Heidenau cycle track
The Heidenau cycling track is located in the Saxon city of Heidenau near Dresden on the premises of the “Sportforum”.
Today's cycle track is 250 meters long, made of concrete and open. It was inaugurated in 2005.
The first cycling track in Heidenau was opened in 1927; the workers' cycling association Solidarity had financed the construction. From 1927 to 1933, numerous national and international track races took place there. In the early 1930s, the concrete became brittle; The Dresden Excelsior Association , which had meanwhile leased the railway, had the necessary work done . In World War II it was heavily damaged.
The restored cycle track was put back into operation in 1951 together with the neighboring stadium under the name Max Leupold Stadium . Numerous top-class races were held up to 1956. Almost all of the track records still valid today, as well as the post-war audience record on June 10, 1952 with 12,800 visitors, date from this time. The railway was closed in 1956 because of its poor condition and renewed until 1960, followed by extensive renovation work in 1967 and 1972. In addition, a roller skating rink was laid out in the interior in 1972 and a functional building was erected in 1980.
In the years that followed, the condition of the velodrome deteriorated steadily as concrete slabs rose and cracked. The Dresdner SC took over the maintenance of the railway in 1990 and held numerous events. The Radsportzentrum Heidenau club joined the Heidenau sports and games club (SSV Heidenau) in 1997, which was planning a further renovation. Due to the Elbe floods in 2002 , the railway was completely full of water and had to be demolished afterwards. From the end of 2002 it was rebuilt for 800,000 euros and was given a special covering.
Some well-known track cyclists began their careers on the track in Heidenau. Among them are the multiple Olympic champion Jens Fiedler , who inaugurated the renovated cycle track on May 8, 2005 and on this occasion received the honorary citizenship of Heidenau, as well as the world champion Carsten Bergemann , who now works as a trainer on the cycle track and is committed to disabled athletes. Several times a year today u. a. Steher and derny races held in Heidenau.
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Individual evidence
- ^ Locksmith and KPD member Max Leupold (1904–1950) from Heidenau was youth leader in the Red Sports Association, whose youth department he built up significantly. He was arrested in August 1944 as part of the grid action and had already been imprisoned for some time in a concentration camp (cf. geschichte-pirna.de/ Resistance ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ). After the Second World War he was deputy mayor of Heidenau and was involved in building up the new sports movement. His grave is in the cemetery in Heidenau-Süd. (See Links der Elbe , No. 79, November 20, 2011, p. II ); geschichte-pirna.de/ehrenmale (PDF, pp. 41–42; 800 kB)
- ^ Daniel Förster: Jens Fiedler inaugurated the Radrennbahn "at home" , in: Dresdner Latest News , May 9, 2005 edition.
Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 16.5 ″ N , 13 ° 51 ′ 35.2 ″ E