Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sports Park

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Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sports Park
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sports Park
Main stand 2009
Earlier names

Berlin Sports Park (1951–1952)

Data
place GermanyGermany Berlin , Germany
Coordinates 52 ° 32 '35 "  N , 13 ° 24' 19"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 32 '35 "  N , 13 ° 24' 19"  E
classification 4th
owner State of Berlin
operator State of Berlin
opening October 1, 1952
Renovations 1964, 1970, 1986/1987, 1998
surface Natural grass
costs 15 million GDR marks
architect Rudolf Ortner
capacity 19,708 seats
playing area 110 m × 72 m
Societies)
Events

The Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark (short: Jahnsportpark , Jahn-Sportpark or Jahnstadion ) is a sports facility in the west of the Berlin district of Prenzlauer Berg in the Pankow district . As a rule, the term is primarily used to describe the football stadium with athletics facility located on the site .

Location and facilities

Mauerpark, Max-Schmeling-Halle and Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark in July 2015

The 22-  hectare area in the Gleimviertel borders the Max-Schmeling-Halle and Gaudystraße in the north, Cantianstraße in the east, Eberswalder Straße and Topsstraße in the south and Mauerpark (which ran from 1949 to 1990) to the west Part of the inner-German border ).

The largest building on the site is a main stadium used for football and, to a lesser extent, for football , athletics or other events (which is also known as the Jahnstadion or because of the neighboring street Cantianstadion ). With around 24,000 seats (15,000 of which are covered), it is the third largest and, in terms of seating capacity, the second largest stadium in the city after the Berlin Olympic Stadium . There is also another grass sports field with athletics facilities as well as several tennis , beach volleyball and soccer fields.

history

Before the current site was used as a sports facility, it was used as a parade ground by the Emperor Alexander Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 1 of the Prussian Army after the military had acquired the site in 1825 from the previous owner Wilhelm Griebenow . This is why the square was nicknamed Exer . Another name was Platz zur Einsamen Pappel , derived from a black poplar standing free on the parade field , under which one of the first popular assemblies of the rebellious Berlin workers took place on March 26, 1848 during the March Revolution .

Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Stadium, 1954

At the end of the 19th century, when the square was surrounded by residential buildings, military use was abandoned and a practice area was built, which was the first venue for the Hertha BSC football club (then BFC Hertha 1892) until 1904 . In 1912 the city of Berlin bought most of the site and had it converted into a play and sports facility in 1913. In 1951, on the occasion of the World Youth Festival , another renovation was carried out according to plans by Rudolf Ortner , which, in addition to other game, training and competition facilities, also created a football and athletics stadium with a capacity of 30,000 spectators. Initially the facility was called Berliner Sportpark , but in 1952 the East Berlin magistrate decided to rename it Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark in honor of Friedrich Ludwig Jahn , whose 100th anniversary of his death was celebrated that year .

The stadium was then expanded and modernized several times. In 1964 a floodlight system was installed, six years later a tartan track. In 1986/1987 the stadium was completely renovated. Among other things, a new main grandstand was built, the back straight roofed over and new floodlight masts erected. Another renovation took place in 1998, when the stadium also received its now characteristic colorful bucket seats.

In 2015, on the occasion of the final of the UEFA Women's Champions League, among other things, the laying of a new lawn, the construction of new water pipes, fire protection devices, sanitary facilities and other modifications in the cabin wing.

use

sports clubs

Since the 2014/15 season , the BFC Dynamo main users of the stadium, as from 1971 to 1992. With the season 2017/18 is the second main users, the VSG Altglienicke added, the stadium with artificial turf after the rise of the Serie A for the Regionalliga was no longer suitable. The Berlin Adler also plays American football in the Jahn Sports Park. The grounds of the sports park are also used by SV Empor Berlin and FC Bundestag .

Soccer

During the GDR times, Vorwärts Berlin initially used the Jahn Sports Park as the home ground in the GDR Oberliga from 1953 . When the club was delegated to Frankfurt (Oder) in 1971, the BFC Dynamo took over the stadium and used it  as home until 1992 - with the exception of the 1986/87 season . During this time, the BFC celebrated nine of its ten GDR championship titles in the Jahn-Sportpark and played most of its European Cup games here, for example against the Hamburger Sportverein , FC Aberdeen , Werder Bremen or against AS Monaco .

