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Liechtensteinschanze:

K-Point:	70 m
Longest jump:	84.0 m (Josef "Sepp" Lichtenegger , 1970-01-18)
Hill record:	77.5 m (Dalibor Motejlek , 1970-01-18)
	77.5 m (Ernst Kröll , 1970-01-18)
	77.5 m (Max Golser , 1970-01-18)
Inrun angle:	25°
Take-off length:	18 m
Landing angle:	38°
Year of construction:	1912
Conversions:	1923, 1929, 1932, 1951
Operating until:	ca. 1970
Coordinates:	47.629380, 15.829144 ✔

Roger de Riedmatten-Schanze:

K-Point:	35 m
Hill record:	40.0 m (Viktor Kaiser , 1941-02-23)
Year of construction:	1935
Operating until:	ca. 1950
Coordinates:	47.627482, 15.819534

Pinkenkogelschanze:

K-Point:	27 m
Hill record:	22.0 m (Eugen Elsner , 1910-01-23)
Year of construction:	1906
Conversions:	1909
Operating until:	1912
Coordinates:	47.6442926, 15.8111171

Further jumps:	no
Plastic matting:	no
Status:	destroyed
Ski club:	WSV Semmering
Coordinates:	47.629380, 15.829144 ✔

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History:

Already on January 30, 1907 the Austrian Touring Club (ÖTK) organized the first ski jumping and downhill skiing event at Semmering, at the site of today's golf course beneath Südbahnhotel. At that time, the critical point of this Pinkenkogelschanze was 20 meters, later after a conversion 27 meters.
In 1911 the Austrian Wintersports Club started extending its activities on Semmering. Liechtenstein-Schanze at Jungherrenwald below Hirschenkogel was built under the lead of Roger de Riedmatten according to plans by Gustav Jahn for an amount of 44,000 crowns. It was supposed to be inaugurated on January 21, 1912 with an "international city competition", but due to delays with the construction the opening was first postponed to February and then due to lack of snow to the following winter. Aas from Norway jumped a record of 37 meters at the inaugural event on February 2, 1913. In 1914, Sepp Bildstein set a hill record of 43 meters.
As a replacement for Pinkenkogel-Schanze, not far from Liechtensteinschanze a junior hill was built in 1921. The large hill hosted the Austrian Championships in 1922 and in 1923 it was improved. During this time, international competitions at Semmering often attracted more than 5,000 spectators. In 1925 a new junior and training hill, called Gustav-Jahn-Schanze, was built at Meiereiwiese, in the area of the old Pinkenkogelschanze.
Out-dated Liechtensteinschanze was reconstructed and enlarged in 1932 in order to allow jumps over 70 meters. Furthermore, stands for 3,000 spectators and a lift up to Hirschenkogel were added. However, due to bad snow conditions, longer jumpers usually were not possible. In 1935, a new junior hill which allowed jumps around 35 meters was built at Johannespromenade and dedicated as Riedmatten-Schanze. It frequently hosted competitions even during World War II.
After the war, Liechtenstein- and Riedmatten-Schanze were both still in use. Before the Austrian Championships in 1952, Liechtensteinschanze was converted and then allowed to crack the 70-meter mark. Until 1970 international competitions were held there, a last ÖM in 1968. Today, hardly any remainings of the former ski jumping hills at Semmering can be found.

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Hill records K70 (Men):

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1970-01-18:	84.0 m	Josef "Sepp" Lichtenegger
1970-01-18:	77.5 m	Dalibor Motejlek
1970-01-18:	77.5 m	Ernst Kröll
1970-01-18:	77.5 m	Max Golser
1969-01-12:	76.5 m	Dalibor Motejlek
1969-01-12:	76.5 m	Walter Schwabl
1969-01-12:	76.5 m	Kristoffer Selbekk
1966-01-09:	76.0 m	Gilbert Poirot
1966-01-09:	75.0 m	Gilbert Poirot
1964-01-11:	73.5 m	Zbyněk Hubač
1964-01-11:	72.5 m	Zbyněk Hubač
1959-01-11:	72.5 m	Willi Egger
1951-03-25:	71.0 m	B. Caneva
1932-03-27:	66.5 m	Gregor Höll
1932-03-27:	62.5 m	Rudolf Hrabic
1929-02-04:	64.0 m	Alf Andersen
1929-02-04:	58.0 m	Josef Gumpold
1925-03-01:	45.0 m	Franz Strahal
1923-02-25:	44.5 m	Josef Bildstein
1923-02-25:	43.5 m	Lt. von der Planitz

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Comments:

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1) Kurt Winkler wrote on 2012-06-21 at 14:48:

Liechtensteinschanze

In der Festschrift "25 Jahre Österr. Wintersport-Club 1905-1930" steht, dass die Liechtensteinschanze schon im Jahr 1912, nach den Vorschlägen für Art und Ort von Roger de Riedmatten UND den Plänen von GUSTAV JAHN (1879-1919) mit einem Kostenaufwand von K. 44.000,-- erbaut wurde.
Mfg. Kurt Winkler
www.gustav-jahn.at

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1914-02-22:	51.0 m	Lt. von der Planitz
1914-02-22:	43.0 m	Josef Bildstein
1914-02-22:	39.0 m	Lt. von der Planitz
1914-01-10:	41.5 m	Thorleif Aas
1914-01-10:	38.0 m	Thorleif Aas
1913-02-02:	37.0 m	Thorleif Aas

	1910-01-23:	22.0 m	Eugen Elsner
	1907-01-30:	17.0 m	Rasinus Dahl

Su.	1970-01-18	:	INT	K70	1. Ernst Kröll
Su.	1969-01-12	:	INT	K70	1. Lars Grini
	1968	:	N-AUT	K70	1. Josef "Sepp" Lichtenegger
Su.	1967-01-15	:	INT	K70	1. Reinhold Bachler
Su.	1966-01-09	:	INT	K70	1. Gilbert Poirot
Mo.	1965-01-11	:	INT	K70	1. Josef Matouš
Sa.	1964-01-11	:	INT	K70	1. Otto Leodolter
Mo.	1962-01-15	:	INT	K70	1. Willi Egger
Su.	1960-01-10	:	INT	K70	1. Max Bolkart
Su.	1959-01-11	:	INT	K70	1. Willi Egger
Su.	1955-02-06	:	N-AUT	K70	1. Walter Habersatter
Su.	1953-03-01	:	UNI	K70	1. Jury Skofzov
Su.	1952-01-27	:	N-AUT	K70	1. Josef Bradl
	1922	:	N-AUT	K70	1. Max Deutsch

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