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Gspan
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Josef-Gspan-Schanze:
| K-Point: | 27 m |
| Further jumps: | K20.5 |
| Plastic matting: | no |
| Year of construction: | 1969 |
| Operating until: | ca. 2000 |
| Status: | destroyed |
| Ski club: | WSV Vomp |
| Coordinates: | 47.337472, 11.672917 ✔ 
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History:
The Josef-Gspan-Schanze was a ski jumping hill complex located on a slope above the village of Vomp in Tyrol, in the Gspan area near the Vomperberg settlement. It consisted of two small hills: the main one with a K-point of 27 metres and a smaller training hill with a K-point of 20.5 metres, serving primarily for youth training within the WSV Vomp club.
The ski jumping tradition in Vomp dates back to the 1930s, when members of WSV Vomp built the first large ski jump near Sigmundslust Castle, known as the Schlossbergschanze. After World War II, this facility became an important venue for Tyrolean competitions in ski jumping and Nordic combined. In the 1960s, however, the hill had to be dismantled due to the area being designated for development. A temporary facility in nearby Weng turned out to be too far away and impractical for the club’s needs.
A new solution emerged in 1969, when WSV Vomp member Josef Gspan made his plot of land on the slope above Vomp available to the club. A new ski jump was built on his property and was named Josef-Gspan-Schanze in gratitude. Over time, a smaller hill for the youngest athletes was also constructed. The facility quickly became the club’s main training base and made it possible to continue the local ski jumping tradition.
The hill in Gspan played a particularly important role in the development of Armin Kogler, later a world champion and two-time overall World Cup winner. Kogler, born in nearby Schwaz, began regular training with WSV Vomp at the age of ten, and the Josef-Gspan-Schanze served as his home training hill. At the same time, the Austrian national ski jumping team was coached by another WSV Vomp athlete – Max Golser, a former Olympian and long-time national coach. Both men emphasized that the small venue in Vomp played a significant role in the development of Tyrolean and Austrian Nordic sports.
The ski jump was used roughly until the turn of the millennium. In the early 2000s, the WSV Vomp club gradually shifted its focus toward other winter sports and recreational activities, and the hill was no longer maintained. Today, the site of the two former hills is completely overgrown, with only subtle traces of the former landing slope still visible in the terrain.
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Schanze
Nicht direkt zur dieser Schanze, aber wieso wird mir nicht zurückgeschrieben zu der Schanze in HH?