Maple Sports Park
The Ahorn Sports Park is the largest multifunctional sports facility in Paderborn .
history
The computer pioneer and entrepreneur Heinz Nixdorf initiated the construction of the Ahorn Sports Park, which was built in 1983/1984 on the site of the former Paderborn landfill in the immediate vicinity of the production facilities of Nixdorf Computer AG . The topping-out ceremony took place on October 21, 1983. On the occasion of the 5th North Rhine-Westphalian youth squash championships (March 30th - April 1st, 1984), the ten squash courts on the west side of the hall were released for sporting use as the “first indoor sports areas”. There were four reasons for Heinz Nixdorf to build the Ahorn Sports Park at the time:
- Sports areas for trainee and company sports at Nixdorf Computer AG
- Training and competition facilities for athletics / the LC Paderborn eV
- A squash facility for the Paderborn Squash Club eV
- Optimized, needs-based and multifunctional sports facilities for the Paderborn population
The Ahorn Sports Park is operated and managed by Ahorn Sportpark gGmbH, a 100% subsidiary of the Westfalen / Heinz Nixdorf Foundation. The sports park was named after the large maple tree in the middle of the area. Several hundred maple trees were also planted on the site.
Sports facilities and facilities
On the site there is an approx. 10,000 m² sports hall and an athletics stadium type with a covered grandstand (2,000 seats), 3 artificial turf courts, 1 outdoor street basketball facility, 1 beach volleyball field, 1 large children's playground (approx. 1,500 m² ), an outdoor fitness and exercise course and a fitness trail. There are three state performance centers at the Ahorn Sports Park: baseball, athletics and squash.
Web links
Individual evidence
bibliography
- Klaus Kemper: Heinz Nixdorf - a German career. Verlag Moderne Industrie, Landsberg / Lech 1986, ISBN 3-478-30120-3 . (New edition 2001)
- Wiebke Lamprecht, Marie-Luise Klein: Paderborn sports history. Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn / Munich / Vienna / Zurich 2000, ISBN 3-506-74511-5 .
- Heinz Nixdorf Foundation: Heinz Nixdorf - Pictures of Life. Paderborn 2004, OCLC 314711461 .
- V. Werb: Heinz Nixdorf - The sportsman and the promoter of sport. 2007, ISBN 978-3-506-71330-8 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 43 ′ 28.4 " N , 8 ° 42 ′ 52.7" E