Racecourse Bremen
The Bremen Galopprennbahn or Galopprennbahn in der Vahr is located in Bremen in the Hemelingen district, Sebaldsbrück on the border with the Vahr . The site is owned by the City of Bremen. Apartments are to be built on the approximately 30 hectare area on Ludwig-Roselius-Allee . The last horse race took place on Good Friday March 30, 2018.
history
In 1857 the Bremer Reit-Club - from around 1907 under the name Bremer Rennverein - was founded by Bremen merchants. It is not known where the first horse race took place in Bremen. In 1858 races took place on the Hastedter Suhrfeld near Suhrfeldstrasse. On a map from 1898 there is a "Renn-Platz" in the area between Hastedt and the Vahr. Around 1900 the riding club bought a site in the Vahr and built the horse racing track. The businessman and oil importer Franz Ernst Schütte contributed a large financial share to the construction of the grandstand, which at the time had 1000 seats. Regular races have been held here since 1907.
In 1967 the Bremen coffee merchant Walther J. Jacobs became president of the racing club. Jacobs had been involved in equestrian sport since his youth on his father's farm in Bremen- Borgfeld . In 1958 he bought the ferry yard in Sottrum and bred Hanoverians there and, since 1961, only English thoroughbred . The horse racing in Bremen experienced its great boom through Jacobs. The location became one of the largest training grounds in Germany. A well-known trainer was Adolf Wöhler .
In the 1970s there were plans to sell the 30 hectare site for 35 million marks to Neue Heimat , which wanted to build apartments there. However, the city of Bremen did not change the land use plan and instead offered the racing club six million marks, so that the future of equestrian sport was secured here .
Larger races took place such as the Derby preliminary examination Consul Bayeff races (later swb Derby Trial ). Numerous winners in Bremen were later participants in the most important horse race in Germany, the German Derby in Hamburg; In 1999, Belenus won both races .
In 1999 the association founded the Bremer Rennbahn GmbH . From 2000 to 2002 the Bremen racecourse was modernized and the grandstand was extended. Since 2005 there was a golf course and a hotel on the complex. The horses were trained in the Bremen- Mahndorf district .
In 2010, after the city's subsidies of 830,000 euros per year ceased to exist, the Bremen racing club fell into a crisis, and the losses could only be partially offset. The new system on the outskirts of Mahndorf, which was also intended as an alternative to the previous system in the Vahr, turned out to be not economically viable.
Horse racing suffered a decline in Germany. For example, the last horse race took place on the Frankfurt racecourse in 2015. In the 2015 racing year, six races were started in Bremen, which saw a total of 13,000 spectators. However, only around 2,100 spectators came to the Thanksgiving race day . Several races took place in 2017, including Thanksgiving Race Day .
The facility was closed in April 2018.
After 2019, up to 1,000 apartments for 2,000 to 3,000 people are to be created on the site. Building Senator Joachim Lohse (Greens) founded the u. a .: "We cannot afford to leave such a large area in the middle of the city largely unused, just so that little horses run around there every now and then". The city of Bremen therefore terminated the lease. A citizens' initiative unsuccessfully collected 5019 signatures for the preservation of the racetrack. In the oval of the racetrack, GolfRange also operates a golf course with a lease contract until 2034. Bremen has bought out from this current contract. From 2020 this area can also be used for new uses.
There is a new operator for an interim use of the racecourse. A stud from Hildesheim wants to train its horses there.
The citizens' initiative Rennbahngelände Bremen would like to preserve the site. She has applied for a referendum against the development. More than 4,000 signatures were handed over to the election office in Bremen in mid-2018. In 2019, the citizens' initiative Rennbahngelände Bremen prevented building on the site by means of a referendum in May 2019.
The attachment
The horse racing track is 2000 meters long. On the track there were races on the flat track, but also hunting races with jumps diagonally through the middle of the track.
The spectators could watch the race on a roofed, historic seven-axis grandstand with a four-story tower on the side.
The lead ring is generally visible.
The facility was operated by the Bremen racing club from 1857.
Third-party organizers use the facility on race-free days inside the run for a. Public viewing, events or concerts as well as a golf course. Since 2005, a hotel with a derby restaurant has stood on the edge .
See also
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- Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
Web links
- GallopBremen. Bremer Rennverein 1857 e. V.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jürgen Hinrichs: Bremen gives up gallop track. It has been decided to end the racecourse. In: Weser courier . December 10, 2015, accessed June 20, 2020.
- ↑ Martin Kowalewski: Last horse race in Bremen: A farewell with music. In: Kreiszeitung (Syke), March 30, 2018, accessed June 20, 2020.
- ^ Prussian measuring table sheet 1898 Hemelingen
- ↑ The course for race track sales has been set. In: Weser courier . March 30, 1977, p. 9.
- ↑ Million offer for Vahrer Bahn. In: Weser courier. 16./17. April 1977, p. 13.
- ^ Wigbert Gerling: The end of the gallop training track. In: Weser-Kurier, April 16, 2014, accessed on June 20, 2020.
- ↑ A festival for the whole family. In: Weser courier. 19th October 2015.
- ↑ Jürgen Hinrichs: Bremer Galopprennbahn has been closed for a year. In: weser-kurier.de. April 17, 2019, accessed April 18, 2019 .
- ^ Jürgen Hinrichs: Bremer Galopprennbahn: Final open. In: Weser courier . June 17, 2017, accessed June 20, 2020.
- ↑ 1,000 new apartments for the Vahr. Bremen buys golf range out of a long-term contract. In: Kreiszeitung (Syke), October 4, 2017, accessed on June 20, 2020.
- ^ Citizens' initiative at the racecourse grounds in Bremen. In: bi-rennbahngelaende-bremen.de, accessed on June 20, 2020.
- ↑ Jürgen Hinrichs: Referendum against development: Racecourse fans take the first hurdle. In: Weser courier. July 31, 2018, accessed June 20, 2020.
Coordinates: 53 ° 4 ′ 25.2 ″ N , 8 ° 53 ′ 42.1 ″ E