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Niederreifenberg im Taunus

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Weilsbergschanze:

K-Point:	50 m
Hill record:	52.0 m (1971)

Further jumps:	no
Plastic matting:	no
Year of construction:	1957
Conversions:	1964
Year of destruction:	1971
Status:	destroyed
Coordinates:	50.232953, 8.432178 ✔

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History:

At the foot of Weilsberg, which is with 701 m altitude the fourth-highest mountain in Taunus, at the town Niederreifenberg a ski jumping hill was completed by the help of U.S. soldiers in 1957. Already a few years before, a temporal ski jump had been set up there, where distances of up to 50 meters could be reached, and so the new Weilsbergschanze with its 15 meter high wooden inrun tower should make jumps on 65 meters possible. In the end, only jumps on around 40 meters could be realized, but nevertheless the Hessian Championships of Nordic Combined could be organized in 1963.
In 1964 50,000 DM were invested by the Hessian ski association to renovate the hill. In 1971 a new hill record of 52 meters could be set up, but in the same year a 16-year-old ski jumper crashed and remained paraplegic. As a consequence the ski jump was closed due to constructional failures and removed.

Sources: Wikipedia, philipp-ludwigs-erben.de

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3) Axel Becker wrote on 2024-06-17 at 17:24:

Mieter des Areals

Inzwischen hat der Mieter gewechselt. Der Hundeverein ist weg. Ein Schäfer hat die Fläche gemietet.

2) Axel Becker wrote on 2024-06-04 at 13:57:

Skisprungschanze am Goßen Feldberg (Taunus)

In der Chronik des Hessischen Skiverbandes (von 1987) ist zu lesen: Am 19.3.1911 wurde die Sprungschanze am Nordhang des großen Feldbergs eingeweiht. Sprünge bis 28m waren möglich. Nach dem Umbau im Jahr 1934 waren Sprünge bis 34 Meter möglich.

Kommentar Axel Becker: Die Schane wurde 1957 aufgegeben. Zum Ausgleich wurde dann die Weilsbergschanze in Niederreifenberg gebaut.

1) Heinz Müller wrote on 2020-04-27 at 21:45:

Schanze Niederreifenberg

Auf dem damaligen Auslauf befindet sich heute der Boxerklub Feldberg und trainiert dort mit seinen Hunden.

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