Spartakiad

The children 's and young people were in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and the other countries of the Eastern bloc regularly organized sports competitions. You should encourage children and young people to engage in regular physical activity, but also served the early detection of potential athletes.

The Spartakiads were, along with the district, regional and DDR Championships as well as the Pioneer Cup, the most important sporting competitions in the children and youth in the GDR. There were Vorwettkämpfe, Kreisspartakiaden, every two years Bezirksspartakiaden and the central Spartakiadewettkämpfe.

Development

The experience gained from the initially designed for children Pionierspartakiaden led in 1964 to the idea of ​​developing a sporting event and contest shape that appeals to all major sports as possible, all children and young people in the GDR. The idea was to combine properties of width and competitive sports. It was also part of youth work. The concept was developed and funded by the SED leadership and Sports of the mass organizations of sport ( DTSB, GST ) and the Youth ( FDJ, Pioneer Organization ) carried out. In the districts, districts and major cities of the GDR Spartakiadekomitees formed, consisting of these aforementioned carriers, and representatives of the SED and the local state lines.

With the demise of the GDR and the restructuring of the GDR sports system also broke the organizational structures of Spartakiads together. In eastern Germany since children and youth sports games are performed which relate to the tradition of children 's and young people. Chance of competitions were also continued to organize children 's and young people under the name.

Term

The name is, according to the German Universal Dictionary ( Duden 1996) a derivation from Olympics and Vanguard or Spartacus. Spartakists were the members of the Spartacus League (1916-1919), who had his hand after Spartacus, leader of the third uprising against the slave-owning society, named called.

But Spartakiads were also called partially sports events and competitions of the workers, children and young people in non- socialist countries since 1917. In the USSR and other socialist states and their successor states after 1990 the sports competitions are still called that.

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