 new boats were built. Buckau-Wolf made some materials available. The performance of canoeists had risen sharply under Walter Rehkuh. The department now belonged to the top performance in GDR canoe racing. On July 15, 1951, Wilfried Bust and Arnold Kahler were GDR champions over 10,000 meters and 1,000 meters in the two-man canoe and thus won the first national championship title for the club. Similar successes were also seen in the youth sector. With the III. The World Youth Festival has also achieved international success. First places could also be achieved in the state championship.
As early as 1952 the club name changed again to Motor Fermersleben . The club colors remained red and white despite all the changes. At the GDR championships, Bust and Kahlert managed to defend the title over 10,000 meters. The two were also among the winners in the 10 x 1,000 meter national relay. In 1953 Sigrid Schnabel became GDR champion in a single kayak over 3,000 meters. Bust and Kahler were favorites over 10,000 meters and were able to bring the title back to Magdeburg. This year Otto Gandree and Lothar Schuttkowski also achieved the championship title over 1,500 meters in the two-man canoe. The club's canoeists also achieved victories in many regatta competitions outside of the championships.
In 1954, other experienced canoeists from the Magdeburg association BSG Lok joined the association. The successes continued. In 1954, Rolf Leue and Gerhard Hölzke were GDR champions over 10,000 meters in the two-man canoe. Bust and Kahler won the title in the two-man canoe over 1,000 meters, Sigrid Schnabel won the title in both the 500 and over 3,000 meters in the single kayak. In the women's four-person kayak , H. Kleine, Sigrid Schnabel, I. Grupe and H. Fleming won the runner-up championship. The club's canoe squad also appeared in international competitions, so in 1954 they traveled to Romania for an international regatta . In the same year there were also attempts to participate in the canoe slalom , but these were not continued. In 1955 they were again the most successful team at the GDR championships. Sigrid Leue , née Schnabel, won again over 500 and 3,000 meters in a single kayak, her husband Rolf Leue and Gerhard Hölzke won over 1,000 and 10,000 meters in a two-man canoe, Gerhard Holzvoigt won the GDR championship title over 500 and in a single kayak 1,000 meters. The women's four-man kayak was runner-up over 500 meters with Ulla Holzvoigt , Sigrid Leue, Edith Wilke and Inge Lehnert .
On February 2, 1956, Gerhard Holzvoigt was the first canoeist in the GDR to receive the title of Master of Sport from the GDR Prime Minister . Also this year he achieved sporting successes. Sigrid Leue won the championships in single kayaks over 500 and 3,000 meters, Rolf Leue and Gerhard Hölzke won the GDR championship title over 1,000 and 10,000 meters in two-man canoes.
Against the resistance in the clubs, the GDR policy pushed through a centralization of the GDR competitive sport. Sports clubs were formed to which the service providers were delegated. In August 1955, SC Aufbau Magdeburg was established in Magdeburg and became the center of excellence for swimming, water polo and gymnastics. In January 1956, canoeing was added. On April 4, 1956, Gerhard and Ulla Holzvoigt were delegated to the sports club. He remained attached to the department and later returned.
Despite the delegations, the club team was again successful at the GDR championships in 1957. The victory in the Canadian ten was particularly spectacular . However, there were five other titles. Sigrid Leue won the 3,000 meters in a single kayak, Udo Cohrs won the 1,000 and 10,000 meters in a single canoe and, surprisingly, the women's four-man kayak with Grupe, Wilke, Flemming and Leue won the 500-meter title. Successes have also been achieved in international regattas. In 1958 Leue and Hölzke only managed to win two championship titles in the men's two-man Canadier over 1,000 and 10,000 meters. The next GDR championship in 1959 saw only one championship title in the youth field for the club. The later Olympic champion Jürgen Eschert also took part in the championship and achieved a 2nd place over 500 and 3,000 meters in the single canoe.
