Industrialisierung und Arbeitersport: Die Stellung des Reschitzaer Sportes innerhalb der Banater und der rumänischen Turn- und Sportbewegung der Zwischenkriegszeit im Blick der Banater deutschen Sportpresse
Industrialization and Workers’ Sports: The Position of Reșița Sports within the Gymnastics and Sports Movement of Banat and of Romania during the Interwar Period from the Perspective of the German Sports Press in Banat

Summary/Abstract: The paper highlights the characteristics of the Reșița workers gymnastics and sports activity, promoted by the industrial development during its early existence and in the interwar period, based on the general characteristics and within in the broader framework of the Banat gymnastics and sports movement, as presented by the Banat German sports press. The Timișoara weekly newspapers Sportmontag (Sports Monday) and Sport-Anzeiger (Sports Advertizer), as well as the Arad Sport-Kalender für das Gemeinjahr 1934 (Sports Calendar for the year 1934) were examined in this regard. The most popular sport in Reșița was football, played by multiethnic clubs, unlike the German inspired gymnastics, which promoted a conservative and nationalist mentality.

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