EWS Arena

EWS Arena
Hell south
Entrance area of ​​the EWS Arena
Earlier names
Hohenstaufenhalle (1967-2008)
Data
place	Northern Ringstrasse 87 73033 Göppingen , Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates	48 ° 42 '39 "  N , 9 ° 38' 53"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 42 '39 "  N , 9 ° 38' 53"  E
owner	City of Göppingen
operator	EWS Arena Betriebsgesellschaft mbH
start of building	1964
opening	December 15, 1967
First game	December 15, 1967 Fresh on Göppingen - VfL Gummersbach
Extensions	2007-2009
surface	Concrete PVC - Flooring parquet
costs	16.8 million €
architect	asp Stuttgart
capacity	5,600 seats
Societies)
Fresh on Göppingen
Events
Games of the 1972 Olympic handball tournament Handball games from Frisch Auf Göppingen Concerts

The EWS Arena ( Hohenstaufenhalle until May 2008 ) is a multifunctional arena in the Baden-Württemberg city ​​of Göppingen . It has room for up to 5,600 spectators (4,100 seats and 1,500 standing) and seven VIP - boxes , or in boxing matches for more than 6,300 spectators. It was built between 1964 and 1967 in the northern part of the city. In handball circles one speaks of the "Hell South", which the hall with its very low ceiling supports because of its dense and heated atmosphere. On December 15, 1967, the sports hall was handed over. The opening game was played by Frisch Auf Göppingen and VfL Gummersbach . In 2008 and 2009 the hall was expanded into a multifunctional arena with an attached ball sports hall. The namesake is the Uhingen toolmaking company EWS Werkzeugfabrik Weigele GmbH & Co. KG .

history

The area of ​​today's EWS Arena has been an adventure center in Göppingen since the end of the 19th century. From 1897 there was a lake on the site, which the restaurateur Georg Schock had dammed up from the Storzenbach and named it after himself "Schockensee . You could go boating on this lake in summer and ice-skating in winter. Georg Schock built one on the bank Up to now unknown form of "experience gastronomy" with beer garden, bowling alley and a hall for parties, balls and theater performances.

The Hohenstaufenhalle, which was built in 1967 on the same site, and the conversion into the multifunctional hall EWS Arena with sports and cultural events between 2008 and 2009 continue this tradition of adventure center.

use

The main user of the hall is the handball club Frisch Auf Göppingen , which plays its home games in the men's Bundesliga and the EHF Cup with the men's team and plays the home games in the women's Bundesliga with its women's team .
The hall also serves as a venue for various top-class fencing tournaments. The German gymnastics championships 2011 also took place in the EWS Arena.

In addition, concerts , exhibitions and boxing matches take place here, for example the comedians Bülent Ceylan , Otto Waalkes and Cindy from Marzahn have performed in the EWS Arena.
Both the main hall and the adjoining ball sports hall are used for school and club sports. The men's handball national league team and the women's national league team from Frisch Auf Göppingen train here, several youth teams from the TPSG Frisch Auf Göppingen and some schools in Göppingen use the halls for school sports. Until 2006, the Schwäbische Woche sales fair was held around and in the Hohenstaufenhalle . In addition, the Göppingen May Day is celebrated every year around the arena .

In 1972, the preliminary round of the handball tournament of the 1972 Summer Olympics took place in the hall . The hall has also hosted games of the German men's handball team several times in the past , most recently on September 20, 2014 against Switzerland .

On May 20 and 21, 2017, the EWS Arena hosted the EHF Cup Final Fours. Your hosts FRESH UP! Göppingen won the final tournament and thus celebrated the EHF Cup victory for the fourth time.

Interior shot of the EWS Arena in Göppingen

literature

• Singer, Dr. Erwin: Schockensee - Hohenstaufenhalle - EWS Arena; 2011

Web links

Commons : EWS Arena  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Arena website
• Profile at the city of Göppingen
• Concert list of the Hohenstaufenhalle and the EWS Arena (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 'asp' Architects Stuttgart (ed.): EWS Arena Göppingen ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , URL: www.asp-stuttgart.de, undated, accessed on February 28, 2012 
2. ↑ Krämer, Thomas (Ed.): Hohenstaufenhalle will be called EWS-Arena from tomorrow , URL: www.stadionwelt.de, May 15, 2008, accessed on February 28, 2012
3. ↑ See: unknown author: Vom Schockensee zur EWS-Arena; in: GEPPO - The City Messenger; Göppingen: City Administration of Göppingen; Uhingen: Nussbaum Medien; P. 3; 17th August 2011
4. ↑ Germany - Switzerland on September 20, 2014 in Göppingen; Match report at the DHB