Am Lindenbruch Stadium
| Am Lindenbruch Stadium | |
|---|---|
| Data | |
| place | Essen - Katernberg , North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 29 '46.5 " N , 7 ° 3' 23.5" E |
| opening | 1931 |
| capacity | 4,000 |
| playing area | ash |
| Societies) | |
The Am Lindenbruch stadium is a football stadium in the Katernberg district of Essen .
Location and facilities
The stadium is located in the north of the city of Essen on Gelsenkirchener Strasse. Today it has a capacity of 11,000 spectators. Up to 25,000 spectators were once able to watch the games in the stadium. Today the Am Lindenbruch stadium is a pure football stadium with a playing surface made of ashes .
history
The Am Lindenbruch stadium was built in 1931 and is the home ground of Sportfreunde Katernberg . It was built by the population around the Zollverein colliery . Due to the proximity of the spectator stands to the field, the Katernberg stadium was feared by the opposing teams. According to Heinz Flotho from STV Horst-Emscher, “the players were greeted with naked hatred as soon as they left the dressing room”. Julius Ludorf from SpVgg Erkenschwick was of the opinion that “you should actually get three points for a win in Katernberg . One for the nerves ”.
In 1947 the Sportfreunde Katernberg were one of the founding members of the first-class Oberliga West at the time and were runner-up in the 1947/48 season straight away. The stadium was sold out in a 2-0 win against FC Schalke 04 in front of 14,000 spectators. For the following season 1948/49 , the stadium was given a playing surface made of natural grass and was expanded to 25,000 seats. The turf impaired the home strength of the Katernberger, who had to relegate as bottom of the table at the end of the season. The team managed to get promoted again, but had to relegate again from the top division in 1953. In the meantime, the future national player Helmut Rahn moved to Rot-Weiss Essen for 7,000 D-Marks .
With the transfer fee, the club built a board fence behind the Beisener curve to prevent spectators from watching the home games from there without paying admission. The building was popularly known as Helmut Rahn his fence . On February 17, 1952, the audience record was set at Lindenbruch when 23,000 spectators saw the league game between the sports fans Katernberg and Rot-Weiss Essen. In 1976, the Am Lindenbruch stadium was a filming location for the crime film Tatort: Fortuna III . In 1982 it was taken over by the city of Essen. The natural grass has now been replaced by an ash area.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Werner Skrentny (Hrsg.): The big book of the German football stadiums . Verlag Die Werkstatt , Göttingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-89533-668-3 , p. 121 .
- ↑ Hardy Greens : Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 1: From the Crown Prince to the Bundesliga. 1890 to 1963. German championship, Gauliga, Oberliga. Numbers, pictures, stories. Agon-Sportverlag, Kassel 1996, ISBN 3-928562-85-1 , p. 294.