Thuringia ski jump

689: 592: 644: 340: 532: 717: 34: 1066:. To the left of the landing slope of the Thüringenschanze is the Jugendschanze (HS 69), to the right is the Pionierschanze, which was built in 1952 for jumps of up to around 25 meters. The children's ski jump with a K-Point of 13 meters was later built on its landing slope. On the opposite slope, diagonally opposite the Thüringenschanze, there are two junior hills (also known as Spartakiadeeschanzen), which were built in 1976 (HS 50) and 1982 (HS 36). All four ski jumps are covered with plastic mattings and serve as training hills for young skiers. In Kanzlersgrund, three kilometers away, there is a double ski jumping facility covered with plastic mattings (HS 140 and HS 96). 314:. The ski jump had a 24 meter high inrun tower in wooden construction, which accommodated the 97 meter long inrun track. In contrast to the artificial inrun area, the landing area was located entirely on the natural slope. The total height of the ski jump was 99, the total length 325 and the height of the take-off 4.3 meters. The landing area was covered with plastic mattings, so that jumping without snow was possible. The mats were moistened before jumping and therefore had similar gliding properties to snow. The multi-storey wooden judges' tower had four balconies, with the top one reserved for the judges. The ski jump was " 456: 612:

every February. As spectator interest waned at the last championships, the venues were changed after 1956. The ski championships from February 11 to 18, 1951, which were opened by the President of the GDR, Wilhelm Pieck, attracted up to 120,000 spectators on one weekend, who arrived on 48 special trains, numerous buses and other means of transport. The municipality of Oberhof was partially overwhelmed by the enormous crowds of spectators, all hotels and hostels were fully booked and there were long delays on departure. As a result, the leadership of the

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had a hill certificate (hill profile confirmation) valid until 1991 according to the International Ski Competition Regulations (§ 414) of the Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS), which allowed competitions with international participation. The ski jump was listed by the FIS with the certificate number 53/DDR 2 with a standard point of 67 and a K-point of 82 meters. At present, only the overgrown landing hill and counter slope as well as the take-off are still recognizable.

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to around 5090 working hours and costs of around 15,000 DM. A fortunate circumstance was the fact that the substructure of the ski jump had not become rotten despite years of lack of maintenance. On the other hand, the reconstruction of the hill profile, which had been washed out from 32 degrees to 25 degrees, took up a large part of the work, during which a total of 100 cubic meters of earth were moved. The main problem for the 50 workers and ten

54: 479:. The ski jump then allowed jumps of around 70 meters. At the same time, the stands were considerably extended and could now accommodate around 70,000 spectators. From February 18 to 20, 1938, the Winter Games were held on the Hindenburgschanze with a special competition. From February 3 to 5, 1939, the Wehrmacht ski championships were held on the ski jump. 365:. The landing area of the ski jump was between 25 and 60 meters, the steepest part of the landing slope between 50 and 58 meters. The inrun length was 97 meters and the outrun 118 meters. The total height of the ski jump was 81 meters. The ski jump had a new type of jump distance display at the 50-meter mark. This display, which had been tested at the 1276: 700:

in the early 1960s, which enabled jumps over 110 meters, things became quieter around the Thüringenschanze. Major ski jumping competitions rarely took place after that. From then on, it was mainly used as a training hill. In 1964, the hill record was 78.5 meters. From February 21 to 25, 1968, the 2nd

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Until the 1970s, the Christmas ski jumping competition with international participants was held on the ski jump. In 1955, the ski jump was covered with plastic mattings. From the mid-1950s, the International Oberhof Winter Sports Weeks were held with ski jumping competitions on the Thüringenschanze.

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After the end of the Second World War, the ski jump was renamed Thüringenschanze. After several years of inactivity, the ski jump had become dilapidated. Residents of Oberhof had used the planks of the inrun tower as firewood. The Thüringenschanze was renovated from fall 1948 onwards, which amounted

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in the mid-1980s, ski jumping training on the Thüringenschanze was also discontinued. The 24-metre-high wooden inrun tower was demolished in 1986 after no one saw themselves in a position to maintain the elaborate structure, which was no longer needed for jumping. At that time, the Thüringenschanze

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For spectators, there were ground stands in the outrun area and wooden stands on both sides of the upper landing slope. The standard point of the ski jump (P-point) was 66.5 meters after the last conversions. The landing area started at 47 meters with a slope inclination of 38° and changed into the

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and was the first in Central Europe. The inauguration was to take place during a ski jumping competition for the honorary prize of His Excellency von Hindenburg. However, a thaw that had set in days beforehand meant that jumping was not possible. The international opening competition finally took

