Ilmenau racing sled run

Ilmenau racing sled run
Plan of the train
place	Ilmenau , Thuringia
Installation	October 7, 1989
Orbit data Maximum height difference  m begin length Curves Bob start  m Skeleton start  m Toboggan start men 325 m 7th Toboggan start women 325 m 7th Double-seater start  m

Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′ 21 ″  N , 10 ° 54 ′ 55 ″  E

The racing sled run "Wolfram Fiedler" Ilmenau is a competition run for tobogganing in Germany in Ilmenau in Thuringia . It has a total length of 430 meters with a gradient of 12 percent and a total of 8 curves. A speed of approx. 77 km / h can be achieved on the track.

history

After the Ilmenau bobsleigh club was established in 1908 - first as a subdivision of the Ilmenau winter sports club and since January 24, 1912 as an independent club - the first bobsleigh race in Ilmenau took place on Gabelbachstrasse on January 12, 1908 . As early as 1909, the construction of a toboggan run began on the western flank of the Lindenberg in the Gabelbachtal. The total length at that time was 2750 meters. The track was four meters wide and had a gradient of a maximum of 12 percent. Until 1923, the Ilmenau bobsleigh club held bobsleigh races there every winter, and the club itself maintained 16 bobsleigh teams at all times.

When higher speeds became possible due to the further developed bobsleigh, it was necessary to build a special bobsleigh run in 1926. This run began on the 749 meter high Lindenberg at the club hut of the Ilmenau bobsleigh club, also built in 1926, which is now the “Bobhütte” mountain restaurant. The bobsled run ran over the northern slope of the Lindenberg and had 5 curves, it was 1908 meters long. The inaugural race took place on January 9, 1927, and a year later the track was supplemented by an electric sled and passenger elevator.

During the GDR era, the facility was used by the Empor Ilmenau BSG . Between 1967 and 1970 Ilmenau was also a central training base for the GDR sports team.

"Wolfram Fiedler" racing sled run

At the end of the 1980s, a plastic toboggan run for summer and winter operation was built on the north slope of the Floßberg about 750 meters east of the finish line of the old bobsled run . The track, which also serves as a recreational toboggan run outside of the competitions, was inaugurated on October 7, 1989, and was named after the former luge athlete Wolfram Fiedler .

After the political change in the GDR in 1990, the winter sports club was founded in 1990 e. V was founded in 1998 in the winter sports club Ilmenau 1908 e. V. renamed. After a long break, bobsleigh has been back in Ilmenau since 1999. In 2000 the new Rodelclub Ilmenau e. V, and since the 2000/2001 season, skeleton has also been run on the track .

Events

The FIL Summer Luge Cup of the International Luge Federation has been held on this track since 1994 .

Records

Age group	Starting altitude	athlete	time	date
Ladies	Start 1	Silke Kraushaar-Pielach	19.627 seconds	September 7, 2002
Men's	Start 1	Jan Eichhorn	19.477 seconds	September 7, 2002
Juniors	Start 1	Anja Eberhardt	19.855 seconds	September 7, 2002
Juniors	Start 1	Andi Langenhan	19.682 seconds	September 7, 2002
Youth A (female)	K 1/2	Dajana Eitberger	20.167 seconds	September 10, 2005
Youth A (male)	K 1/2	Sascha Benecken	19.798 seconds	September 10, 2005

Web links

Commons : Rennschlittenbahn Ilmenau  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• www.rodelclub-ilmenau.de - official website of the Rodelclub Ilmenau e. V.
• “Wolfram Fiedler” racing sledge on the website of the city of Ilmenau