Seidensticker hall
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| place | Werner-Bock-Strasse 35 Bielefeld , North Rhine-Westphalia
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 1 '32.5 " N , 8 ° 33' 3.9" E |
| owner | City of Bielefeld |
| start of building | October 20, 1989 |
| opening | March 5, 1993 |
| surface | PVC - Flooring |
| capacity | 7,500 seats (maximum) |
The Seidensticker Halle in Bielefeld in the northeast of North Rhine-Westphalia is a multifunctional large sports hall and venue for concerts and other major events.
Location and building
The Seidensticker Halle is located close to the city center in Bielefeld's Mitte district on Werner-Bock-Strasse. To the north of the hall is an allotment garden , to the east is the fire department of the city of Bielefeld. The PC69 discotheque was on the opposite side of the street until 2003 . Numerous parking spaces are available to visitors in the immediate vicinity . The Seidensticker Halle can be reached by bus lines 23, 24, 25 and 26.
From the outside, the hall is 118 meters long, 63 meters wide and 15 meters high. An area of 3,700 square meters is available in the hall. At concerts, the hall can seat up to 7,500 without seating, and 4,600 with chairs. The hall can be divided into three parts using movable partition walls. For athletics competitions there are four running tracks that can be lowered in the curves. The telescopic grandstands are movable and can be moved from the side walls to the center of the hall.
history
Originally a double triple gymnasium was to be built, for which the city council commissioned planning in 1978. At that time, the hall was to be built in Ravensberger Park and had an audience capacity of 2,500. The narrowness of the park and the small number of spectators caused the planning to stall. In 1985 the main committee of the city changed the plans to a large sports hall with up to 5,000 seats. Two years later, the city council rejected the construction of a large sports hall. As a result, the citizens' initiative became a large sports hall, now! founded, in which 70 sports clubs participated. The initiative collected donations and signatures to help the council change its mind.
Finally, on August 1, 1988, the city council voted to build a large sports hall. According to a resolution of March 16, 1989, the hall in Ravensberger Park will be built. On June 15, 1989, the plans were changed and construction was to take place on Werner-Bock-Strasse. There was previously an abandoned building yard on the site . Hartmut Scheiding was the architect of the Seidensticker Halle. The construction costs amounted to around 35 million marks, which was financed by donations and grants from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia . The Seidensticker company also donated four million marks. As a thank you, the hall was named after the company.
The foundation stone for the Seidensticker Hall was laid on October 20, 1989. Construction was not without complications. In addition to contaminated sites from the building yard, a slate base was found in the subsoil . The groundwater was not allowed to be lowered for the construction of the hall . Concrete blocks filled with sand were used as the foundation . In addition, eight pumps had to run continuously. Finally, the Seidensticker Hall was officially opened on March 5, 1993.
Events
Handball
The Seidensticker Halle is the home ground of the handball club TSG Altenhagen-Heepen . The team played in the 2nd Bundesliga from 1993 to 2003 . The German men's national handball team played several times in the Seidensticker Hall. On June 26, 1993, the team defeated Israel 27:13. A game against Russia ended on November 6, 1994 with a 21-21 draw . In the last game for the time being on May 31, 2003, the German team won 28:27 against Norway . Other handball teams also used the Seidensticker Hall. The TBV Lemgo was the first leg in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup against the CB Cantabria in Spain from the Seidensticker Halle, since the domestic Lipperlandhalle then had only 2,000 spectator seats. The HSG Gütersloh in September 2011 as the DHB Cup game against the Bundesliga side HSV Hamburg to Bielefeld from.
Other sports
The hall was from 1998 to 2000 and has hosted the German Badminton Championship since 2003 . On December 19, 1999, the Basketball Bundesliga played its All-Star Game in the Seidensticker Halle. The Harlem Globetrotters show team also played in Bielefeld. The German men's national team in volleyball completed an international match against the USA in the Seidensticker Hall. Other regular events include the motorcycle - Trial and Field Championships or the final round of the Bielefeld City Hall Championship in football , which is played in the Seidensticker Halle since, 2014.
Several boxing matches were also held in the Seidensticker Hall. On December 29, 2007, Marco Huck from Bielefeld lost to Steve Cunningham , while Yoan Pablo Hernández prevailed against Mohamed Azzaoui . On September 20, 2008 Marco Huck won against Jean Marc Monrose and Cecilia Brækhus beat Cimberly Harris . In 1999 was World Championship of Standard Dances held in Bielefeld, as well as the European Championship of Latin American dances . The German championships in table tennis were held in 1996, 2003, 2009 and 2016 in the Seidensticker Halle.
The Seidensticker Halle is part of the NRW football route . On May 7, 2013, the Arminia Bielefeld association celebrated its centenary in the Seidensticker Halle. 3,500 spectators saw the celebration, modified by Ingolf Lück .
Concerts
A few days after the hall opened, the British singer Chris Rea played the first concert in the Seidensticker Halle. Later on, national and international musicians such as Elton John , André Rieu , Beyoncé , Joe Cocker , Sting , Udo Jürgens , the Backstreet Boys , Chris de Burgh , Die Toten Hosen , Herbert Grönemeyer , Genesis , Metallica , Otto Waalkes , Ich + Ich and Unheilig played in Bielefeld.
Party congresses
On May 13, 1999, the Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen party held a special party conference under the motto “Agreeing peace and human rights”. The then Federal Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer was the victim of a paint bag attack before his speech on the NATO mission in Kosovo . Fischer suffered a tear in the eardrum in his right ear. A majority of the Green delegates at the party congress spoke out in favor of continuing the NATO bombing in Kosovo . The party congress was described by the news magazine Der Spiegel as a "war party convention ".
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Joachim Uthmann: Anniversary: Bielefeld's Seidenstickerhalle is 25 years old. Neue Westfälische , accessed on March 18, 2018 .
- ↑ Sven Webers: DHB international games men. (PDF) Bundesligainfo.de, accessed on March 17, 2018 .
- ↑ Uwe Kramme: Unique experience. Neue Westfälische, accessed on March 18, 2018 .
- ↑ German Championships 2016 in Bielefeld. Der Tagesspiegel , accessed on March 18, 2018 .
- ^ Bielefeld Seidensticker Hall. German soccer route, accessed on March 18, 2018 .
- ^ Paul Lersch, Hartmut Palmer, Hajo Schumacher , Hans-Jörg Vehlewald: D-Day in Bielefeld. Spiegel Online , accessed March 18, 2018 .
