Ice stadium at the Nibelungen Bridge

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Ice stadium at the Nibelungen Bridge
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place GermanyGermany Regensburg , Germany
Coordinates 49 ° 1 '14.7 "  N , 12 ° 6' 36.4"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 1 '14.7 "  N , 12 ° 6' 36.4"  E
start of building June 16, 1964
opening November 27, 1964
demolition until 2004
surface Ice surface
capacity 6,000 seats
playing area 60 × 30 m (ice hockey)
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The ice rink at the Nibelungen Bridge was an open artificial ice rink in the Upper Palatinate city ​​of Regensburg , Bavaria , with a capacity of 6,000 spectators. The stadium was the long-standing home of EV Regensburg , which has played its games in the Danube Arena since 1999 .

prehistory

Ice hockey in Regensburg has probably been around since the 1930s. The clubs from Regensburg and Donaustauf played on natural ice, for example on an ice surface near the Fideliskirche. Due to the insufficient durability of the ice, which often endangered the game operation, the then candidate for Lord Mayor of Regensburg, Rudolf Schlichtinger , went into the election campaign with the election promise to build an artificial ice stadium in Regensburg. When the latter was actually able to win the mayor election in 1959, the planning of a stadium began.

Planning and construction

In 1961, the Regensburg city council decided unanimously to build the stadium, and in 1962, Dr. Karl Tschurtschenthaler determines, for example:

  • The choice of location: At the Winterhafen, between the youth hostel and the Nibelungen Bridge.
  • The transfer of the property as a long lease to EV Regensburg.
  • The building contractor by the EVR.

After EV Regensburg was founded, a fundraising campaign in favor of the stadium was started, which brought in almost 300,000 marks. Since the stadium was difficult to finance despite everything, it was decided in 1963 to remove the roof from the construction plan. On June 16, 1964, construction began on the stadium, which was completed in November 1964 after just five months of construction.

"Inauguration" and game operation

The stadium was officially opened with a gala on November 27, 1964 in front of 3,000 spectators. The first game took place on December 20th between EV Landshut and AC Kitzbühel in front of 2,800 spectators. The game itself was lost 3-4 for Landshut.

EV Regensburg finally began regular game operations in 1965, initially in the district league east and rose year after year until the league was reached in 1971. There you met opponents such as the EV Rosenheim , the Berliner SC or the Cologne EC . However, as these were so-called “indoor clubs” and complaints about the stadium were often raised in Regensburg, it was discussed several times. In 1978 EV Regensburg planned to roof the stadium, add a smaller training hall and build tennis courts and a swimming pool. These plans were widely criticized, especially by the city, it was particularly vehemently stated that a roof would block the view of the Regensburg Cathedral , whereupon the EVR stopped these plans for the time being.

Apart from the question of location, the ice rink experienced many derbies, especially the games against TSV Straubing in the mid-1970s were notorious among the fans, which often led to escalations and wild brawls between the fan camps. In the 1990s there were also several derbies, two of which were “sold out”: in 1991/1992 the EV Weiden's first guest appearance in Regensburg and in 1997/98 against EHC Straubing .

The end of the ice rink

After the plans to expand the Unteren Wöhrd failed, the discussion about a new building was continued elsewhere. Towards the end of the 1980s, the Obertraubling community caused a sensation. The intention was to roof over the ice rink that was there at the time, with seating for around 3,000 spectators, and to make it available to the EVR. As a result, in the framework of the local elections in 1990, the Regensburg candidates made various proposals for the post of Lord Mayor. If necessary - according to a promise - the Danube Hall in the Regensburg industrial park , which was almost unused at the time, should be converted into an ice rink. However, things turned out differently with the SPD's election victory. In the mid-1990s, under Mayor Christa Meier, the plans for the construction of a new multifunctional arena west of the Schwabelweiser Danube bridge were drawn up, and in 1997 the groundbreaking for the Danube Arena took place . The 1998/99 season thus became the farewell season for the ice rink. The last home game of EV Regensburg took place during the qualifying round for the 1998/99 Bundesliga against Hamburg Crocodiles , which EVR won 8: 4. In 1999/2000 the team moved to the now completed Donau-Arena and won the first league game against ERC Haßfurt with 5: 1. The disused ice rink was dismantled, only the building in which the stadium restaurant and toilets were located remained for some time as quarters for the construction workers of the Nibelungen Bridge. After the end of the construction work in 2004, this building was also demolished. Today the area is used as a parking lot. The boards and some other parts of the ice rink, on the other hand, have been used in the Vorwald-Arena, the home stadium of the inline hockey team of TSV Bernhardswald , since 2000 .

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