Hannover-Wülfel cycling track

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Outside view of the south-west curve of the railway
Velodrome from the inside

The velodrome Hannover was a velodrome in Hanover district Wülfel , which was from 1965 to 2017 in operation.

History and description

The wooden track, which opened on May 24, 1965 as a replacement for the former cycling track at the Pferdeturm, was 333.3 meters long and had a driving surface 6.5 meters wide. The curve elevation was 49 degrees. It was designed by architect Herbert Schürmann from Münster. The driving surface was made of African Afzelia hardwood, the substructure was made of various soft and hard woods.

The Hanover cycling track was one of the fastest, uncovered summer tracks in the world, was the venue for 18 German championships and an important location for track cycling in Lower Saxony and Germany.

The first competition, the “Hanover International Sprinter Prize”, was won in May 1965 by the German champion and national driver Willi Fuggerer from RC Herpersdorf . Internationally, the railway became known through the annual Hanover Grand Prix . It is a world cup race for sprinters that has already taken place 40 times. Nationwide competitions for the youngsters have already produced numerous talents on this track who later made it to the world championship title. From 2004 to 2006, the Hanover Sixday Night was held in the style of a 6-day race . From the points race on Dernyrennen and lap record down to Madisonrennen doing all disciplines were a classic six-day race on the program.

Radrennbahn Hannover eV owns 15 dernys and thus has the largest derny pool of all racetracks in Europe. Derny races were held there regularly during the summer months. The German Derny Championship was held six times between 1978 and 2000 on the cycling track in Hanover-Wülfel .

Due to the fact that it was not passable due to technical defects, the runway should be closed at the end of 2006. Only through the commitment of the Hanover region and the members of the Radrennbahn Hannover eV could the demolition of the legendary sports facility be avoided at this time. Together with the renowned track builder Walter von Lütcken from Osterholz-Scharmbeck , the substructure of the cycling track was renewed in 2007. Since 2007, under the direction of Jürgen Apel , the treasurer of the supporting association Radrennbahn Hannover eV, around 5000 meters of wooden slats have been renewed every year and the entire driving surface has been subjected to intensive cleaning in order to meet the technical requirements of the Association of German Cyclists . In 2010, the Hanover cycling track celebrated its 45th anniversary.

After the 2016 season, the city and region of Hanover announced that they would no longer support Radrennbahn eV financially after the 2017 season. The last bike race was therefore contested on September 13, 2017. Whether Hanover will get a new cycling track currently depends on whether private investors can be found who will pay for it.

literature

  • Walter Euhus : Spoke sport . Hanover's historical cycling (247 pages with numerous illustrations), Langenhagen: Die-Speiche-Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3-9807011-0-7 .
  • Karl-Heinz Grotjahn MA: Hanover-Wülfel cycle race track. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 511.
  • Simon Lange: The days are numbered / Jürgen Apel stops - Radrennbahn is about to end / Today a sporty farewell. In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung of September 6, 2017, p. 13.
  • Simon Lange: His last screw / "Lattenmann" Apel (80) stops. It is also the end of the cycling track , as well as the fate of the track : Crisis summit in two weeks. In: Neue Presse of September 6, 2017, p. 12.

Web links

Commons : Radrennbahn Hannover-Wülfel  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl-Heinz Grotjahn MA: Radrennbahn Hannover-Wülfel. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover , p. 511
  2. New cycling track on the Expo site? Retrieved on May 28, 2018 (German).

Coordinates: 52 ° 19 ′ 30 ″  N , 9 ° 46 ′ 32 ″  E