List of cycle tracks in Berlin

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The list of cycle tracks in Berlin includes all cycle tracks that have existed in the area of ​​today's Berlin since 1882 . Berlin is the German city with the most cycling tracks and until the 1920s into a mecca the track racing . Today, Berlin only has one cycling track, the Velodrom .

Period Name / location Length / surface
/ curve superelevation 		design type comment
1881 Garden restaurant Flora in Charlottenburg - / - / 0 open 628 meter long park path without curve elevation. The first "track race" in Berlin took place on August 7th, 1881 in front of 2500 spectators. ( former location of the Flora garden restaurant )
1881–1883 ​​(?) Hippodrome at the zoo 523 m / sand / 0 open The opening race of the first permanent track took place on June 25, 1882 in front of around 2000 spectators. However, the track turned out to be unsuitable as it had no bend elevation. ( former location of the hippodrome at the zoo )
1882-1891 Bridge avenue 350 m / clay open The operator of the “special race track for the organization of velocipede races” was the “Association for Velocipede races” under its chairman THS Walker , which existed until 1891, just as long as the cycle track. The first race for the Berlin Grand Prix took place on May 24, 1885, with Johannes Pundt winning . In the city map of 1893, the railway is no longer present, the area was used for development. The cycling track in Halensee served as a replacement.
1891-1900 Halensee 500 m / asphalt / 2 m open First cycling track with an international field of drivers and an audience. ( former location of the Halensee Radrennbahn )
1896– (?) Zehlendorf 333.3 m / concrete / 2.5 m open Modernized in 1904/1905. In 1911 the racing driver Fritz Theile fell fatally here. ( former location of the Zehlendorf cycling track )
1897-1902 Kurfürstendamm 500 m / concrete / 4 m open The track was particularly suitable for sprint races . ( former location of the Kurfürstendamm cycling track )
1897-1904 Friedenau cycle track - / Concrete open Winner of the opening race Grosser Preis von Berlin was Willy Arend . The track in the Sportpark Friedenau was particularly suitable for standing races . 1901 venue of the rail world championships . ( former location of the Friedenau cycling track )
1899-1926 Treptow 312 m / clay, later concrete open Because of the extremely steep curves (50.5 degrees) popularly known as the “noodle top”, modernized in 1904/1905. Two racing drivers fell fatally on her, a coach had a fatal accident in the interior. In the 1920s, boxing matches were also held on the cycling track. ( former location of the Treptow cycling track )
1905-1910 Steglitz cycling track 500 m / concrete open 1908 venue for the professional competitions of the track world championships ( former location of the Steglitz cycling track )
1907-1909 Spandau , Am Fehrbelliner Tor open In 1907 the French pacemaker Charles Peguy had a fatal accident here. The track in the Sportpark Spandau was demolished after two years due to a lack of interest. ( former location of the Spandau Radrennbahn )
1909-1910 Botanical Garden 333.3 m / wood open The first open wooden railway in Germany, was dismantled after a serious accident with nine dead. ( former location of the botanical garden cycling track )
1909-1910 Exhibition halls at the zoo - / Wood Hall Venue of the first Berlin six-day race , mobile track ( former location of the exhibition halls at the zoo , today the Zoo Palast cinema is located in the same place )
1911-1973 Sports Palace 166 m / wood Hall Mobile train, renewed by Clemens Schürmann in 1931 . From 1911 to 1972 the venue for the Berlin six-day race ( former location of the sports palace )
1911 - approx. 1945 Olympiabahn Plötzensee 400 m / wood / 6 m open Was assembled from the remains of the Botanical Garden Velodrome, the surface was replaced by concrete in 1919. Emanuel Kudela fell fatally here in 1920. The railway was destroyed in the Second World War. Today the allotment garden colony Olympia is located in its place . ( former location of the Plötzensee Olympic lift )
1913-1934 German stadium 666.6 m / concrete open 1913 venue of the amateur competitions of the rail world championships . In the same year, the racing driver Max Hansen had a fatal accident here. The stadium, including the track, was demolished in 1934 to make way for the Olympic Stadium . ( former location of the German Stadium )
1926-1928 Rütt -Arena on the Hasenheide 250 m / wood / 4.5 m open Destroyed by fire in 1928 ( former location of the Rütt-Arena )
1926– (?) Wannsee stadium 475 m / asphalt open The track was mainly used for training and several times as a destination for “ Around Berlin ”. ( Location of the Wannsee Stadium )
1935-2011 Germany Hall 208 m / wood Hall In 1957 the runway was renewed and shortened by seven meters. From 1960 onwards, the venue for several editions of the Berlin six-day race ( former location of the Deutschlandhalle )
1936 Olympic cycling stadium 400 m / wood open Provisional track for the 1936 Summer Olympics , which only existed for two months on the sports field of the Berlin Sports Club at the northern end of the AVUS . The architect was Clemens Schürmann. After the Olympic Games, the facility was demolished for the expansion of the exhibition grounds . ( former location of the Olympic cycling stadium )
1946 - approx. 1960 Neukölln 500 m / concrete open Built by hand in 1946 as a cinder track, the curves made of rubble. In 1948 it was sealed with concrete. ( Location of the Werner-Seelenbinder-Sportpark )
1949-1953 Hall at the radio tower 153 m / wood Hall Mobile train. From 1949 to 1953 the venue for the Berlin six-day race. The hall (today's exhibition hall 20) was small, which is why the track (known as the “cigarette packet”) was short and its curves extremely steep (there were only 15 meters between the two straight lines). There were three fatal falls on it. The reason was assumed that the high pressure in the corners caused the tires to burst faster. The architect Clemens Schürmann also complained several times about the improper assembly of the track ( location of the hall at the radio tower )
1950-1992 Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle 170 m / wood Hall Venue of the Berlin winter railway races ( former location of the Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle )
1955 – approx. 1990 Weissensee Velodrome 333 m / concrete open The construction of the facility was supported by 6,000 construction workers; the grandstands for 9,000 spectators were built from rubble. Venue of various competitions such as the "Berlin Railroad Championship", "Great Easter Prize" etc. In
1988, Bruce Springsteen's biggest concert took place on the site in front of more than 200,000 visitors ( former location of the Weißensee Radrennbahn )
1959-2005 Schöneberg cycling track 333 m / wood open In 1980 the track was renewed. Architect: Schürmann ( former location of the Schöneberg cycling track )
Since 1999 Velodrome 250 m / wood Hall The architect of the cycling track is Ralph Schürmann . Today's venue of the Berlin six-day race . In 1999 and 2020 the venue for the World Track Championships , the European Track Championships in 1997 and 2017 and the Track Cycling World Cup in 1998 and 2018 . Was built on the former site of the Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle in Prenzlauer Berg . ( Location of the velodrome )

