Tag: Olympic Games 1972
Munich 72: Olympic posters by Otl Aicher are experiencing a renaissance – Munich
At the flea market, 100 euros or more are rarely asked for a poster, like at the weekend on Munich’s Theresienwiese. Some of the somewhat battered posters of the 1972…
Augsburg: Canoe route is renovated in time for the Canoe World Cup – Bavaria
Open detailed view Like new: The canoe slalom competition course in Augsburg has been renovated from the ground up for more than 20 million euros. The canoe slalom world championships…
Munich: When it was decided that the Olympic Games were coming – Munich
The enthusiasm was great when the delegation, led by the young Mayor Hans-Jochen Vogel (SPD), coming from Rome landed at the airfield in Riem: They also had big things in…
Bavarian National Museum: Knight tournaments as a precursor to Olympia – Munich
Duels are fought to the bitter end, even to the point of losing a limb, and then you can still settle for a draw. This scene in the knight film…
Olympic Games 1972 Munich: Olympic Park celebrates 50th anniversary – Munich
A new building decorates the Olympiasee. The blue-green pavilion is part of the new anniversary exhibition and will be there for the next six months. After the two-year Corona break,…
Munich: Broken roof at the Olympiazentrum bus station is being renovated – Munich
Next stop: Olympic Center. For more than ten years, no bus passenger who had had to get off at the historic waiting room via the loop at Brundageplatz has heard…
1972, the year that remains: How the Olympic Games shaped Munich – culture
For a child growing up in the 1970s, Munich was a city with two faces. Abstract categories such as “tradition” and “modernity” were of course not yet relevant, but on…
Munich: City Museum is looking for memories of the 1972 Olympics – Munich
Memories of the 1972 Olympics : “I cried then” Mar 2, 2022 at 12:29 p.m Reading time: 4 mins Open detailed view Günter Zahn, final runner of the torch relay,…
Book “Munich 72”: How the Olympics changed Munich – Munich
The goal of competitive sport is to be first; This is especially true when it comes to the Olympics. In this sense, it should be noted that Karl Stankiewitz and…
New SZ series for 1972: Willy Brandt and the Eastern Treaties – culture
Exactly half a century ago, in 1972, the Federal Republic experienced a particularly turbulent time. The dispute over the “Ostpolitik” promoted by Willy Brandt, the first social-democratic chancellor, and his…