Friedrich Ebert Stadium (Hildesheim)
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| place | An der Pottkuhle 1 31139 Hildesheim , Lower Saxony
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 8 '10.7 " N , 9 ° 56' 52.3" E |
| start of building | 1929 |
| opening | 5th October 1930 |
| Renovations | 1950s 1980s 2015 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 10,000 seats |
| playing area | 105 × 66 m |
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The Friedrich-Ebert-Stadion , formerly known as Johanniswiese , is a football stadium with an athletics facility in the Lower Saxony city of Hildesheim . The football club VfV 06 Hildesheim welcomes its opponents here and the VfV light athletes have their training and competition facilities here.
history
The stadium is located in the Neustadt district of Hildesheim next to the Johanniswiese and has a capacity of 10,000 spectators. There are 640 covered seats in the main stand. There is a second playing area next to the stadium.
Already in 1914 there were plans for a stadium in Hildesheim, the implementation of which was prevented by the outbreak of the First World War . The construction of the stadium began in 1929. In the lead was the workers' sports club, Free Sports Association Hildesheim , whose members volunteered more than 15,000 hours. On October 5, 1930, the stadium was opened under the name Friedrich-Ebert-Platz by Fritz Wildung , the chairman of the Central Commission for Sport and Personal Care . It was named after Friedrich Ebert , the first German Reich President .
After the seizure of power of the Nazis , the workers sports clubs were dissolved. From now on, the stadium was used by the Hildesheim 07 civil society and the Wehrmacht . The name of the stadium in the Third Reich is unknown. After the end of the Second World War , the stadium got its current name and was used by VfV Hildesheim . In the late 1950s, the stadium was modernized and enlarged. At the end of the 1950s, with the help of the master carpenter Borchardt, the roofed grandstand was built. The highest number of spectators was registered on November 5, 1961, when VfV beat Hamburger SV 3-0 in front of 26,000 spectators in the championship game of the then first-class Oberliga Nord . In the 1970s the stadium was modernized and the running track was given a tartan surface .
From 1985 to 1989 the most extensive renovation work was carried out over several years. The standing grandstands, which were expanded in the 1950s, continue to slide and the stadium was threatened with closure. With the help of ABM staff, supported by some specialists, the standing grandstands were completely rebuilt. When it was completed on October 31, 1989, the VfV Stadium had a capacity of 18,000 spectators.
The stadium was last modernized in 2015. The playing field received drainage and the spectator tiers new fences . A players tunnel was also set up.
The former German national player Uwe Seeler described the Friedrich-Ebert-Stadion as “a tough place for any favorite” because he “is no longer there”.
Web links
- vfv06.de: Stadium on the website of VfV 06 Hildesheim
- europlan-online.de: picture gallery
- groundhopping.de: Visitor report from May 4, 2003: VfV Hildesheim against FC Bremerhaven 4: 1
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Werner Skrentny (ed.): The big book of the German football stadiums . Verlag Die Werkstatt , Göttingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-89533-668-3 , p. 189-190 .
- ↑ VfV Vereinsnachrichten 4/1989, Chairman Ernst Kipker: Review - Setting the course for the future, page 4
- ↑ VfV Vereinsnachrichten 4/1989, Chairman Ernst Kipker: Review - Setting the course for the future, page 5
- ↑ Ulrich Hempen: A stadium is unpacking. Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung , archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; Retrieved July 12, 2015 .
- ↑ Hardy Greens : Legendary Football Clubs. Northern Germany. Between TSV Achim, Hamburger SV and TuS Zeven. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2004, ISBN 3-89784-223-8 , p. 319.