Dubois arena
The Dubois Arena was in the 1950s a Boxkampfstätte in Essen district Borbeck . Today it is used for cultural open-air events. The arena bears the name of the founder and first President of the Association of German Professional Boxers (BDB) , Ernst Dubois (1900–1957).
history
In the immediate post-war period there were considerations for the construction of a boxing arena. Since the currency reform, members of the Essen boxing club Dubois, which the BDB president had founded in 1920, have been gradually implementing these plans on their own. The arena was officially opened on August 2, 1950. Up to 25,000 spectators attended the amateur and professional boxing matches, which culminated in 1957 in the fight between US World Champion Archie Moore and German champion Hans Kalbfell . The former German heavyweight boxing champion Max Schmeling acted as referee . The media interest in the boxing events was also great: local and national print media reported, as did radio and the newsreels Blick in die Welt and Fox's Tönende Wochenschau , which were shown in the cinemas before the main film . In the early days, television also took account of the Borbeck boxing events.
After the Harlem Globetrotters performed in this arena in 1961 , Willibald Schoppen, former footballer of the Adler Frintrops club, now Adler Union Frintrop , founded the club's basketball department.
With the decline of boxing as a popular sport, the arena lost its importance. Even an urban sponsor could not stop their gradual structural decline. A general overhaul and modernization became indispensable. During this phase, the Schönebeck youth wind orchestra , which has been using the arena for its concerts since the 1970s, initiated a renovation of the sports facility. In 1992, the Borbeck Citizens and Tourist Association set up an interest group to save the arena, so that it was reopened as an amphitheater in 1996. Of the grandstands originally built as a circle, there is still a semicircle with a covered music pavilion on the opposite side.
In the early 2000s, the arena’s boxing tradition was temporarily revitalized. Under the motto "Boxing, jazz and culinary delights", the Borbeck citizens and tourist association organized several events with fights between amateur boxers.
In 2011 the Dubois-Arena was included in the collection "111 places in the Ruhr area that you have to see".
On July 31, 2017, the Borbeck Castle Sponsorship Association , the sponsorship association for the palace, arena and park, announced the leasing contract with the city of Essen from 1998. Since then, interested parties have been sought.
location
The Dubois-Arena is located in the Borbecke river valley, immediately below Borbeck Castle , the moated castle of the Essen princely abbesses . It is therefore also called the Castle Arena.
photos
Dubois Arena 2007
Dubois Arena 2007
literature
- Birthe Marfording: The Dubois Arena. The story of a boxing arena. Essen 1997.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klaus Wisotzky: From the imperial visit to the euro summit. 100 years of Essen history at a glance. Essen 1996, ISBN 3-88474-497-6 .
- ↑ Chronicle | DJK Adler Union Essen-Frintrop eV Accessed on May 23, 2020 (German).
- ^ Borbecker Nachrichten. New Year 1959, year in review.
- ^ Arena festival on the 60th anniversary of the death of Ernst Dubois, who gave it its name. In: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung . September 14, 2017; accessed on January 5, 2018.
- ↑ Essen's only amphitheater is celebrating its birthday. In: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. 20th August 2016.
- ↑ Wolfgang Sykorra: The Essener ´Borbecker Bürger- und Verkehrsverein eV` between urban and school development. Civic engagement in the Ruhr area. Essen 2009, pp. 184-210.
- ↑ Fabian Pasalk: 111 places in the Ruhr area that you have to see. Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-89705-814-9 .
- ↑ Theater an der Niebuhrg shows interest in Dubois Arena. In: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. 4th January 2018.
Coordinates: 51 ° 28 ′ 9 ″ N , 6 ° 56 ′ 36 ″ E