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The first large hill of Germany
on 2011-02-02
At the end of 1920's Hans-Heinz-Schanze was constructed in Johanngeorgenstadt in Saxony. With jumps up to 70 meters at that time it was the first large hill ski jump in Germany.
Many different ski jumping hills where set up in Johanngeorgenstadt in Erz Mountains between 1908 and 1925, among these Bahnhofschanze and Lehmgrundschanze, which was opened in winter 1924/25.
The most interesting of all these jumping hills was later constructed Hans-Heinz-Schanze, which was the very first so-called "large hill" in Germany and baptized after the initiator of ski jumping activities in Johanngeorgenstadt, who fell in World War I. His brother Guido Heinz, a local furniture manufacturer, financed and supervised the construction works in 1928. In the beginning jumps on around 40 meters were only possible and German Champion Erich Recknagel managed to jump 51 meters.
After that the jump was converted. For the inrun tower special wooden parts made by the Kübler firm from Stuttgart were used and mounted onto big concrete foundations using five supporting beams. The inrun track was 4.5 meters wide and the stairs on the side had a small platform every five meters in order to give climbers a chance to rest. Skies were transported to the 42 meters hight top platform by a freight elevator. All in all the inrun length was 110 meters.
In 1929 E. Recknagel then jumped 62 m, after that Walter Glaß from Klingenthal 68 m. But the official inauguration was only held on January 5, 1930 and later Norwegian Olympic gold medalist Birger Ruud set up a hill record of 70 meters! It is said that international sports papers from Paris to Melbourne reported about Germany's largest ski jumping hill on their front pages. In 1943 Paul Kraus even jumped 77 meters.
After World War II the ski jump dilapidated, but in 1949/50, during the start of WISMUT mining, it was reconstructed as "Glück-Auf-Schanze". In 1956 the ramshackle wooden tower collapsed during a strong storm. The last hill record before was set up by Herbert Queck on 80 meters.
At the same spot the new Erzgebirgsschanze K75 was constructed from 1960 to 1962, but meanwhile even this jump with its impressing steel-made inrun tower is out of order already. For younger jumpers of WSV 08 Johanngeorgenstadt there are four modern plastic covered ski jumps with porcelain inrun tracks with K51 and K36 directly beside Erzgebirgsschanze and another K21 and K13 next to the ice stadium.
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