In addition, ten international matches of the GDR national soccer team took place in the stadium from 1971 to 1990 . The friendly game of the GDR selection on March 13, 1974 against Belgium (the GDR won 1-0 with a goal from Joachim Streich ) achieved a record audience of 30,000. In addition, three final games of the FDGB Cup ( 1965 , 1990 , 1991 ) were played in the Jahn-Sportpark.

Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Stadium, 1987
Soccer player by Mario Moschi, 1936

One of the most famous football events in the Jahn-Sportpark since German reunification is the finals of the Berlin State Cup , which has been held here annually since 1995. In addition, the stadium was used by several teams if the home stadium was not usable due to the expected high number of spectators or for safety reasons. B. from the amateur team from Hertha BSC or the BFC Dynamo, which was playing in the Sportforum Hohenschönhausen at the time . In 2001 the home games of 1. FC Union Berlin in the UEFA Cup against Haka Valkeakoski and Litex Lowetsch took place in the Jahn-Sportpark, as the stadium at An der Alten Försterei did not meet UEFA's safety regulations . Hertha BSC played the UI Cup home game against FK Moscow in 2006 and the UEFA Cup qualifier against Ameri Tiflis as well as other UEFA Cup and Europa League qualifiers in other years (against FC Nistru Otaci , Interblock Ljubljana and Brøndby IF ), most recently the match in the third qualifying round of the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League against Brøndby IF, which was sold out with 18,454 paying spectators and won 1-0.

The following teams used the stadium temporarily as their home ground:

On May 14, 2015, the final of the UEFA Women's Champions League 2014/15 between 1. FFC Frankfurt and Paris Saint-Germain took place in Jahn-Sportpark . 1. FFC Frankfurt won the game 2-1.

Other usage

Between 1966 and 1977 the Jahn-Sportpark was the stage destination of the International Peace Tour . From 1963 to 1989 the Jahn-Sportpark hosted the Olympic Day of Athletics once a year , a comparison of athletics based on the model of the International Stadium Festival (ISTAF) taking place in West Berlin . During the renovation of the Berlin Olympic Stadium , the ISTAF took place in 2002 and 2003 in the Jahn-Sportpark. A total of 18 world records were set in the stadium; Among other things, Uwe Hohn exceeded the 100 meter mark on July 20, 1984 as the first javelin thrower in the world, but the display only showed a distance of 4.80 instead of 104.80 .

Even American football is played in the Jahn-Sportpark. From 1999 to 2003, the NFL Europe team Berlin Thunder first used the facility. The Jahn Stadium has been home to the Berlin Adler German Football League team since 2004 . On October 13, 2012, the 34th German final for the championship in American football, the German Bowl XXXIV , took place here in front of 11,242 spectators . Due to the renovation and renovation work, the last German Bowl in the stadium was the German Bowl XL 2018 . The following finals were or will be played in the Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt am Main .

The Jahn Sports Park has also already been used for musical events; for example, Michael Jackson performed here on September 4, 1992 as part of the “Dangerous World Tour”.

On May 5, 2001, the Speedway World Cup Grand Prix of Germany took place in the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn Stadium as part of the 2001 Speedway Individual World Championship .

The European Para Athletics Championships were held for the first time in Berlin from August 20 to 26, 2018 .

The company Apple shot part of the commercial for the iPad Pro in 2020 in the stadium of the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark. The commercial shows the characteristic colorful benches and the distinctive poplar trees in the background to show the capabilities of the wide-angle and ultra- wide-angle cameras.

Refurbishment and conversion plans by 2023

With a view to the 2015 UEFA Women's Champions League final , the Berlin Senate invested over two million euros in more security, the renovation of premises and new lawns.

Perspective to the system - regardless of Olympic applications - in one Inclusion-Sportpark for disability -disabled sports Not to be rebuilt and, as the policy need for an appropriate sports venue medium capacity in Berlin up to 20,000 spectators for German Athletics Championships , the German Bowl in American football , German rugby championships but also for the autumn finals, youth trains for Paralympics sees. The facility is intended as a base for disabled sports, which is why renovation and expansion work and the establishment of disabled sports associations are being sought. A feasibility study has been available for the area since mid-January 2015 , in which, among other things, the demolition and reconstruction of the stadium are recommended due to ailing structures (grandstand building). For the redesign concept, 150 million euros are estimated in the study.

