Rax

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Camillo Kronich-Schanze:

K-Point:	45 m
Hill record:	48.0 m (Rudolf Rieger , 1934-04-15)
Year of construction:	1931

Gustav Jahn-Schanze:

K-Point:	25 m
Hill record:	28.5 m (Anton Helleport , 1927-04-03)
Year of construction:	1909
Conversions:	1926

Further jumps:	no
Plastic matting:	no
Status:	destroyed
Ski club:	Österreichischer WSC
Coordinates:	47.716834, 15.759705

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History:

The Rax is a mountain range at the border of Lower Austria and Styria, and considered as one of the backyard mountains of Vienna. Already around the turn from the 19th to the 20th century first skiing activities there were initiated by ski pioneer Gustav Jahn. In December 1907 the first ski jumping competition on the Rax was held at the archduke Otto cabin, on more than 1600 meters altitude, on a ski jump built by Jahn. It allowed jumps on more than 25 meters and sometimes also the country's best jumpers participated in the competitions organized by the winter sports club of the Austrian Tourist Club.
After World War I and Jahn's passing, the ski jumping hill at Ottohaus was continued by ÖWSC. In 1925, the cable car from Hirschwang onto the Rax alp was built in order to extend tourist activities on the alpine plateau. The ski jumping hill was reconstructed in 1926 by engineer Sepp Bildstein. In 1931, a larger ski jumping hill, which allowed jumps of more than 45 meters, was built near Ottohaus and named after the host of the cabin as Camillo Kronich-Schanze.

	1927-04-03:	28.5 m	Anton Helleport
	1913-04-05:	27.5 m	Hans Rucker

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