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1972 Olympics in Munich: Germeringerin was there as a hostess - she cherishes her dirndl

2022-08-10T09:38:26.662Z


1972 Olympics in Munich: Germeringerin was there as a hostess - she cherishes her dirndl Created: 08/10/2022 11:29 am By: Ingrid Zeilinger Blue dirndl, blue jacket, white apron, white shoes and stockings: Altrud Heinrich wore this robe as a hostess at the Olympic Games. The Olympic mascot Waldi and an old poster still remind her of the time at Munich 72. © Wolfgang Pulfer/imu The 1972 Olympic


1972 Olympics in Munich: Germeringerin was there as a hostess - she cherishes her dirndl

Created: 08/10/2022 11:29 am

By: Ingrid Zeilinger

Blue dirndl, blue jacket, white apron, white shoes and stockings: Altrud Heinrich wore this robe as a hostess at the Olympic Games.

The Olympic mascot Waldi and an old poster still remind her of the time at Munich 72.

© Wolfgang Pulfer/imu

The 1972 Olympic Games in Munich were a highlight for the people in the district.

Some were there up close – in various functions.

Altrud Heinrich worked as a hostess in many places.

The woman from Germeringer cherishes one of her dirndls.

Fürstenfeldbruck/Germering

– Thunderous applause, cheers, enthusiasm: Altrud Heinrich still feels these emotions today.

"It went so well that no Olympics will ever be again," enthuses the 82-year-old about the beautiful side of the games.

Because in Munich there was pure joy that the city was allowed to host the games.

"That was burned into the hearts and minds of the population," says Heinrich, who lived in the state capital at the time.

"They showed that with their open warmth and enthusiasm."

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She still gets goosebumps when she talks about the atmosphere in the stadium.

The athletes were applauded not only there, but also on the way to the changing room or other places.

"The last one still got a special round of applause." As a sign that being there is everything.

The then 31-year-old had applied to volunteer for the games.

The Siemens company was looking for hostesses who would present a new data display device - a database with all sorts of information about the games.

After three weeks of training, Altrud Heinrich was ready.

Her equipment: two blue dirndls, a blue quilted jacket, a scarf, two white blouses, two white aprons, a white shoulder bag, two pairs of knee socks and a pair of shoes.

"We were obliged to put on the Dirndl when we were out and about in Munich privately," she says.

The Olympic mascot Waldi and an old poster still remind Altrud Heinrich of the time at Munich 72.

© imu

Every day she was assigned to a different place - and got around a lot.

Also because her colleague took over the work on the device and she could look around.

She should bring Grace Kelly with her daughter Stefanie to the grandstand.

Prince Philipp shook her hand.

She was riding in Riem, archery in the English Garden.

"I had never seen that before." She gave a lot of information, took care of people and also met some world champions and Olympic champions.

The former gymnast used a day off to watch the competitions in apparatus gymnastics – and was thrilled.

As much as the euphoria burned itself into the memory, the experiences surrounding the assassination are just as present.

Heinrich was in the stadium as a hostess on September 5th.

In the evening everyone was called to the press building.

A newsreader said: "All the lights out, everything out." Everyone was watching the events from above, and there was little information.

They were only allowed to go home at night.

Altrud Heinrich was also the hostess at the funeral service in the Olympic Stadium.

Politicians and celebrities came together in a semicircle.

"The hostesses held hands without consulting and formed a circle around the mourners," she recalls.

They looked at the empty seats in the stadium - "a feeling of shock".

Heinrich also remembers the horrified faces of the people who followed the funeral service on the Olympic site over loudspeakers and then went to the subway.

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At least at the closing ceremony, a touch of the beautiful games could be felt again.

Athletes walked in and hugged one or the other hostess.

“The audience was also so open again.” This is how she remembers both sides and cherishes one of her dirndls – one she gave to a collector.

Although she was never allowed to wear it again after the games, she always put the blue jacket on again.

The exhibition “Olympics 1972 – Dream and Trauma” is currently running in the museum.

Information online at www.museumffb.de.

You can find more current news from the district of Fürstenfeldbruck at Merkur.de/Fürstenfeldbruck.

Source: merkur

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