literature

  • Alfons Arenhövel: Arena of Passions . The Berlin Sports Palace and its events 1910–1973, Berlin 1990
  • Fredy Budzinski: Between Moabit and Schöneberg . Berlin cycling tracks through the ages. Archive Fredy Budzinski, Central Library of the German Sport University Cologne, No. 170
  • Max Hahn: 1870–1945 Berlin's open-air railways. In: Richard Blaschke: Der Radrennsport 1945-1949. Berlin 1950, pp. 95-97.
  • Wolfgang Hellfritsch / Heinz Boehm / Achim Mahling: From the pasta top to the UFO hall. 120 years of cycling venues in Berlin - historical and curious. Berlin 1997.
  • C. Mayböll: From the history of the Berlin summer railways . In: Sport-Album der Rad-Welt 1929. Berlin 1930, pp. 42–47.
  • Heinrich Stockmann: Berlin cycling venues. A historical overview of Berlin track racing. In: Illustrierter Radrenn-Sport , No. 5 f., 1933.
  • Christian Wolter: Lawn of Passion: The soccer fields of Berlin. History and stories. Edition Else, Berlin, 2011, ISBN 978-3-00-036563-8 .

Web links

Commons : Radrennbahnen in Berlin  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c The races took place on high wheels .
  2. ↑ Maiböll speaks of a length of 323 meters.
  3. ↑ Data on Berlin's sports history  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on manfred-dippe.de@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.manfred-nippe.de  
  4. ↑ The Brückenallee in the city map from 1893  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on alt-berlin.info@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.alt-berlin.info  
  5. ↑ At first the races took place on high wheels. From 1895 the high wheels were replaced by low wheels .
  6. ↑ Volker Kluge: Max Schmeling. A biography in 15 rounds . Construction Verlag, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-351-02570-X , p. 69 .