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The Ski Club Arlberg and Stuben

„Enthused by nature, dedicated to sport, motivated by the necessity to establish a modest
meeting point for the friends of this noble pleasure", with this manifest the Ski Club Arlberg was founded in 1901. The role of the village of Stuben in the Ski Club Arlberg over the past 120 years was highlighted with an exhibition. This could be seen in Stuben am Arlberg - and now, of course, also online. Take a virtual look around and discover the history of the SCA and Stuben.

We would like to thank for the support and the provision of chronicles and pictures: SCA Arlberg, Familie Schneider, Stuben Tourismus, Fotohaus Heimhuber Sonthofen, Peter Mathis, Andreas Vigl, Andreas Gohm, Willi Mathies, Franz Josef Mathies, Foundation Friends of Hannes Schneider, Klostertal Museum, Vorarlberger Landesbibliothek

   

Stuben 1939, Foto: Erika Groth

The founding of the SCA

Enthused by nature, dedicated to sport, motivated by the necessity to establish a modest meeting point for the friends of this noble pleasure, the spontaneously participating excursionists felt moved to found the Ski-Club Arlberg! St. Christoph, 3 January 1901. Read more...


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Hannes Schneider as a ski instructor

Regular competitions for boys and girls also took place at the ski races, and the young Schneider from Stuben, [Viktor] Sohm's quickest pupil, naturally also appeared there. He quickly developed into an excellent, elegant jumper, and others weren't able to catch up on him in downhill either. Read more...


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Skiing in Stuben before the First World War

Today, Arlberg numbers among the most visited ski areas. [...] The meals and accommodation satisfy the large number of visitors and meet the increased demands. St. Anton has long enjoyed a reputation as a famous winter sports location, idyllic Stuben exerts a strong attraction for skiers. Read more...


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Hannes Schneider bei der Musterung 1911 in Stuben

The First World War

The Great War naturally brought significant changes for Arlberg, St. Anton and Hannes Schneider's ski school. There was the military, quartering, military ski courses in St. Anton and St. Christoph – but Hannes Schneider was far from home, out in the war. Read more...


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Junior Skiers

The Verband Vorarlberger Skiläufer (Vorarlberg Ski Club) announces that an error occurred in the calculation of the times at the Youth Ski Day on Pfänder. According to the revised calculation, the winning group in the first class is Skiclub Stuben with Walch Willy, Walch Anton and Riezler Ludwig. The first prize will be delivered to this group, who fought hard for it. Read more...


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Arlberg Kandahar

Of these forty-five competitors, some fifteen were professional instructors of a very high order, and included Friedrich Schneider, who is, perhaps, the finest all-ground runner in Europe. He is the brother of Hannes, who since his accident does not compete any more, and when his mantle fell, it had not far to fall to get on to his brother´s shoulders. Read more...


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Emil Walch

After Friedrich Schneider, Emil Walch (1902-1967) was the second racer from Stuben am Arlberg to achieve success in an Arlberg-Kandahar race. He won the slalom during the third competition of this type in St. Anton am Arlberg in 1930 and thus secured third place in the most prestigious discipline, the combination. Read more...


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Rudi Fritz

Rudolf (Rudi) Fritz (1901-1951) was an excellent ski racer who contested numerous races for Ski-Club Arlberg in the 1920s and 1930s. The son of postmaster Franz Fritz also demonstrated his skiing talent time and again by skiing down from the Ulm hut which his family managed to Gasthof Post in just three minutes. Read more...


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Possible split in 1939

Following the annexation of Austria in 1938, the new ruling powers in the NSDAP also assumed control of Ski-Club Arlberg. Anyone who did not fit their ideology was ostracized and persecuted. This applied in particular to Rudolf Gomperz, highly respected in many regards, who was murdered in 1942 in the Maly Trostinec extermination camp. Read more...


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Willi Walch

Along with Pepi Jennewein from St. Anton, Willi Walch (1912-1941) from Stuben was the most successful racer for Ski-Club Arlberg in the late 1930s. From an international perspective, he was the greatest winter sports athlete in Vorarlberg until the Second World War. He was famous for his elegant skiing style, which he used to win numerous prestigious races. Read more...


