Dorperhof cycling track
The Dorperhof cycling track is located in the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Solingen and there in the Dorperhof residential area .
The cycling track is 384 meters long, made of concrete and open. It was built from 1947 to 1948 by the members of the RC Schwalbe 03 association , initially as a cinder track. The initiator was the entrepreneur and association chairman August Strathmann . Around 12,000 spectators came to the inauguration event on July 13, 1948. Today's cement track was opened in 1950, designed by the renowned Münster Radrennbahn architect Clemens Schürmann . In the following years, much-noticed international battles were held on the new track. In 1988, 1993 and 1996 there were German track championships for the youngsters. Standing races are held annually; In addition, the railway is the service base of the State Sports Association of North Rhine-Westphalia .
The cycling track is in dire need of renovation and can therefore only be used until around 2017. The RC Schwalbe 03 is therefore planning to build a new covered velodrome .
Individual evidence
- ↑ list of schuermann-built cycle tracks worldwide 1-50 (No. 42). In: velodromes.com. Retrieved August 22, 2015 . On this list by the architect Schürmann, a length of 384 meters is given. On the website of the city of Solingen, however, a length of 402 meters is specified. www.solingen.de - Dorperhof cycling track. In: www2.solingen.de. Archived from the original on February 14, 2016 ; accessed on August 22, 2015 .
- ↑ Sports center for Dorperhof on solinger-tageblatt.de v. March 21, 2012
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Coordinates: 51 ° 9 '3.8 " N , 7 ° 7' 37.3" E