Volksmarch: Walking and the German Culture
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Physical culture and sport are an integral part of German culture. According to information from the German Embassy, about 27 million people û or a quarter of the population û belong to sports clubs, while another 12 million participate in sports independently (Germany Info 2003 www.germany-info.org). While many of these sports include such competitive sports as soccer, basketball, handball, volleyball, and ice hockey, there is another group of sports known as ôVolkssports,ö which are non-competitive in nature. Volkssports, which means ôPeopleÆs Sportsö or ôSports for all People,ö include such activities as walking, biking, swimming, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, skating, or any other non-motorized outdoor sport. Walking, or ôvolksmarch,ö is the most popular type of volkssport event (IVV www.ivv.org). This paper will examine the history of the volksmarch phenomenon and its impact on modern German culture. ôVolksmarch,ö or ôPeopleÆs Walk,ö has its origins after the end of World War II, and has also been called ôVolkswanderungö. Originally it was part of a mass culture movement and began as a timed, competitive event that was designed to help German
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