Zella-Mehlis

Regenberg

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Regenbergschanze:

K-Point:	ca. 45 m
Plastic matting:	no
Year of construction:	1927
Conversions:	1930
Coordinates:	50.649972, 10.652185 ✔

Schanze am Schwarzen Hügel:

K-Point:	20 m
Plastic matting:	yes
Conversions:	1954
Coordinates:	50.647382, 10.655341 ✔

Further jumps:	no
Status:	destroyed
Ski club:	SC Motor Zella-Mehlis
Coordinates:	50.649972, 10.652185 ✔

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History:

In 1924 the winter sports clubs of Zella and Mehlis merged and two years later they began the construction of the first ski jumping hill. The Regenbergschanze was inaugurated on January 9, 1927 as part of the district championships. The longest jump was 30 meters. In 1929-30 the ski jump was extended by the Skiclub Zella-Mehlis and then considered as "one of the best in Thuringia" by the press.
Zella-Mehlis became stronghold of ski jumping in the GDR after World War II. SC Motor Zella-Mehlis was the home club of German ski jumping legends such as Helmut Recknagel, Horst Queck, Rainer Schmidt and Peter Lesser, and also of the former German national coach Reinhard Heß. Main driver behind the development of ski jumping in Zella-Mehlis was Hans Renner, who was also GDR national coach from 1954 until his demise in 1970.
At that time, Regenbergschanze at Schwarzer Hügel, situated above Zella-Mehlis, was a 20 meter training hill. Hans Renner installed and tested there the very first plastic mattings of ski jumping history! After first attempts on plane mats that were watered had failed due to the still to high friction, Renner decided to cut the mats into small stripes, introducing the characteristic plastic tufts that are still used today. Renner initially had idea the idea of using watered plastic mats when slipping on the wet doormat in front of his house! The first test jump on 23 meters was carried out by Harald Pfeffer on August 25, 1954 under strict exclusion of the public. After final tests on October 31, the invention that deeply influence ski jumping was presented to the public on November 21, 1954, with the first summer competition on plastic mattings on the Thüringenschanze at Wadeberg in Oberhof.
In 1988 a memorial stone for Hans Renner was set up at the former location of Regenbergschanze, which had been long gone. For the 100th birthday on Renner, who passed away already in 1970, the ski jump was reconstructed for a festive celebration in August 2019, partially with original mattings from the 1950s. SC Motor Zella-Mehlis is still very actively training young ski jumpers and has been operating the Hans Renner ski jumps at Stachelsrain since 1976.

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1) Thomas Reuß wrote on 2023-03-07 at 13:58:

Zwei weitere Schanzen in und bei Zella-Mehlis

Schanze im Heinrichsbach , ohne Matten , bis etwa 1970
Schanze im Pfaffental ,mit Matten belegt ,ca 25 m , von 1956 bis etwa 1972

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