Hochfirstschanze

Hochfirstschanze
Hochfirstschanze
Location
city	Titisee-Neustadt
country	Germany
society	SC Neustadt
Spectator seats	25,000
Construction year	1950
Rebuilt	2001, 2003
Hill record	148 m ( Domen Prevc , March 11, 2016)
Data Start-up Inrun length 98.1 m Slope of the approach (γ) 35.00 ° Take-off table Table length 6.7 m Inclination of the take-off table (α) 11.0 ° Landing Hillsize 142 m Construction point 125 m
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Fritz-Heitzmann-Schanze: K 40 Year of construction: 1993 Record: 43.5 m Record holder: Niklas Wangler (SZ Breitnau) Record date: September 11, 2005

Coordinates: 47 ° 54 ′ 15 ″  N , 8 ° 13 ′ 9 ″  E

The Hochfirstschanze in Titisee-Neustadt is the largest natural ski jump in Germany, named after the Hochfirst mountain ( 1197  m ) in the Black Forest .

history

Historic ski jump

The Neustädter Skiclub was founded on April 6, 1896, and Gustav Tröndle became a Black Forest champion in 1911. The ski jump at that time was located on Mühlrain and was built in the same year. It should have been possible to achieve widths of up to 30 meters there.

Construction of the first Hochfirst hill

Construction of the first Hochfirstschanze with K-point 60 m in Schmiedsbachtal had already started in 1930. Due to unsafe snow conditions, it could not be opened in the winter of 1932/1933, but only with a New Year's competition on December 31, 1933, which was attended by 3,000 spectators. The German and Wehrmacht Ski Championships from February 5 to 13, 1938, whose Nordic competitions took place on the Black Forest Hill in Neustadt, while the downhill runs were carried out on the Zastler, attracted more visitors . The more than 10,000 spectators in the ski stadium at the Scheibenstutz were able to see, for example, how the Norwegian Hans Vinjarengen became German champion in Nordic combined. In the following years, several spontaneously scheduled local competitions were held to entertain the Kraft-durch-joy tourists.

Construction and reconstruction of today's ski jump

In 1949, after the Easter competitions, the board of the ski club met with ski jumpers Toni Brutscher , Sepp Weiler and Heini Klopfer . This meeting gave rise to the idea of ​​building a large hill as a natural hill, which was then designed by Klopfer in early summer based on photographs with a K-point of 80 m. Construction work began in mid-August 1949 and was completed in December. The inaugural competition on January 15, 1950 threatened again to be canceled due to lack of snow. However, the helpers from the ski club and the Neustadt building yard managed to bring 100 truck loads of snow from the Black Forest High Road to Neustadt. The resulting 15 centimeter snow cover was threatened by the onset of rain. Nevertheless, the jumping could be carried out in the presence of over 15,000 spectators. Widths of up to 95 meters were achieved.

After the German Nordic Ski Championships from February 16 to 18, 1951, the third German Nordic Ski Championships also took place in Neustadt in January 1960. Despite continuous rain, Georg Thoma managed to win the German championship in the special jump with a width of 90 meters in front of 20,000 spectators as well as the third win of the German championship in Nordic combined. In February 1963, the Kongsberg coupe almost could not have taken place because of continuous snowfall since November 1962. 15,000 spectators saw the duel between Max Bolkart and Thoma, which the latter won with 94 meters. As a result, the importance of the hill decreased. The reason was the focus of the media on the Four Hills Tournament and the sometimes weaker performances of the West German ski jumpers. The middle hill was one of the first hills covered with plastic matting from 1957 to 1962, before it was abandoned to decay over time.

In 1971, through modifications in the area of ​​the take-off, a K-point of 90 m was reached for the large Hochfirst hill and a kink in the approach was straightened. The next German championship was held in 1976. In addition, the Black Forest jumping tournament took place on the hill every year.

In the following years, various modifications were carried out on the hill, e.g. B. the re-profiling of the landing area (1988) and other changes to the take-off table that brought the K-point to 113 m. In 1993 the Fritz-Heitzmann-Schanze was built as a training hill with a K-point 40 m. From the viewer's point of view, it was built to the left of the large hill; between the two jumps you can see the remains of the hill from 1930.

The most extensive renovation work in 2001, at around 3.7 million euros, resulted in this jumping facility being included in the Ski Jumping Continental Cup . In 2003 the profile of the hill was changed and the K-point was moved to 125 m. In addition, the Fritz-Heitzmann-Schanze was expanded to include side rails in the run-out and a sprinkler system.

