Runners on a synthetic track

Sports development in Waldeck-Frankenberg

Sports development in Waldeck-Frankenberg

Sport development in Waldeck-Frankenberg is of great importance. The district is constantly working to promote and expand sporting activities in various areas. The goals:


  • Sport and tourism

    • Securing and expanding sporting offers for tourism in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district specifically adapted to municipal, geographical and structural conditions (current project: Nordic Walking Paradise Waldeck-Frankenberg).
    • Sport-related support within the framework of marketing measures to promote tourism
  • Sport and health

    • Expansion of preventive and rehabilitative sporting activities through cooperation with schools, clubs, doctors and companies
    • Establishment of the district working group "Health and Physical Activity
  • Sporting events/ major sporting events

    • Supporting/initiating activities at events/ major sporting events
    • Help with sponsorship and marketing measures
  • Sport and experiential education

    • Combination of movement and problem-solving thinking with regard to development of social competence/ self-awareness/ motivation
    • Cooperation with schools, clubs, professional associations
    • Initiation of the "My team - one team" campaign
  • Recreational sports/ mass sports/ trend sports

    • Promoting new developments in sport such as inline skating, Nordic walking, climbing, etc.
    • Communication of the safety-relevant problems
    • Collection of statistics for the targeted further development of the respective sub-area
  • Integration/ prevention through sport

    • Integration of repatriates/migrants into social structures through sport
    • Cooperation with the State Sports Federation of Hesse, the professional associations, schools and municipalities
  • All-day school - Sport(club)

    • Cooperation between school, sports department, clubs, sports circles for the integration of afternoon sports activities or existing club activities