Heinrich Germer Stadium
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Sports field on Königsweg |
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| place | Salzmannstrasse 34 39112 Magdeburg , Germany
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 6 '21.6 " N , 11 ° 36' 3" E |
| owner | City of Magdeburg |
| opening | 1920 August 20th 1952 |
| Renovations | 1951-1952, 2005 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 4,990 seats |
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The Heinrich-Germer-Stadion is a football stadium with a cinder track in Magdeburg 's Sudenburg district . It is currently used by the soccer teams of the Magdeburg FFC , the Prussian Magdeburg , the 2nd team and the A-youth of the 1. FC Magdeburg , as well as the American football team of the Magdeburg Virgin Guards .
history
The stadium was built in 1920 and called "Stadion am Königsweg". From the summer of 1951 to August 1952, the remaining war rubble was removed as part of a renovation, new stands were built and a new lawn was sown. The stadium was then reopened on August 20, 1952 with a friendly against Motor Zwickau in front of 20,000 visitors . The facility was named after the Magdeburg politician and educator Heinrich Germer , who initiated the renovation of the stadium and who died in June 1952.
After the Second World War until the mid-1960s, the soccer teams of the forerunners of 1. FC Magdeburg, BSG Stahl Magdeburg, Motor Mitte Magdeburg and SC Aufbau Magdeburg played in the Heinrich-Germer-Stadion. On March 22, 1955, the audience record of 22,000 spectators was set up in the league game of the second-rate GDR league Motor Mitte Magdeburg against Lok Stendal (2: 1). The record was later set several times. From 1953 to 1991, Heinz Brauer groundskeeper of the stadium.
Due to construction work in the Ernst-Grube-Stadion, which was then used by 1. FC Magdeburg between May 1979 and May 1981, the GDR upper division played again in the Heinrich-Germer-Stadion. During this time the European Cups of the FCM took place there. Guest of goods Wrexham FC , the FC Arsenal , Moss FK and Torino Calcio . When the Ernst Grube Stadium was demolished in favor of the new MDCC Arena , 1. FC Magdeburg played again in the Heinrich Germer Stadium between February 2005 and the end of 2006, which had been extensively modernized for this purpose.
On May 21, 2018, the final of the Saxony-Anhalt State Cup between 1. FC Lok Stendal and 1. FC Magdeburg (0: 1) took place here.
The stadium has an oval shape, the main stand is surmounted by a speaker tower. The current capacity is 4,990 spectators, only 15 seats and 100 standing places are covered. The natural grass field of the stadium is surrounded by a 400 m cinder track for athletics events.
gallery
Reopening of the Heinrich Germer Stadium (1952)
The entrance area (2005)
Web links
- Stadium on the website of 1. FC Magdeburg ( Memento from May 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- Data on the stadium
- Picture gallery
- Visitor report from 2006
- Heinrich-Germer-Stadium - Magdeburg
Individual evidence
- ^ Stadium history ( Memento from May 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive )