Neukirchen beim Heiligen Blut

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Hohenbogen-Schanze :

K-Point:	45 m
Hill record:	52.5 m (Josef Kleisl , 1955)

Year of construction:	1952
Further jumps:	no
Status:	destroyed
Plastic matting:	no
Ski club:	WSV Neukirchen b.Hl.Blut

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History:

When the winter sports club of Neunkirchen beim Heiligen Blut was founded in 1952, the 2nd chairman Toni Wartner was taking charge of the construction of a ski jumping hill. According to plans of Eng. F. Oberhofer from Bayerisch Eisenstein the ski jump at "Vorberg" was set up by great voluntary work of the club members. Only through large amounts of gifted wood by the locals it was possible to complete the wooden construction the K45 with its ernormous knoll.
On February 8, 1953 the "Hohenbogen-Schanze" was inaugurated in front of 2,000 spectators and until 1958 there were annual tournaments with national and international elite jumpers participating! So the hill record of 52.5 meters was set up by German Champion of 1951 and '52 Sepp Kleisl (SC Partenkirchen) during the Bayerwald Competiton in 1955.
With the development of the alpine downhill slope at Hohenbogen in 1958/59 the interest in ski jumping by both jumpers and spectators rapidly decreased. So no at single competition was held after 1959 and the ski jump dilapidated. Consequently it was dismantled in mid 1960's.

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