The German Gymnastics Federation (official German name: Deutscher Turner-Bund (DTB)) is the umbrella organization of the German gymnastics associations and clubs. The DTB was founded in 1848 at the first German gymnastics day in Hanau. The first German gymnastics festival was held 1860 in Coburg. In 1868, the DTB was changed into the German gymnasts (Deutsche Turnerschaft (DT)). Additionally, the social-democratic working gymnastics association (Arbeiterturnerbund (ATB)) was founded in 1893, which was renamed to be the working gymnastics and sport association (Arbeiter-Turn-und Sportbund (ATSB)) in 1919, and was later forbidden during the Nazism in Germany. In 1933, the DT tried to become another part in the sphere of the Nazi Party, alongside the already existing Sturmabteilung, a paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party. However, this failed because the dominance of an association that was hostile to competitive sport at the time would have hindered the NSDAP's aspiration that the best men dominate through sport. The DT dissolved itself in 1935 because of the Nazi Party's Gleichschaltung. After World War II, on 13 September 1947, the first unofficial German Championship in Artistic gymnastics was held in Northeim. At this event the working committee of German gymnastics (Deutscher Arbeitsausschuss Turnen (DAT)) was founded, which paved the way for the re-establishment of the DTB in Tübingen. In 1952, the DTB already had 900,000 members participating in more than 6100 sport clubs. The first German gymnastics festival (Deutsches Turnfest) took place in 1953 in Hamburg. More information...
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