Hessenkampfbahn
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| place | Kassel , Hesse |
| opening | May 2, 1926 |
| capacity | 6000 |
| playing area | Natural grass |
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The Hessenkampfbahn is a football and athletics stadium in Kassel .
Location and facilities
The Hessenkampfbahn is located in the Kassel district of Südstadt north of the Karlsaue and the orangery and directly west of the Fulda and the wire bridge over it . The capacity is now 6000 seats. There are around 1500 uncovered seats in the main grandstand. The playing area is made of natural grass and is surrounded by an athletics track. The entire stadium is surrounded by a hedge made of hornbeam .
history
In the 1920s, the desire for a sports stadium also arose in Kassel, as the sports fields of the local clubs were too small. Finally, it was decided to build the Hessenkampfbahn, which was based on the Hindenburg Stadium in Hanover . The stadium was finally opened on May 2, 1926 with a sports festival. The original capacity was 7,000 seats, including 2,000 uncovered seats. The Hessenkampfbahn was later expanded to accommodate 20,000 spectators. The Hessenkampfbahn gained a reputation as “Germany's fastest track” or “record stadium” , particularly in athletics . The 4 x 100 meter relay of the Karlsruher FC Phönix ran a German record in the Hessenkampfbahn.
At no time did the Hessenkampfbahn have a football club that used the stadium as a permanent home ground. Before the Second World War , SV Kurhessen Kassel and SV Hessen Kassel occasionally played in the Hessenkampfbahn. From 1958 to 1960 the BC Sport Kassel and from 1960 to 1968 the CSC 03 Kassel played in the stadium. Even the KSV Hessen Kassel occasionally used the stadium for friendly matches , u. a. against Cheltenham Town as well as for their own second team.
Due to the central location of Kassel, several final round matches for the German football championship were held in the Hessenkampfbahn in the 1930s and 1940s. In 1934 , 15,000 spectators saw a goalless tie between Borussia Fulda and Dresdner SC . Two years later , FC Hanau 93 beat Fortuna Düsseldorf 5-1 in front of 10,000 spectators . The Hanau team lost 3-1 to Hannover 96 in front of 5000 spectators in 1938 . In 1940 , 17,000 spectators watched the 5-2 defeat of CSC 03 Kassel against FC Schalke 04 . Three years later , the audience record was set in the Hessenkampfbahn. On May 2, 1943, 20,000 spectators saw the game of Spielverein 06 Kassel against Schalke and saw the guests win 8-1.
In 1941, the final took place at the German Championship in field handball held in Kassel Hesse arena. 8000 spectators saw a 9: 7 victory of SV Police Hamburg against MSV Hindenburg Minden on June 29th . A soccer tournament was held as part of the Hessentag 1964 . Today the stadium is used for school sports.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Werner Skrentny (Ed.): The great book of the German football stadiums . Verlag Die Werkstatt , Göttingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-89533-668-3 , p. 208 .
- ^ Hardy Green , Christian Karn: The big book of the German football clubs . AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2009, ISBN 978-3-89784-362-2 , pp. 256-260.
- ^ Sven Webers: German field handball championship 1940/41. Bundesligainfo.de, accessed on April 26, 2016 .