The largest project as part of the future renovation is the demolition and construction of the large stadium with the associated infrastructure , which is planned for the period from 2020 to 2021 . The future multifunctional stadium should have a total capacity of 20,000 visitors and be designed to be barrier-free for international athletics events and other sports events, for example in disabled sports . An investment of 110 million euros is planned for this. On June 6, 2019, State Secretary for Sports Alexander Dzembritzki announced the schedule in the Berlin Sports Committee: the demolition will begin in 2020, the new building will be erected in 2021.

The following are also planned: the construction of new playing fields, especially for hockey, football and tennis, the construction of two three-field sports halls with spectator seats, the construction of a tennis hall, as well as gymnastics, strength and physiotherapy rooms, offices for administration and clubs, a double-decker -Sports hall, a clubhouse and a parking garage. The sports park should continue to have offers for all athletes in the sense of a Kiez sports facility . There is already a new playground in the small stadium sponsored by a well-known large sporting goods company . In addition, a fitness course and a special running area are planned. So far, around 170 million euros have been budgeted for the costs of converting the sports facility from 2021.

The jahnsportpark.de initiative is committed to maintaining the stadium as an outstanding example of Eastern modernism that is worth protecting . In particular, the preservation of the undeveloped green areas and the use for individual sports on the large open space and the unsealed area are important to her. The citizens' initiative was able to obtain a demolition and clearing stop for 2020 with an open letter . A new public participation was planned in response to this on the part of the Senate. The activists see further criticism in major traffic-increasing events that would massively increase the volume of traffic in the densely populated residential area.

In June 2020, a broad alliance of 20 Berlin sports associations and clubs submitted a counter-petition on change.org to support the plans to build the inclusion sports park , as well as further demands. This includes the use of one of the planned three-field sports halls as a research hall for inclusive sports , the establishment of a competence center for inclusive sports (KIs) for training and further education, as well as the development and testing of inclusive sports, the construction of the new stadium as an "inclusive stadium" for everyone Sports and spectator areas, as well as other requirements for environmental and nature protection, as well as for district development. As a result, other organizations from the field of handicapped people and self-help have joined the petition of Berlin sports.

Renaming discussion

The controversial anti-Semitic remarks made by the namesake Friedrich Ludwig Jahn led to a discussion about the renaming of the sports park in 2018, and the Pankow district in particular has already asked the Berlin Senate to consider changing its name. The initiative “Sport without gymnasts” has been calling for a renaming since 2011.

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Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Stadium, 2007

Petition to build a sports park for everyone

A broad alliance of Berlin sports associations and clubs and associations for disabled people's aid and self-help is supporting the construction of Germany's first inclusive sports park.

Petition for tree preservation and against demolition

An initiative made up of those affected, athletes, residents and environmentalists has made the preservation of the green in the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, threatened by demolition and additions, its goal.

See also

Web links

Commons : Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark (Berlin)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  4. ↑ Berlin: Cantian Stadium should fall. ModerneREGIONAL, April 6, 2019, accessed April 6, 2019 .
  5. ^ Marc Wördehoff: UI-Cup, season 06/07, July 16, 2006, Hertha BSC - FK Moscow. July 16, 2006, accessed January 22, 2009 .
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  9. ↑ Sold out! In: herthabsc.de. Retrieved July 30, 2016 .
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  11. ^ The history of ISTAF Berlin ( Memento from January 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) , ISTAF
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  13. ↑ Fireworks of the unicorns. In: Der Tagesspiegel . October 14, 2012, accessed October 22, 2012 .
  14. ↑ Bernd Radowicz: September 4, 1992 Michael Jackson. In: Bernds Berliner Rockwiki. Accessed August 31, 2018 .
  15. ↑ Friedhard Teuffel: Berlin is preparing for the final. In: Der Tagesspiegel . February 16, 2015, accessed May 3, 2015 .
  16. ↑ Uwe Aulich: Jahn Sports Park will be rebuilt without the Olympics In: Berliner Zeitung . February 8, 2015, accessed May 3, 2015 .
  17. ^ Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark - The Jahn-Sportpark as a versatile event location. Senate Department for Home Affairs and Sport, accessed on May 3, 2015 .
  18. ↑ a b Jahn Stadium gives way to a new building (general press information), published on June 11, 2019 in Berliner Zeitung , p. 13.
  19. ↑ Source: Senate Department for the Interior and Sport; Press release from June 21, 2018.
  20. ↑ Christian Hönicke: Pankow wants to rename Jahn-Sportpark. In: tagesspiegel.de . June 20, 2018, accessed August 4, 2019 .
  21. ^ Petition inclusion sports park
  22. ↑ Homepage Jahnsportpark