Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

Rowing is a sport for everyone! As a watersport, rowing offers the opportunity to relax and simultaneously exercise on the Kieler Foerde during the summer.

Our team of instructors invites you to participate in one of our courses and to finally see Kiel from the water-perspective! For this purpose we offer a beginners and an advanced rowing course.

Please pay regard to the Canoe and Rowing Center's water sports regulations here...

Free Training

For participation in this course please book the semester fee for canoe/rowing.

You can do this personally at the university sports office (Hochschulsportbüro), Olshausenstraße 74 during the official opening hours or directly online .

Please notice, that you need an additional magnetic stripe card if you book for the first time. You can purchase the card for a one-time-fee of 3.-  at the sports office. Students of the CAU can also use their CAU Card. Please notice, that before the first use you need to unlock your CAU Card in the sport office.

Please note:

Everyone who is already experienced in rowing or paddling is offered the opportunity to row or paddle during our free training hours, which take place several times a week. There will be a supervisor for advice, assistance and to hand out the boats.

In order to participate you are required to verify your knowledge concerning the handling of our boats on the Foerde. You can receive such a verification at the end of a beginners course or during free training. Please speak to one of our supervising trainers on this matter.

Due to security reasons you need to prove your ability to swim by owning a bronze swimming badge or any similar attainment. Please pay regard to the Canoe and Rowing Center's water sports regulations here...

Beginner's course

You are right in this course if you're an absolute beginner and don't have any prior knowledge. We will start with an introduction into the basic techniques of rowing sports. During the course you will get to know and try out different boat types. At the end of the course you will be able to move independently in a rowing boat on the Kieler Foerde.

Water sport requires special clothing, which you have to bring according to wind and weather. Usually sports clothes get dirty from rowing, thus we rather recommend old sportswear.

Please note:

Within the time frame we offer 10 course dates. There will be no lessons during Kieler Woche.

For participation in a rowing course you need to register. Course fees are displayed in the order students/employees/externals/externals reduced*. Minimum age for externals is 18 years.

*Reduction granted for verification of: pensioner, trainee, pupils, trainee teacher, law clerk, disabled, people receiving social security under Hartz IV.

Please note: There will probably be further compact courses in August and September for beginners and advanced. It is not yet possible to sign up. As soon as the planning gets more concrete, you will find the information here.

Advanced courses

This course is directed at everyone who has already successfully completed a beginner's course or possesses similar knowledege and wants to expand their rowing skills.

Please note:

Within the time frame we offer 10 course dates. There will be no lessons during Kieler Woche.

Rowing Tours

This year, the University of Kiel offers chummy day- and weekend tours for people who would like to row off the Kiel Fjord.

Dates for the tours are:
7th May 2017, Daytrip on the Alster and channels through Hamburg
19th-21st May 2017, Weekend trip on the waters of Berlin
18th June 2017, Daytrip on the Elbe (Lauenburg and surroundings)

The tours are for everyone who enjoys rowing and has priority on having fun. Therefore, everyone can feel invited, no matter if beginner, advanced or part of the German collegiate cup-training. Unfortunately, you have to have some degree of rowing experience. Potential costs for overnight stops and petrol will be paid partial by all participants.

Dates for the mandatory preliminary meetings and the shipping of the boats at the Kiellinie are:

Hamburg: 6th May 4:00 pm
Berlin: 18th May 4:30 pm
Elbe (Lauenburg): 17th June 6:30 pm

If you have any questions, please contact Philipp Witassek: philipp.witassek@gmx.de

Training for Participation in  Rowing Competition

The competition training course is directed at all advanced rowers who have approximately one year of rowing experience, and want to participate in the rowing competitions in the upcoming season. The course will take weekly. You can obtain further information from the trainers. By paying the course fee you are entitled to participate in the free training times.

For individual questions concerning participation and performance level, as well as for further information, please contact the representative:

Gero Neubüser