Bilster mountain

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Bilster Berg
Bilster Berg Drive Resort
Bilster Berg logo.jpg

Address:
Bilster Berg 1
33014 Bad Driburg

Bilster Berg (Germany)
Red pog.svg
GermanyGermany Bad Driburg , Germany
Route type: permanent test and presentation track
Owner: Bilster Berg Drive Resort GmbH & Co. KG
Operator: like owner
Architect: Hermann Tilke
Building-costs: 34 million euros
Start of building: September 27, 2011
Opening: April 11, 2013
Total distance
Circuit Bilster Berg.svg
Route data
Route length: 4.2  km (2.61  mi )
Curves: 19 (9R / 10L)
Curve superelevation: between 2.5% and 6%
West loop
Route data
Route length: 1.8  km (1.12  mi )
East loop
Route data
Route length: 2.4  km (1.49  mi )
http://www.bilster-berg.de/

Coordinates: 51 ° 47 '32 "  N , 9 ° 4' 0.8"  E

The Bilster Berg is a test and presentation track opened on April 11, 2013 in Pömbsen , a district of the city of Bad Driburg in the Höxter district in East Westphalia-Lippe . The official opening was on June 1, 2013. The track is part of the Bilster Berg Drive Resort , a facility for automobile tests, events for the automobile industry and club sports events. The track was designed by the architect Hermann Tilke , who designed seven current Formula 1 racing tracks . He was supported by the two-time rally world champion Walter Röhrl .

location

The Bilster Berg Drive Resort is located on the site of a former ammunition depot of the British Armed Forces in Germany and is located within a larger forest area in the eastern foreland of the Egge Mountains . The area is located in the eastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia in the Höxter district (Ostwestfalen-Lippe). The town center of Nieheim is 3 km to the east, the town center of Bad Driburg is 10 km away.

concept

According to the concept, there should be other modules such as a dynamic area and an SUV area with two courses in addition to the track . Due to the topography of the site and the associated privacy, the operator mainly expects customers from the industry for vehicle and component tests. The extensive greening should also enable vehicle presentations and press driving presentations. Races such as Formula 1 , DTM , WTCC or ADAC GT Masters are not planned and due to a lack of infrastructure such as parking spaces, grandstands, the noise contingent and sanitary facilities, not possible.

history

The planning and initiative for the construction of this plant goes back to Marcus Graf von Oeynhausen-Sierstopff.

Preparatory building measures began in February 2011, in particular the later route was exposed, the official laying of the foundation stone took place on September 27, 2011. The facility should open in summer 2012. Both an approved land use plan and an approved development plan were available. The legality of the development plan was confirmed by the Münster Higher Administrative Court in spring 2011. On August 5, 2011, the operating company announced that the approval process in accordance with the Federal Immission Control Act had been completed and the operating license had been issued. The special operating days, i.e. the days on which events with increased noise levels are carried out, have been reduced from 18 to 10 days.

The decision of the Higher Administrative Court in Münster on May 3, 2012 revoked the validity of the partial approval for the route until the main proceedings were concluded. In the decision, the track is referred to as a racing and presentation track .

On October 31, 2012, the residents' lawsuit was dismissed after significant cuts were made in the area of ​​special opening days and events and greater control of noise was guaranteed.

Route characteristics

The total length of the route is 4.2 km. It can be divided into a 1.8 km long west loop and a 2.4 km long east loop. The shorter west loop is topographically demanding, the east loop the faster part of the route. The absolute height difference over the entire length is 72 m, the greatest drop is 26 percent, the greatest gradient 20 percent. In total, there are 44 tubs and crests up and down over 102 m altitude meters. The difference in altitude per kilometer is 17 m on the Bilster Berg. For comparison: on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife it is 14 m. The route is mostly 12 meters wide. In the "Mausefalle", a very demanding section of the route with a gradient of 26 percent, the curve widens to 13 meters. Immediately afterwards it goes into the steep section with an incline of up to 21 percent. Due to the numerous troughs and crests, many curves are sometimes difficult or completely hidden from view.

Secondary use

In addition to the area of ​​the Bilster Berg Drive Resort , the mandatory compensation areas according to CEF ( CEF measure ) and so-called substitute habitats were created on an additional 45 hectares . There are currently five Galloway cattle living in and in the neighboring forest , which are also part of the ecological compensation measures. This very robust breed lives outdoors all year round and produces high quality organic meat.

Costs and financing

The construction costs amounted to approx. 34 million euros, whereby these funds were raised exclusively privately together with 172 investors.

criticism

Citizens and environmental associations had submitted almost 200 objections to the route. The route was created in a forest area in the immediate vicinity of the planned Teutoburg Forest and Eggegebirge National Park, a retreat for several endangered animal species. That is why the environmental groups opposed the construction.

Westfalenring

A good ten years before the Bilster Berg project, there was also a project at Stoppelberg near Steinheim (Westphalia), 8 km away, to build a test track that was to be called the Westfalenring . The racetrack architect Hermann Tilke was also involved in this project. However, the racetrack was not realized.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Free start at Bilster Berg. In: Westfalen-Blatt . April 12, 2013, archived from the original on April 29, 2013 ; accessed on February 5, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Bilster Berg awaits guests. In: Westfalen-Blatt . May 22, 2013, archived from the original on June 19, 2013 ; accessed on February 5, 2018 .
  3. ^ Frieder Schilling: html Formula 1 track architect Tilke: "It is important that mistakes are easily possible" . Spiegel Online , October 28, 2009, accessed February 10, 2011.
  4. ^ A b Martin Franz: New race track planned in the Teutoburg Forest . Heise online , June 28, 2010, accessed February 10, 2011.
  5. ↑ a b Roman Wittemeier: Laying of the foundation stone Bilster Berg: We are making progress! Motorsport-Total.com, September 28, 2011, accessed February 5, 2018.
  6. ↑ Josef Köhne: Farmer cannot stop the race track . Neue Westfälische , February 17, 2011, accessed on February 5, 2018.
  7. ↑ District of Höxter approves the construction and operation of the Bilster Berg Drive Resort. In: Bilster-berg.de. August 5, 2011, archived from the original on August 1, 2014 ; accessed on February 5, 2018 . Bilster Berg test track approved . The bell , August 5, 2011, accessed February 5, 2018.
  8. ↑ Lawsuit against test track Bilster Berg dismissed . Neue Westfälische , October 31, 2010, accessed February 5, 2018.
  9. ↑ New test track in the Teutoburg Forest . Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , May 10, 2010, accessed on February 5, 2018.
  10. ^ Roman Wittemeier: New route planned in North Rhine-Westphalia. In: motorsport-total.com. May 4, 2008, archived from the original on May 8, 2008 ; accessed on February 5, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Josef Köhne: Muhen next to the test track . Neue Westfälische , January 16, 2011, accessed February 5, 2018.
  12. ↑ Bilster Berg in numbers. Bilster Berg Drive Resort, archived from the original on August 30, 2014 ; accessed on February 5, 2018 .
  13. ↑ Josef Köhne: With numbers against doubts . Neue Westfälische , January 27, 2011, accessed February 5, 2018.
  14. ↑ Nature conservation associations against the Bilster Berg test track . Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU), January 26, 2011, accessed on February 5, 2018.
  15. ↑ The “Westfalenring” race track is completely superfluous . Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU), September 21, 2011, accessed on February 5, 2018.