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In 1950 and 1951, the ski jump was completely renovated and a multi-storey judges' tower was built. The hill profile was changed several times, so that later distances of around 80 meters were possible. From 1951 to 1956, the GDR ski championships in the Nordic skiing disciplines were held there

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in 1930 to host the FIS races (later the Nordic World Ski Championships). During the competitions, the town was decorated with snow figures, welcoming arches at the street entrances and house decorations. From February 13 to 15, 1931, the jumping competitions of the FIS races took place on the

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until 1945. However, ski jumping competitions were still held at the end of December 1941, in which members of the national team took part: Josef Bradl was the winner with jumps of 65 and 68 m; together with Josef Haslinger and Franz Mair, he also won the team title.

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In order to be able to host larger ski jumping competitions in Oberhof, plans were made for a larger ski jump. For this purpose, the Oberhof winter sports association leased a forest area of around 0.5 hectares from the Thuringian forestry office in

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69). This was completely rebuilt in 1951/52 and covered with plastic mattings in 1954. It was the site of the world's first plastic covered ski jump. At the beginning of the 1920s, the junior hill allowed top jumps of almost 30 meters.

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Hindenburgschanze. The special competition on February 15 was watched by around 30,000 spectators, who arrived by 2000 cars, 26 special trains, ten shuttle buses, horse-drawn sleighs, skis or on foot. The

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From July 19 to 21, 1977, defects were discovered on the Thüringenschanze during an inspection of the most important ski jumps in the GDR. At the 15th Oberhof Ski Games in February 1981, 16-year-old

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lost both skis immediately after taking off from the take-off. He flew through the air and landed at a distance of 42.5 meters, slid down the landing slope on the soles of his boots and fell.

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from Oberschönau. The Thuringian Winter Sports Association was renamed Ski-Gau VI in 1933, and later winter sports were also militarized. In 1937 and 1938, the ski jump was converted for the

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The first ski jump in Oberhof was set up in 1906 and was located on Tambacher Straße. At Wadeberg, the first ski jump was set up in 1908 with today's junior hill (

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from October 1, 1924. Construction of the ski jump began in 1925. It was inaugurated on December 22, 1927, as Hindenburgschanze. The ski jump was named after

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Winter Olympics by moving it back and raising it, and the inrun was made higher. The cost of the conversion work amounted to around 31,000

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and West Germany took part in the ski championships in 1954, which is why these championships had a higher status. The President of the

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In 1932, the ski jumping competitions were held on the hill at the Thuringian Ski Championships. At the New Year's competition in 1934,

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from Oberhof. In 1941, the ski jumping competitions of the Thuringian Ski Championships were held on the ski jump, with Private

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outrun after another 36 meters. The achievable jumping distances were 80 meters with average take-off speeds of 80 to 90

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winning. After that, no more sporting events were held in Oberhof; more and more war wounded were sent to the local

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from Oberhof reached an unprecedented distance of 65 meters, but fell. The longest jump achieved was 55 meters by

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place on February 5, 1928, with the Thuringian Championships in front of around 30,000 spectators. The Norwegian

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took place on Thüringenschanze, in which 37 jumpers took part. In January 1960, qualifying competitions for the

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Oberhof had the biggest day in its resort history on Sunday. Oberhof's name resounds throughout the world today.

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the Nordic combined and became Greater German Champion. On New Year's Day 1940, the last competition of the

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decided that no more than 60,000 spectators should be allowed at sporting events in future. Athletes from

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took place on the ski jump, in which the top German jumpers took part, with the winner being

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The ski jump was located on the north-western outskirts of Oberhof on Crawinkler Straße, the

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from Oberwiesenthal jumped the last hill record of 83.5 meters. After the completion of the

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proved to be the transportation of the earth, as only horse-drawn vehicles were available.

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won the special jumping competition with distances of 58.5 and 56.5 meters ahead of

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In the immediate vicinity of Thüringenschanze, other ski jumps together form the

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and numerous other ski jumping competitions with international participants. The

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Inrun tower with jumper at the 4th Winter Sports Championships of the GDR 1953

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on the outskirts of Oberhof. It hosted the ski jumping competitions of the

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Ski jumps on the Wadeberg near the Thuringian Winter Sports Center Oberhof

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Central Children's and Youth Winter Sports Games were held in Oberhof and

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In 1939, the German Ski Championships were held in Oberhof, where

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were once again held on the ski jump. The later Olympic champion

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for the Winter Sports Championships of the GDR in Oberhof 1952

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and GDR ski jumpers for the first joint Olympic team of the

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On December 28, 1955, the first Olympic competition between

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