Dziesięciolecia Stadium
| Stadium Dziesięciolecia Manifestu Lipcowego Stadium of the 10th anniversary of the July Manifesto |
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| The 10th Anniversary Stadium in Warsaw (2006) | |
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 Warsaw , Poland
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 14 '22.1 " N , 21 ° 2' 44.6" E |
| owner | Skarb Państwa |
| start of building | August 1954 |
| opening | July 22, 1955 |
| First game | July 22, 1955 Warsaw - Stalinogród 1: 2 |
| demolition | September 2008 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| architect | Jerzy Hryniewiecki Zbigniew Ihnatowicz Jerzy Sołtan |
| capacity | 71,008 seats |
| playing area | 105 × 68 m |
The stadium Dziesięciolecia ( German stadium of the 10th anniversary , full name: Stadion Dziesięciolecia Manifestu Lipcowego , German stadium of the 10th anniversary of the July Manifesto, stadium X-lecia for short ) was a football stadium with an athletics facility in the Praga district of the Polish capital Warsaw , which was built on the bank of the Vistula .
history
In 1953 the Association of Polish Architects held an architecture competition for the construction of an Olympic stadium in Warsaw. The architects Jerzy Hryniewiecki , Zbigniew Ihnatowicz and Jerzy Sołtan won and in August 1954 construction began. The name of the stadium goes back to the manifesto of the “ Polish Committee of National Liberation ” on July 22, 1944. The venue was owned by the state and was also used for party rallies and celebrations. With an official capacity of 71,008 seats, up to 100,000 spectators gathered in the wide area.
Most of the stadium was built from rubble from the houses destroyed by the Warsaw Uprising . After eleven months of construction, the stadium was inaugurated on July 22, 1955. A team from Warsaw met a team from Stalinogród (now Kattowitz). The guests won the game with 2-1 goals. The building was equipped with wooden benches. The stadium had neither a roof nor a floodlight system . A 400-meter cinder track ran around the field for athletics competitions. The changing rooms were so far away from the field that half-time breaks in football had to be extended to half an hour.
At the beginning of the 1980s the stadium was in need of renovation and no longer up to date. But there was a lack of money and so the stadium fell into disrepair and was no longer used. After the collapse of socialism, the city of Warsaw leased the stadium to the Damis trading company in 1989 , which built the Jarmark Europa on the site . Almost everything was traded in one of the largest bazaars in Eastern Europe. From Z. B. food, clothing, smuggled cigarettes, counterfeit branded goods and pirated music CDs to weapons, ammunition and drugs were offered there. According to the Central Police Investigation Institute (CBS), around 12 billion zlotys were turned over in 2001. The city of Warsaw benefited from this by generating revenues of around 200 million zlotys. At the beginning of the demolition work in October 2008, most of the market had to be cleared. In 2010 the market moved within the city to Marywilska.
Events
The sports facility was the main venue for the Polish national football team as well as one of the venues for the Polish Cup final . The stadium was the destination of the International Peace Tour several times . Furthermore found u. a. Athletics competitions, concerts and events of the Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) take place. Occasionally the Warsaw football teams Gwardia , Legia and Polonia used the stadium to play. On July 17, 1983, John Paul II celebrated a papal mass in the stadium in front of around 100,000 visitors . Shortly before the demolition, the motocross event Red Bull X-Fighters took place on September 6, 2008 . With the help of 15,000 tons of earth, a stretch of 500 meters was prepared. After the motocross event, demolition began in September 2008 to make way for the new Narodowy stadium in Warsaw , the venue for the 2012 European Football Championship .
Ryszard Siwiec
On September 8, 1968, the Dziesięciolecia Stadium celebrated the Thanksgiving Day. Around 100,000 people were gathered in the stadium; including leading party members of the PZPR such as Władysław Gomułka and diplomats from abroad were there. Ryszard Siwiec , a Polish philosopher , accountant and former soldier of the Polish Home Army, attended the event . During a dance performance by various youth groups, Siwiec doused himself with gasoline in the stands and ignited himself. Bystanders and firefighters tried to put out the flames with clothing, but Ryszard Siwiec fended off these attempts and pushed the helpers away. He called out: I protest .
After the fire was extinguished, he was taken to a nearby hospital. Four days later on September 12th, Ryszard Siwiec died of the consequences of the severe burns. With the self-immolation, Siwiec wanted to protest against the invasion of the Warsaw Pact into Czechoslovakia during the Prague Spring and against the socialist regime in Poland.
A plaque in memory of Ryszard Siwiec was attached to the stadium.
It said:
“In this stadium, during the harvest festival on September 8, 1968, Ryszard Siwiec, accountant from Przemyśl and soldier in the Home Army, doused himself with gasoline and set himself on fire in protest against Poland's participation in the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. He died on September 12, 1968. He gave his life for freedom. "
Panorama picture
Web links
- Stadium history (polish)
- Extensive picture gallery
- Dziesięciolecia stadium as a 3D model in SketchUp's 3D warehouse
Individual evidence
- ↑ wiadomosci24.pl: History of the stadium (Polish)
- ↑ cafebabel.de: Report on Jarmark Europe ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2010 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. Article dated September 3, 2008
- ↑ das-polen-magazin.de: Jarmark Europe closed article from August 10, 2010
- ↑ warszawa.gazeta.pl: Jarmark Europa is moving to Marywilska (Polish) article from September 3, 2010
- ↑ mx-report.de: Preliminary report on the Red Bull X-Fighters on September 6, 2008 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article dated September 5, 2008
