Schöneberg cycling track
| Schöneberg cycling track | |
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| Data | |
| place | Berlin-Schöneberg |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 28 '30.6 " N , 13 ° 21' 26.6" E |
| owner | Senate Department for Home Affairs and Sport |
| opening | 1959 |
| Renovations | 1980 |
| demolition | 2005 |
| architect | Friedrich Schrell |
| capacity | 11,000 |
| Societies) | |
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FC Internationale for football |
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The Schöneberg Radrennbahn was built in 1959 on Sachsendamm in what was then Berlin's Schöneberg district and demolished beginning in 2005.
On May 3, 1959, the opening day of the race with sprint races and a two-man team drive took place on the track, with the future French champion André Gruchet at the start of the sprint .
The track was the second open cycling track in post-war Berlin (after the Neukölln cycling track ) and was completely renovated in 1980. At the beginning of 1999 the grandstands and the wooden lane were closed due to the risk of collapse, only the lawn was allowed to be used by sports clubs. The millions invested in the renovation could not be raised. In addition, it was said that since the opening of the Velodrom in 1997 there was no need for an additional cycling track in Berlin. In 2005, despite the monument protection, the demolition of the facility began. In 2007, Möbel Kraft built a furniture store on the property . It has been operating under the name Höffner since 2016 .
To commemorate the location of the Schöneberg cycling track, the former competition tower was erected as a monument on the site.
See also
literature
- Christian Wolter : Lawn of passion. The football fields of Berlin. History and stories. Edition Else, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-00-036563-8 , p. 240.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Gerhard Fischer: Berlin sports facilities. History and stories . Berlin 1992, p. 171
- ↑ rail premiere late . In: Radsport , May 12, 1959, p. 12
- ↑ www.schoelkopf.com (private website)