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83 Gym of MAKABI (EN)

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83 Gym of MAKABI (EN)

83 – Gym of Makabi Association

Turistická informačná tabuľka č. 83 s QR (Quick Response) kódom na Telocvični spolku MAKABI
(Foto: 25. 8. 2009)

An annex was built to the Jewish folk school near the Žilina Neologic Synagogue as premises for a gym and club rooms for Makabi. Makabi was an association of Jewish physical education and sport clubs during the first Czechoslovak Republic. Its task was to strengthen the physical fitness of its members, to build athletic fields and gyms, to organise competitions, etc. In Žilina, the association operated from 1931 to December 1938. It was managed by JUDr. Alexander Márton.
Makabi had three sections: 1) Gymnastic section, the members of which were exercising according to Tyrš’s set of exercises on the yard of the Jewish folk school and in the gym of a real school at Hurbanova Street that was sport and gymnastic equipment purchased and donated by Jewish businessmen. From 1937 they were exercising in their own gym in the Makabi building. 2) Sport section that consisted of light athletics, winter, hiking, swimming and table tennis teams. This section also had their space in the club rooms in the Makabi building after completed in 1937. 3) Cultural section.
“Third meeting of Czechoslovak Makabi” was the biggest event organised by the Žilina association held in Žilina on 4 to 6 July 1937. Two thousand gymnasts participated in a ceremonial parade across the town and then in exercising. The patrons of the event were the town of Žilina, its mayor Andrej Hvizdák and the district authority managed by Tibor Jesenský.
The newly constructed building with an iron-concrete skeleton filled with firebricks, iron-concrete ceilings and a plain cardboard and gravel roof was 44.3 metres long, 14.4 metres wide and 8 metres high. It was built in 1936 - 1937 by the building company of Ing. Vojtech Fridner from Žilina according to design by Ing. arch. Július Stein. The gym was 22 metres long, 11 metres wide and 6 metres high. It was entered from a vestibule. In the gym there was a stage 10 metres long, 7.1 metres wide, and 5 metres high and there was a place for orchestra in the basement in front of the stage. The design supposed that the gym was about to be used as a theatre and lecture hall as well. Later, movies were shown there too. The gym had two dressing rooms and the stage had two dressing rooms also. Gallery, office, foyer and corridor connecting the gym with the school were on the second floor.
Makabi was using the gym until the end of 1938, when all the Jewish associations and organisations were cancelled by law, and thus the sporting activities in this building were cancelled as well. From 1942 to 1945 the building was rented by the Local Headquarters of Hlinka’s Youth in Žilina. Amateurs from Puppet Theatre Radosť were playing on the gym stage in 1950. Originally, performances were held on Sunday only, later, after 1953, the performances of the professional Puppet Scene of the Regional Theatre in Žilina were played more often. In 1959 the Makabi building underwent a general repair and was transformed into the most modern “stone” puppet theatre in Slovakia. In 1961 the Puppet Theatre Žilina was established. In 2012 to 2014 the building underwent another large reconstruction.

Source: Mgr. Peter Štanský and doc. Ing. Novák Milan, PhD. Text prevzatý z webovej stránky TIK Žilina (kliknite): www.tikzilina.eu.



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