Dealing with lack of snow

Snow pyramid for transferring summers, before a snow cat (May 2013)

As a result, several World Cup competitions were held, with the threat of a lack of snow again in some cases. The World Cup jumping in February 2007 could only be guaranteed by the delivery of several articulated trucks of snow from the Gotthard massif . In the summer of the same year it was announced that there would be no more World Cup competitions in Neustadt until at least 2010. This was justified by an acute lack of snow, unstable weather conditions and the statement that the 2007 World Cup in Neustadt caused a deficit of 100,000 euros.

In the following years, two-day Continental Cup competitions were held regularly. In addition to the budget of 54,000 to 60,000 euros, the city administration had to contribute a five-digit amount to cover costs. In addition, a Pistenbully was acquired over time and a cooling lane was installed for the approach.

In autumn 2011 it became known that within the framework of the Ski Jumping World Cup 2013/14 on December 14th and 15th 2013 a World Cup jumping event would take place in Titisee-Neustadt for the first time. The award was made without any conditions, such as additional investments in floodlights or climbing aids, which confirmed that the location was generally suitable for the World Cup. Since there is no ascent aid in Neustadt, the jumpers are transported to the approach by minibuses . In the 2014/15 season , too , two World Cup competitions took place in Titisee-Neustadt. This time, however, it was not planned in advance, but Titisee-Neustadt organized the jumping competitions planned in Liberec on Ještěd “A” .

To avoid expensive snow deliveries in the event of a lack of snow, 10,000 cubic meters of artificial snow were piled up in March 2013 to form a truncated pyramid 65 meters long, 26 meters wide and ten meters high. The pyramid was covered with 3,000 square meters of facade insulation panels made of Styrofoam and silo tarpaulin in order to survive the summer. At the Continental Cup in January 2013 , a successful attempt at summer summer with a small amount of snow and a cover made of sawdust was made. This method has been used in Finland and the Alps for several years and is actively researched by the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF . 6,000 of the 10,000 cubic meters survived the summer and could be used for the stormy competitions.

The leisure activity zorbing has been offered in the outrun of the ski jump since summer 2013 .

Records

Award ceremony at the World Cup on March 12, 2016

• On December 2nd, 2001, Sven Hannawald set a new hill record with 145.0 m, which was equalized by Adam Małysz on February 3rd, 2007 .
• Janne Ahonen jumped 146 m on the hill in 2005, but could not stand the jump.
• On January 31, 2009 Bastian Kaltenböck reached 147 m, but since it was in the trial run, the record was not considered official.
• On January 22, 2011, the Austrian Manuel Poppinger jumped 147.5 m. Because it was set up at a ski jumping Continental Cup competition in the 2010/11 season , the FIS does not consider it an official hill record. The day before, Maximilian Mechler even stood 150 m in training, which, however, did not count as a record either.
• Domen Prevc holds the current record with 148 meters. He achieved this distance in qualifying for the World Cup on March 11, 2016.

International competitions

All jumping competitions organized by the FIS are named.

