Black Forest skiing history

What would the Black Forest be without winter sports. Many people come from far away to go skiing in the Black Forest, for example Cross-country skiing to operate. But how did winter sports develop in the Black Forest and what is its history?

In February 1891, the French consul Dr. R. Pilet took up skiing for the first time Feldberg. On February 08.02.1891, XNUMX, he signed the following words in the guest book of the Hotel Feldberger Hof: “With Norwegian Snowshoes on the Feldberg.” This sentence is considered to be the birth of skiing throughout Central Europe. He was on the Höllentalbahn Titisee drove and from there had undertaken the 10-kilometer ascent to the Feldbergerhof on skis.

In December of the same year the Todtnau Ski Club founded by six men. There Todtnau Located in a deep valley and the town was also very wealthy due to mining, the people there were happy to try out extravagant things. The ski club still exists today and was the oldest in Germany. Although the ski club was founded in Munich in 1890, it was dissolved again a short time later. Fritz Breuer, the chairman of the Todtnau ski club, quickly wrote instructions for snowshoeing and sold it for one mark.

 

Skiing was not only promoted as a means of transportation, but above all as fun. At the beginning, skiing was only aimed at a small target group, because the sport was not for poor people, but only for the elite class. The Ski Club Todtnau also played an important role in the establishment of the German Ski Association in 1905. 1550 members of the association came from the Black Forest alone. For comparison, just 208 came from Bavaria.

 

 

To name even more important dates in history, the year 1892 should not be missing. Ernst Köpfer was the first to have the manufacture of skis patented. The manufacture of skis in the Black Forest was thus secured.

 

Another year that should not be missing when going through the history of winter sports is the year 1895 in which the Ski Club Freiburg is founded and together with the Ski Club Todtnau forms the Ski Club Black Forest. This is the first national association in the history of Central Europe.

 

In 1908, the construction of the first ski lift in Germany shows another important point in the history of winter sports in the Black Forest. In a small town called Schollach, Robert Winterhalter was already looking for a way to transport his grain to the mill and then back to the house more easily. Its construction was then extended to the transportation of people. Since many people came to Schollach because of the good air, but suffered from asthma or anemia, for example, he wanted to make the strenuous and arduous ascent easier for them. As the lift gained popularity, at times it earned more than any other person in all of Schollach combined.

 

They took place for the first time in 1900 Ski championships on Feldberg instead of. Women were soon also allowed to take part, but still in skirts. Another important point in history is the construction of the ski jump, the Max Egon Ski Jump. It served as a ski jump for traditional Easter ski jumping until 1936.

In 1974 the first ski marathon takes place on the Feldberg with 1175 participants.

The story of winter sports in the Black Forest or Feldberg naturally includes many more events. The most important and perhaps the most important are listed here only once.

Wie die History shows were in the Black Forest important decisions were made for winter sports throughout Germany. However, it can be observed that skiing increasingly moved to the Alps in the 20th century. Competitions in Nordic disciplines such as cross-country skiing and ski jumping were held on the Feldberg. Alpine skiing, however, was further developed and bred in the Alps. Especially since the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Patenkirchen, skiers have preferred the more spectacular mountains in the Alps. Perhaps this development would have been different if the Winter Olympics had taken place at Feldberg.