Ka-We-De
| Dählhölzli artificial ice rink and wave pool | |
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| External facade of the Ka-We-De | |
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| place | Bern , Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 600645 / 198 248 |
| owner | City of Bern |
| operator | Sports Office Bern |
| start of building | 1932 |
| opening | 1933 |
| First game | December 3, 1933 |
| Renovations | 1986-1989 |
| architect | Rudolf von Sinner , Hans Beyeler |
| capacity | 250 (since 1989) 8,500-10,500 (until 1986) |
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SC Bern (1933–1967) |
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The Ka-We-De , short for artificial ice rink and wave Dählhölzli is an art rink and swimming pool in the Bernese district church field Schosshalde in Switzerland . It borders directly on the Dählhölzli zoo and the former American embassy. From 1933 to 1967 the ice rink was the home ground of SC Bern from the National League A , which won two Swiss championship titles in this .
history
The building complex was built between 1932 and 1933 under the direction of the architects Rudolf von Sinner and Hans Beyeler. The architectural style followed the former sense of a modern sports and leisure facility , whereby the main building received the flat roof characteristic of that time. At the opening, the facility was described as a “sophisticated meeting place for fans of a modern, sporty, body-conscious lifestyle” with “slightly snobbish lacquer” and “specifically unique atmosphere”. The ensemble was designed for “the demanding physical culture of the upper classes of the population”.
In the early 1980s, due to its poor condition, renovation of the facility was planned and started in 1986. A 60-meter slide was installed as a new attraction for bathing. As a new building, a cloakroom wing was added, which was built on the site of the grandstand, which in the 1960s had space for up to 10,500 SCB fans. The renovation had to be interrupted in the meantime due to a cost explosion and ended up costing 20 million and not 15 million francs . After three years of construction, the Ka-We-De was reopened in 1989. Since then, the ice rink has a capacity of 250.
The Ka-We-De belongs to the “ Swiss inventory of cultural goods of national importance ” in object category A with KGS no .: 700 and is a listed building.
use
In summer, the Ka-We-De is used as an open-air pool, and it is the only pool in Bern that charges entrance fees. In addition to the swimming pool with wave function, there is a 60 meter long water slide. During the summer season, the water polo players of the Bern Swimming Club (SKBE) play their home games in the National League B (NLB) in the Ka-We-De swimming pool. In winter, the swimming pool is converted into an artificially cooled ice surface, which is available to both the public and various ice sports clubs.
With the opening of the stadium, SC Bern , which had been founded three years earlier, received a new venue, which until then had played at Kirchenfeldstrasse 70. There were also other ice hockey clubs such as EHC Rot-Blau Bern , Marzili, Länggasse, Polar and Weissenbühl, who played their home games in the ice rink. In 1959 and 1965, SC Bern won the Swiss championship title in Ka-We-De before moving to the Allmend ice rink, which was still open at the time . In 1971, Rot-Blau also left Ka-We-De and played on the Weyerli from then on. The remaining clubs merged step by step to form today's EHC Bern 96, which still uses the Ka-We-De today (2013) as its home ground.
The attendance record for the Ka-We-De was set on February 21, 1959, when 10,500 spectators saw SC Bern's 5-4 victory over HC Davos . Other documented games in front of a sold out stadium were a game against Hammarby IF in 1942, a game against EHC Visp in 1958 and two games from 1967 against MoDo AIK Örnsköldsvik and SC Langnau , each of which were attended by 10,500 spectators.
See also
Web links
- Ka-We-De as an outdoor pool and as an artificial ice rink (website of the Bern Sports Office)
- Ka-We-De at hockeyarenas.net
- Artificial ice rink and wave pool Dählhölzli Bern - usage study - final report November 2011 (PDF; 6.3 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ egovcenter.ch, Sports Facilities Sports Office Bern
- ↑ a b c d e Adrian Zurbriggen: Ka-We-De: A former showpiece on the siding. Berner Zeitung , October 29, 2010, accessed on March 13, 2013 .
- ↑ a b badi-info.ch, outdoor pool - Ka-We-De wave pool
- ^ A objects BE 2018 . Swiss inventory of cultural assets of national importance. In: babs.admin.ch / kulturgueterschutz.ch. Federal Office for Civil Protection FOCP - Department of Cultural Property Protection, January 1, 2018, accessed on December 26, 2017 (PDF; 212 kB, 47 pages, updated annually, the changes for 2018 are marked in blue).
- ↑ baublatt.ch, End for ice and water - The end of the Bern Ka-We-De