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Bischofshofen
Wasserfall
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Wasserfallschanze:
| K-Point: | 40 m |
  Hill record: |
42.0 m (Josef Bradl , 1934) |
| 42.0 m (Andreas Krallinger , 1934) |
| Further jumps: | no |
| Plastic matting: | no |
| Year of construction: | 1927 |
| Operating until: | 1947 |
| Status: | destroyed |
| Ski club: | SC Bischofshofen |
| Coordinates: | 47.410459, 13.208344 ✔ 
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History:
The Wasserfallschanze is considered the birthplace of local ski jumping in Bischofshofen. It was built in 1927, when the workers’ sports club ATSV Bischofshofen constructed it at the foot of the ruins of Bachfall Castle, directly adjacent to the Gainfeld Waterfall. Its distinctive location beneath the waterfall gave the hill its name, which remained unchanged for decades. Already in the first season after its construction, competitions were held there, and throughout the following two decades regular ski jumping events took place—both sporting and exhibition contests, including the traditional “Josefispringen” and impressive double jumps in which two athletes jumped simultaneously.
The Wasserfallschanze played a significant role in the development of ski jumping in the region. It was here that the young Josef “Sepp” Bradl achieved his first successes before becoming a world record holder and the first jumper ever to exceed 100 metres. In 1934, Bradl and the local athlete Andreas “Andi” Krallinger set the hill record of 42 metres, a distance that remained the officially confirmed best mark in the hill’s history. In the 1930s, other well-known regional jumpers also competed here, including Gregor Höll, an Olympian and world championship participant. Competitions held on the hill attracted spectators and athletes from surrounding areas, and the venue became an important centre of sporting life in Bischofshofen.
The hill was used until the end of the 1946/47 winter season. Among the last major events held there were the New Year’s Day jumps on 1 January 1947. Shortly thereafter, activities were moved to a new, much larger ski jumping hill being built in the Laideregg district beneath the Hochkönig massif. In the following years, this new venue became known as the Sepp-Bradl-Stadion with the large Paul-Außerleitner-Schanze — the present-day final hill of the Four Hills Tournament.
After competitions were relocated, the old Wasserfallschanze fell into disuse and was eventually dismantled. Today, no clearly identifiable remains of the hill can be found, although the surroundings—the waterfall, the Bachfall ruins, and the paths leading from the modern hill in the town centre—still recall the place where the history of ski jumping in Bischofshofen began.
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