New beginning for sailors
The sailors had also become active again in the post-war period. So from 1950 they drove to Brandenburg- Kirchmöser on the island of Kiehnwerder . However, the relationship between the head of Hermann Schaumburg and the management of the BSG was tense, and the sailors initially did not accept this subordination. Schaumburg resigned and Alfred Krause became the new head of the sailors . In 1951 a new beginning took place. Six 20 m² steel dinghy cruisers were built in the Sülze . Important materials required were made available by the Buckau-Wolf sponsoring company. The boats had a folding mast so that they could pass the Sülze Bridge . At the beginning of May 1952 the boats were completed and were christened. They were on the west bank of the Sülze in Buckau. The problems between the sailors and the BSG leadership persisted. In 1953 Alfred Krause no longer wanted to compete, but was ultimately re-elected head of the sailing section. They did not take part in the GDR sailing championships in 1953. In 1954, however, they became district champion in the Magdeburg district and qualified for the GDR championships. In strong winds, however, the participants of the water sports club capsized.
In 1955 Alfred Krause resigned due to the continuing quarrels, successor was Otto Pähz , who however announced that he would not run again in the same year. His successor was Rolf Hauer in 1956 , who soon gave up the function for professional reasons and was replaced by Hans Apel as section head in 1957 . 1955 succeeded again to qualify for the GDR championships. The H-dinghies achieved 14th place out of 21 starters and 19th place among the pirates , out of 28 starters. In 1956 the club had 32 sailing and 8 motor boats. The club's sailors also became more successful on a regional scale, but in the GDR championship in 1956 it stayed behind. In 1957 it was possible for the first time to win the duel against local rivals BSG Einheit Magdeburg . The most important sporting event of the year was the trips around the Blue Ribbon of the Middle Elbe . The club's athletes won six out of twelve possible ribbons. Grand prize was a pair of sneakers from Igelit . The other prizes were a jar of jam, liver sausage, a book about the city of Schönebeck and stockings. Something similar happened in 1958 when four out of eight ribbons were won. The improved performance of the sailors was due to the better material, many new athletes and improved training methods. One had switched to driving a training regatta once a week, which was driven and scored according to the official competition conditions.
Implementation of the prahms
In 1954 the boathouse at the shipyard in Frohse was overhauled again. In this context, it was controversially discussed whether it would make sense to keep a floating boathouse. At a board meeting of the BSG that was expanded to include the sailing and canoeing departments, it was decided on November 4, 1954 to put the boathouse on land. However, the project turned out to be technically very demanding. The SKL as the sponsoring company therefore acted on behalf of the BSG and created a project. The important support of the SKL was organized through the chairman of the BSG Fritz Roggemann . The shaft work was carried out by the sailors and canoeists, the pillars were built by VEB Bau St. Magdeburg , whose commercial director was the association member Alfred Hohmann . By the end of 1955, this work was largely complete. However, the boathouse had to be towed back to the Sülzehafen for the winter. At the general meeting on February 2, 1956, it was decided to put the Prahm on land for a short time. In mid-February it was floated up and, with considerable effort, pulled ashore using winches. During this period, the landlord Brietenhahn lived in the Prahm and the restaurant was in operation.
In the winter time, exercise was offered. Cross-country skiing section championships were held on the Elbe meadows. A table tennis championship was held in the boathouse .
Motor Fermersleben and Motor Magdeburg merged
The association changed its name once more and was called BSG Motor Südost Magdeburg from 1957 after the unification of Motor Fermersleben and Motor Magdeburg on December 13, 1957 ; this name remained until 1990. In connection with this association, a new swimming department was formed, but it was no longer connected with the water sports club. The association also had consequences for water sports enthusiasts, since both company sports associations had their own sailing sections and these were also united. On January 10, 1958, Heinz Tietge was elected as the first joint sailing section leader . He remained in this position for many years. The section now had three locations: the groups South, East and West. In addition to the SKL, the Karl Marx factory had now been added as a further sponsoring company .
On June 1, 1958, International Children's Day , a children's regatta was organized for the first time on the Elbe. The partner in this was the Fermersleben elementary school with which a sponsorship agreement was signed in 1957.
