Christmas singing by 1. FC Union Berlin

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Christmas singing 2011, still without using the stadium interior

For Christmas singing of the 1. FC Union Berlin is the annual meeting on December 23, fans and friends 1. FC Union Berlin in the stadium at the old forester to set the mood for the Christmas party . The Christmas singing has been taking place in the Berlin district of Treptow-Köpenick since 2003 . With around 28,500 participants in 2016, Union's Christmas singing brings together what is now “Germany's most famous Christmas choir”.

background

Christmas singing in the stands.

In 2003 , 89 members of the “Alt-Unioner” fan club secretly met for the first Christmas singing in the stadium, to end the year together after a disappointing first half of the season. Since then, Christmas singing has developed into a major event, which since 2012 has also required the use of the stadium interior for spectators and singers.

Because of the stadium renovation, the 2008 Christmas singing had to be relocated to the Köpenick Town Hall .

Since 2014, due to the high demand for Christmas singing, tickets have been sold, as the capacity limit had been reached with previously free entry. The income from ticket sales benefits Union's youth work.

The school choir of the Emmy-Noether-Gymnasium Köpenick provides musical support for Christmas singing . An integral part of the event is also the reading of the Christmas story by the Köpenick pastor Peter Müller.

resonance

The Christmas singing, which started as a secret meeting and is now known as a "tradition", is an important part of the identity of the 1. FC Union, also in international perception.

The Christmas singing in the stadium has found imitators in many other German cities (including Cologne, Aachen, Gelsenkirchen and Dresden).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 1. FC Union Berlin: Goosebumps atmosphere in the stadium , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, December 23, 2015, accessed on December 23, 2016.
  2. ↑ Alte Försterei - Union wants admission to Advent singing ( Memento of the original from December 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rbb-online.de 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. , Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, October 29, 2014, accessed on December 23, 2016.
  3. ↑ Lothar Heinke : 28,500 fans meet for Christmas singing , Tagesspiegel, December 22, 2016, accessed on December 23, 2016.
  4. ↑ Hendrik Buchheister: Christmas at Union Berlin: When iron guys sing "Silent Night" , Spiegel-Online, December 23, 2014, accessed on December 23, 2016.
  5. ↑ Erik Jullander: FC Union Berlin: a remarkable club with their very own Christmas tradition The Guardian, December 20, 2012, accessed on December 23, 2016
  6. ↑ Union as a role model. How Köpenick's Christmas singing conquered other cities , BZ-Online, December 22, 2016, accessed on December 23, 2016.