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Rosa Riezler

Rosa Riezler (1914-1990) is the most successful female racer in the history of Ski-Club Arlberg in Stuben. Before and after the Second World War, she won numerous races at a national level, including the prestigious Madlochrennen in Lech. However, she was denied recognition on an international level. Read more...


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Rudi Riezler

Rudi Riezler – emulating his older sister Rosa – began skiing at a very early age and, during the 30s, developed into one of the strongest young racers in Arlberg. In addition to Alpine competitions, the young Stuben native also contested Nordic competitions and, among other things, won a jumping competition in Lech in the winter of 1939. Read more...


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Junge Skitalente vom Arlberg erhalten für ihre Erfolge ein Paar Ski der Firma Kästle

Youth ski day 1950

The Ski-Club Arlberg, with its representatives in St. Anton, Lech, Zürs and Stuben, was resumed after the Second World War. The Arlberg Youth Ski Day, held every year, was used to promote skiing. Read more...


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Hannes Schneider beim „Marend“: Fotografie von Lothar Rübelt

Lothar Rübelt and Hannes Schneider

After Hannes Schneider was dismissed from all his posts in the annexation of Austria in 1938, he was rehabilitated by Ski-Club Arlberg after the end of the Second World War when the club appointed him as honorary chairman. Schneider played a part in the life of the club until his death. Read more...


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Rast bei der Bergstation der Albonabahn (um 1965)

Albonabahn

The age of ski lifts in Stuben am Arlberg began in 1949. It also changed the activities of the ski club because the ski lifts made training the younger generation and arranging races significantly easier. The drag lift built in 1956 by Adolf Walch still exists today. Read more...


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Clubabend am 28. Dezember 1998: Bei dieser Gelegenheit wurde der 90. Geburtstag von Albert Walch mit dem Stubener Nachwuchs des SCA gefeiert

Conviviality

In addition to sport, another theme runs through the 120-year history of Ski-Club Arlberg – conviviality. Even the founding of the club occurred in the company of good friends at the St. Christoph hospice. For decades, SCA club evenings have also taken place in Stuben, at which new members are admitted and locals and guests meet in a cosy atmosphere. Read more...


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Heidi Zimmermann, zweifache Medailllengewinnerin bei der Ski WM in Portillo 1966, startet beim Hannes-Schneider-Gedächtnislauf 1995, der im Zeichen des 40. Todestags von Hannes Schneider stand

Hannes Schneider Memorial Race

In order to keep the memory of ski pioneer Hannes Schneider, born in Stuben am Arlberg, alive, the then head of the ski school Willi Mathies established the Hannes Schneider remembrance race in the 1980s. In the subsequent decades, this developed into an event steeped in tradition in which Ski-Club Arlberg plays a major role. Read more...


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Bronzeskulptur „Hannes Schneider“ von Udo Rabensteiner

Hannes Schneider Monument

For almost ten years now, a life-size bronze sculpture created by Udo Rabensteiner reminds people of Hannes Schneider at the parish church of Stuben am Arlberg. The monument shows the ski pioneer on his way home from a ski tour – with the Ski- Club Arlberg logo, of course. Read more...


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© Andreas Vigl

Nadine Wallner

Nadine Wallner, from Klösterle, is one of the current sporting advertisements for Ski- Club Arlberg. In 2013, she became the youngest athlete to win the title of world champion on the Freeride World Tour. She was able to successfully defend her title the following year. The athlete is still often out and about in the mountains of her home. Read more...


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Andreas Gohl beim Sprung über die Serpentinen, 2018

Andreas Gohl

Andreas Gohl, born in St. Anton, started freestyle skiing at the age of just twelve and has competed in the Winter Olympics twice. He achieved a notable eighth place in Pyeongchang in 2018. The athlete, who started for Ski-Club Arlberg, started a spectacular project on the serpentines of Flexenstraße in 2018. Read more...


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