From July 10 to 16, 1958, the sailors took part in the III. International Česká brána , a regatta on the Elbe, between Dresden and the Czechoslovakian Raudnitz an der Elbe ( Roudnice nad Labem ). Also in 1959 they took part in this regatta. This time one of the club's boats took third place in the overall ranking. Also in 1960 they took part.
Construction of the port
In the Fichteheim in Buckau, an extraordinary general meeting took place on September 19, 1958, at which a draft plan drawn up by Tietge and Steinberg for future projects was presented. The draft contained various sporting, but above all structural, projects that clearly exceeded the previous standards of the association, but were to be implemented with the help of the sponsoring companies and with considerable in-house work. Important points here were the construction of a boat shed for 25 dinghies by the end of 1958 and the construction of a port facility. The perspective plan was adopted. The necessary applications and orders were initiated by the Karl Marx factory. On December 14, 1958, the new boat shed, to the north of the promenade, was completed. Also in 1958, the old Prahm received central warm water heating and the foundations for the flagpole were built.
At the annual general meeting of the sailing section of BSG Motor Magdeburg-Südost on January 24, 1959 in the small hall of the Magdeburg AMO-Kulturhaus , the perspective plan was decided and signed by the section management and the plant management of the SKL and the Karl Marx plant. About 60 to 80% of the work had to be done in-house. At the meeting, the technical director of the Marx factory handed over the application for 27,000 marks for the projects planned until 1960. The Section Sailing received, presented by Councilor Wolf those construction nobility in gold of national integration .
The permit to build the port was given on March 6, 1959, and the groundbreaking ceremony took place on March 15. It soon became apparent that the funds provided were insufficient for the intended earth movements. Support was then provided by the Soviet Army, which provided a bulldozer and driver for a long time . The dredging work then required was carried out by an excavator from the neighboring gravel pit.
A total of 17,160 voluntary development hours were provided. The inauguration took place on May 7, 1960. On the north-west side of the port, arbours were also built in 1960 for some club members.
Development from 1960
In the GDR championships of canoeists in 1960, the club did not achieve any championship titles. Udo Cohrs succeeded in winning the single canoe over 1,000 and 10,000 meters, but he had previously been delegated and was now starting for SC Magdeburg .
1961 celebrated the 50th anniversary of the association. The 50-year history of the association was presented in a lecture at the general meeting on January 6, 1961. The construction work on the port was not yet fully completed. The port entrance was widened, the outside area was designed and 600 poplar seedlings were planted. The construction of arbors also continued. In terms of sport, they were again successful with the blue ribbon, but only achieved middle placements in the national championships. The former members of the section Ditmar Gedde and E. Reschwamm won the Flying Dutchman championship, starting for the ASK Vorwärts Rostock . At SC Magdeburg, too, the successes failed to materialize during this time. Disagreements between BSG Motor Südost under coach Walter Rehkuh and SC Magdeburg meant that top people like Jürgen Eschert, Günter Malinowski and Rainer Steinbach were not delegated to the SCM, but to the ASK Vorwärts Leipzig .
On July 1 and 2, 1961, the Great North German Canoe Regatta took place on the Maschsee near Hanover, the last all-German regatta before the construction of the Berlin Wall . The canoe section was able to take several first places. In 1961, the sailors did not participate in the Česká brána because the GDR authorities did not issue the required visas in time. It was later assumed that the cause for this were also the processes surrounding the construction of the wall, which took place on August 13, 1961, even if the border to the CSSR was not directly affected.
There was an increased focus on children's sports. So three cadet boats suitable for children were built and christened.
Unexpectedly, on July 13, 1961 , Bauer Gommert canceled the rental agreement for a shed in Fermersleben that was used in winter as a shelter for boats. Although it was possible to find a temporary replacement for the coming winter, the construction of a boat shed, which had been planned for some time, became urgent. Since the concept of the so-called open cattle stables had failed in GDR agriculture, the possibility arose of preserving such stable constructions. On July 25, 1961, the decision was made to purchase two 50-meter-long and 12-meter-wide self-supporting steel structures from VEB Mastenbau . Totto money and, as a precautionary measure, 40,000 DM were applied for from the Karl Marx factory for financing . Construction was carried out 200 meters west of the port.
