What is the Gymnastica Bürstadt and what makes it so interesting?
The Gymnaestrada, the Spartakiada and the Gymnastica Bürstadt were founded in 1954. The Gymnaestrada was organised for the western part of the world and the Spartakiada was organised for the eastern part of the world.
Today only the Gymnaestrada and Gymnastica Bürstadt remain.
The objective of the Gymnaestrada is to provide the possibility for gymnasts from all over the world to meet and to join in the sharing of ideas and experience , in addition to the Olympic Games. The difference between Gymnaestrada and the Olympic Games are:
The group – not the individual is being judged and therefore no medals are given.
The club TSG Bürstadt, which began with one group at the Gymnaestrada, had in 1957 the idea to organise a gymnastic festival for gymnatic clubs all over the world in Bürstadt, Germany, which became Gymnastica Bürstadt.
The objectives of the Gymnastica Bürstadt are similar to the Gymnaestrada:
The folling referneces from gymnastic groups which have visited the Gymnastica Bürstadt for more than 30 years may answer this question:
Carlos Alfredo from Ginasio Clube Portugues, Portugal
“It is gymnastic festival with artistic, acrobatic, rhythmic, tumbling, floor ecercises, dance folklore and music whitch is, for sure, the most beautiful in the world. You can see the worlds best gymnastics till late at night in a wonderful atomosphere in the Gymnastica Hall.”
Lars Wirdheim from Frigymnaster Halstad, Sweden
“The Gymnastica Bürstadt (where 800 to 1200 gymnasts participate) is known as well at the Gymnaestrada or the Olymic Games between Tokyo, Rio de Janerio, Tel Aviv, Lisboa or Stockholm.”
Egon Guilliams, Belgium
“It’s an incredible idea to combine different nations with different cultures in one spectacular event, alweas resulting in one fantastic festival that stands for fair play and peace. We from Estehetica Brecht, Belgium, are sure everbody who tastes this Gymnastica fever woudn’t miss it for the world.”