date	category	Jump	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
February 27, 1999	Continental Cup	K120	Matthias Wallner	Matti Hautamäki	Olav Magne Dønnem
February 27, 2000	Continental Cup	K120	Wolfgang Loitzl	Bine Norčič	Kimmo Yliriesto
February 10, 2001	Continental Cup	K120	Austria Reinhard Schwarzenberger Manuel Fettner Martin Koch Stefan Kaiser	Germany Frank Reichel Christof Duffner Hansjörg Jäkle Georg Späth	Slovenia Rok Benkovič Simon Podrebršek Primož Pikl Grega Podržaj
February 11, 2001	Continental Cup	K120	Manuel Fettner	Reinhard Schwarzenberger	Georg Späth
December 1, 2001	World cup	K120	Adam Malysz	Martin Schmitt	Stephan Hocke
December 2, 2001	World cup	K120	Sven Hannawald	Adam Malysz	Andreas Goldberger
December 14, 2002	World cup	K120	Martin Höllwarth	Sigurd Pettersen	Adam Malysz
December 15, 2002	World cup	K120	Martin Höllwarth	Andreas Goldberger	Andreas Kofler
January 25, 2003	Continental Cup	K120	Christof Duffner	Daniel Forfang	Kai Bracht
January 26, 2003	Continental Cup	K120	Robert Mateja	Igor Medved	Daniel Forfang
December 13, 2003	World cup	K120	Competition canceled (strong wind)
December 14, 2003	World cup	K120	Tami Kiuru	Andreas Widhölzl	Janne Ahonen
January 22, 2005	World cup	HS142	Janne Ahonen	Jakub Janda	Thomas Morgenstern
January 23, 2005	World cup	HS142	Jakub Janda	Adam Malysz	Risto Jussilainen
January 21, 2006	Continental Cup	HS142	Bastian Kaltenböck	Roland Mueller	Mathias Hafele
January 22, 2006	Continental Cup	HS142	Gerald Wambacher	Bastian Kaltenböck	Arttu Lappi
February 3, 2007	World cup	HS142	Adam Malysz	Andreas Kofler	Jacobsen is different
February 4, 2007	World cup	HS142	Adam Malysz	Gregor Schlierenzauer	Dmitri Vasiliev
January 31, 2009	Continental Cup	HS142	Jakub Janda	Ondřej Vaculík	Pascal Bodmer
February 1, 2009	Continental Cup	HS142	Jakub Janda	Roland Mueller	Daniel Lackner
January 16, 2010	Continental Cup	HS142	Michael Hayboeck	Bjorn Koch	Borek Sedlák
January 17, 2010	Continental Cup	HS142	Competition canceled (strong wind)
January 22, 2011	Continental Cup	HS142	Maximilian Mechler	Matic Kramaršič	Manuel Poppinger
January 23, 2011	Continental Cup	HS142	Maximilian Mechler	Rok Zima	Felix Schoft
January 14, 2012	Continental Cup	HS142	Manuel Fettner	Stefan Hula	Robert Johansson
January 15, 2012	Continental Cup	HS142	Manuel Fettner	Antonín Hájek	Andreas Stjernen
January 26, 2013	Continental Cup	HS142	Fredrik Bjerkeengen	Manuel Fettner	Nicholas Alexander
January 27, 2013	Continental Cup	HS142	Manuel Fettner	Kim René Elverum Sorsell Rok Justin
December 14, 2013	World cup	HS142	Thomas Morgenstern	Kamil Stoch	Simon Ammann
December 15, 2013	World cup	HS142	Kamil Stoch	Simon Ammann	Noriaki Kasai
February 7, 2015	World cup	HS142	Severin friend	Stefan Kraft	Peter Prevc
February 8, 2015	World cup	HS142	Not so with Fannemel	Kamil Stoch	Roman Koudelka
February 28, 2015	Continental Cup	HS142	Kenneth Gangnes	Jaka Hvala	Daniel-André Tande
February 28, 2015	Continental Cup	HS142	Daniel-André Tande	Andreas Wank	Pius Paschke
March 1, 2015	Continental Cup	HS142	Halvor Egner Granerud	Stephan Leyhe	Andreas Wank Krzysztof Biegun
March 12, 2016	World cup	HS142	Johann André Forfang	Peter Prevc	Kenneth Gangnes
March 13, 2016	World cup	HS142	Competition canceled (strong wind)
January 7, 2017	Continental Cup	HS142	Johann André Forfang	Daniel Huber	Klemens Murańka
January 8, 2017	Continental Cup	HS142	Viktor Polášek	Johann André Forfang	Clemens Aigner
December 9, 2017	World cup	HS142	Norway Robert Johansson Daniel-André Tande Anders Fannemel Johann André Forfang	Poland Piotr Żyła Maciej Kot Dawid Kubacki Kamil Stoch	Germany Markus Eisenbichler Karl Geiger Andreas Wellinger Richard Friday
December 10, 2017	World cup	HS142	Richard Friday	Andreas Wellinger	Daniel-André Tande
January 6, 2018	Continental Cup	HS142	Marius Lindvik	Nejc Dežman	Vincent Descombes Sevoie
January 7, 2018	Continental Cup	HS142	David Siegel	Marius Lindvik	Sondre rings
December 8, 2018	World cup	HS142	Competitions canceled due to warm temperatures and heavy precipitation
December 9, 2018	World cup	HS142
December 9, 2018	World cup	HS142
January 18, 2020	World cup	HS142	Dawid Kubacki	Stefan Kraft	Ryoyu Kobayashi
19th January 2020	World cup	HS142	Dawid Kubacki	Ryoyu Kobayashi	Timi Zajc

See also

• List of large hills

literature

• Detlef Herbner: Titisee-Neustadt: a city history . Rombach, Freiburg im Breisgau 1995, ISBN 3-7930-0768-5 , p. 300-304 .

Web links

Commons : Hochfirstschanze  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Hochfirstschanze on Skisprungschanzen.com

Individual evidence

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17. ↑ ^{a b} Joachim Hahne (?): Titisee-Neustadt: World Cup ski jumping again on Hochfirstschanze , suedkurier.de, October 29, 2011, accessed on May 12, 2013.
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23. ↑ Sebastian Wolfrum: Titisee-Neustadt: Start free: Zorbing - at the Hochfirstschanze people roll into giant balls , Badische Zeitung, August 2, 2013, accessed on September 15, 2013.
24. ↑ Johannes Bachmann: Ski jumping: Courage to be afraid of record flights in Neustadt. Badische Zeitung, January 24, 2011, accessed on May 7, 2017 . 
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