At the end of 1961 the sailing section had 179 and the canoeing 97 members.
The 1964 Olympic gold medal won by Jürgen Eschert in the singles canoe caused a sensation. At this point, however, Eschert had already been delegated and was no longer starting for Fermersleben.
In 1967 a canoe training pool was completed to enable training regardless of the weather.
In 1969, the former member Günter Holzvoigt, meanwhile ten-time GDR champion in canoeing, returned to the club and got involved in the sailing section.
In the mid-1970s, the BSG became a district training center , in which talents were continuously spotted, who were then delegated to the SC Magdeburg if they performed well. Eckhard Leue , who was delegated to the SCM in this way , won the bronze medal at the 1980 Olympic Games. The former section members Marion Grupe , Wolfgang Kopplin and Dieter Lichtenberg also took part in the Olympic Games as delegates to the SCM.
Renewed independence
In the course of the political change in 1989 , the structures of sport in the GDR fundamentally changed again. Following a pre-war tradition, the company sports association Motor Südost became Fermersleber SV 1895 , whose sailing / canoeing department was retained. In 2000, the department became independent again under its old name Buckau-Fermersleben watersports club .
In 1991 the 64,000 m² club area in Fermersleben became the base of the cruiser department of the German Sailing Association . Since 2006, this has also applied to the 23,000 m² area in Plaue.
The Magdeburg sports facilities run by the WBF have been regularly awarded the Blue Flag since 1993 . The plant in Plaue has also had the award since 2006. In 2000 the club was named Club of the Year at the Hanseboot .
Dragon boat
In 1998, a new water sport was added with the dragon boat . Together with SC Magdeburg , a boat was acquired and the Ottonen team was founded . In 2001 there were major successes. However, the members gradually migrated to the SCM, so that in 2007 there was no more training at the water sports club. At the end of 2008, however, a new team was formed from members of the Canoe Department, which started training in 2009. While initially only a limited competition took place due to the small number of members and one was dependent on the support of athletes from other clubs, there was a significant increase in the number of members at the end of 2009. Since then , the WBF team, taking on as DeMachdeburjer , has been able to compete with sufficient strength for a dragon boat. Several boats are provided for indoor competitions.
In spring 2011, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the association, the first part of an extensive, bound association chronicle compiled by the long-standing commodore of the Heinz Tietge association was published. It is preceded by greetings from Lord Mayor Lutz Trümper , former Lord Mayor Willi Polte , Honorary Chairman of the State Sailing Association of Saxony-Anhalt Hans-Jürgen Claußen , DSV President Rolf Bähr and Association Chairman Holger Beierke .
literature
- Heinz Tietge, The Buckau-Fermersleben Water Sports Club , Part 1 1911–1961, Magdeburg 2011
- Hans Treder, MSO, outline of the history of BSG Motor Magdeburg-Südost, sport free for everyone! , 1987
- Festschrift for the 100th anniversary of the Fermersleber sports club 1895 e. V. Magdeburg , 1995
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Holger Beierke, The WBF today in The Water Sports Club Buckau-Fermersleben Part 1 1911–1961, Magdeburg 2011, page 8
- ^ Heinz Tietge, The Buckau-Fermersleben Water Sports Club , Part 1 1911–1961, Magdeburg 2011, page 60
- ^ Heinz Tietge, The Buckau-Fermersleben Water Sports Club , Part 1, 1911–1961, Magdeburg 2011, page 106
- ↑ Andreas Baumgart, The history of the Magdeburg sports club between 1955 and 1989 , Grin Verlag 2011, ISBN 978-3-640-82200-3 , page 84
- ↑ Heinz Tietge, The Buckau-Fermersleben Water Sports Association , Part 1 1911–1961, Magdeburg 2011, page 131
- ↑ Heinz Tietge, The Buckau-Fermersleben Water Sports Club , Part 1 1911–1961, Magdeburg 2011, page 268
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