Ernst Grube Stadium
| Ernst Grube Stadium | |
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| The Ernst Grube Stadium in Magdeburg (2004) | |
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 Magdeburg , Germany
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 7 '32 " N , 11 ° 40' 15" E |
| owner | City of Magdeburg |
| opening | September 18, 1955 |
| First game | GDR - Romania (B selections) 3-0 |
| demolition | 2005 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 25,800 places (2004) 40,000 places (1955) |
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The Ernst Grube Stadium was the largest stadium in the city of Magdeburg .
It had a capacity of 25,800 spectators and was the home stadium of 1. FC Magdeburg . It was named after the Magdeburg resistance fighter against the Nazi regime and Reichstag member Ernst Grube ( KPD ). In 2005 it was demolished. From June 2005 to November 2006, a new football stadium, the MDCC Arena for a maximum of 27,250 spectators, was built at the same location .
history
A first stadium at this point ( Gübser Damm ), the Viktoria-Sportplatz , was inaugurated on April 14, 1912. It served the football club Victoria 96 as a venue. A first highlight was the implementation of the final of the German soccer championship of 1914 between SpVgg Fürth and VfB Leipzig .
The stadium, known as Ernst-Grube-Stadion, was built during the GDR in the early 1950s. Initially, the plan was to build a large sports facility with a stadium for 80,000 people and an indoor swimming pool in the center of Magdeburg on Schroteplatz . The corresponding city council resolution of May 25, 1954 was not implemented, however, because the VEB building materials supply company located on the intended site protested to the government and received permission to use the site until 1960. The city therefore decided to build a new building on the Viktoria site.
The pit stadium was built as part of the national construction work with more than 400,000 voluntary construction hours. 150,000 cubic meters (approx. 1,000 cubic meters per day) of rubble were transported from Magdeburg's old town, which was destroyed in the Second World War , to build up the walls for the spectator stands .
The stadium, which is also suitable for athletics , was opened on September 18, 1955 when the 1st district gymnastics and sports festival was held in front of 40,000 spectators. On the evening before the opening, a torchlight parade took place in Magdeburg's city center, as well as a rally on the Old Market . The keynote speaker was Manfred von Brauchitsch in his role as President of the Committee for Unity and Freedom in German Sport . There was also a soccer friendship game between the B-selections of the GDR and Romania, which the GDR won 3-0.
In later years the facility was further expanded and a floodlight system was installed. In addition to the soccer club 1. FCM, the athletes from SC Magdeburg were the main users of the stadium.
In addition to several international matches for the GDR national soccer team , well-known teams such as FC Bayern Munich , Malmö FF , Juventus Turin , FC Schalke 04 and PSV Eindhoven were guests in the stadium .
Due to the increasing need for renovation of the facility after almost 50 years of existence, the Magdeburg city council decided in 2004 to demolish the old facility and build a new modern football stadium. The floodlight masts were demolished by an explosion.
During the new building, 1. FC Magdeburg played again in the Heinrich Germer Stadium from February 2005 to the end of 2006 . On December 10, 2006, the new Magdeburg football stadium was inaugurated.
Picture gallery
Main stand of the stadium
Back straight
Scoreboard
Speaker tower
Marathon goal curve
Floodlight pole
Floodlights
literature
- Bernd Gottschalck: Stadium construction: a hat trick on Gübser Damm. In: Magdeburger Volksstimme from December 3, 2005.
- Klaus Lison: "Victoria" made way for the new stadium. In: Magdeburger Volksstimme from August 27, 2005.
- Volkmar Laube : The new arena in Magdeburg - a vision becomes reality . MDsport, Magdeburg 2006, ISBN 3-930794-04-7 .
Web links
- stadionwelt.de: picture gallery
- groundhopping.de: Visitor report from 2001