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Toni-Huber-Schanze im Josefstal:

K-Point:	37.5 m
Hill record:	48.5 m (Peter Dubb )
Tower height:	11.2 m
Inrun length:	59 m

Further jumps:	no
Plastic matting:	no
Year of construction:	1947
Conversions:	1962, 1973
Status:	destroyed
Ski club:	SC Spitzingsee, SZ Neuhaus
Coordinates:	47.694139, 11.879444 ✔

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History:

Around 1948, the Toni-Huber-Schanze was built in Josefstal. It was named after the founder of Skizunft Neuhaus, Toni Huber, who was known among friends as "Haxn-Toni" (Skinny Toni). In the early 1960s, the facility was rebuilt twice. Under the leadership of Horst Möhwald, Kurt Jiptner, Rudi Wolf, and Rainer Schrön, the final structure with an approximately 11-meter-high tower was completed in 1962. Over the course of two or three weekends, a group of twelve Skizunft members carried old telephone and power poles, countless boards, and tools on foot along a forest path to the hill, and built the inrun tower entirely by hand. The experience and expertise of Horst Möhwald as both a ski jumper and a carpenter played a particularly important role in the success of the project. He was also the first to jump from the new tower to test the structure.
Möhwald was for years one of the best Nordic combined athletes in Germany. The highlight of his career was his participation in the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. For several years he ran the Bundeswehr recreation home (Spitzinghaus) near Spitzingsee and built a spectacular private training hill nearby, from which he managed jumps of up to 30 meters, soaring over the road that ran alongside it.
But it wasn't just the construction of the Toni-Huber-Schanze that required effort – preparing the hill and jumping itself demanded a high level of physical fitness. Preparing the hill involved significant labor: the landing slope had to be compacted with skis, and depending on weather conditions, snow often had to be collected in wicker baskets and carried from elsewhere to create a suitable surface. Skiers climbed the hill on foot with skis over two meters long, and then had to climb the tower using wooden ladders. There were no inrun tracks at the time, which meant keeping the skis parallel during the approach required considerable strength. The skis were still made of wood, which meant that in wet snow they quickly absorbed water, drastically reducing their gliding ability. Various, sometimes very creative, waxing methods were tried – from candle wax to melted shellac plates, to creosote (a dark brown or black oily liquid used primarily as a wood preservative, historically produced as a by-product of coal tar distillation).
Until 1977, the Toni-Huber-Schanze hosted numerous events – including cup jumps, Oberland regional championships, and night competitions. The latter became possible thanks to lighting installed around 1964 and often drew hundreds of spectators. At that time, Skizunft Neuhaus had more than 15 active jumpers. The most successful among them, Peter Dubb, set the official hill record at 48.5 meters, though he recalls training jumps that clearly exceeded 50 meters. Dubb was a two-time Bavarian junior champion, runner-up at the German Championships in 1973 on the normal hill, German champion in 1974 (normal hill), and third place on the large hill. In 1974, he also took part in the World Championships and competed in the Four Hills Tournament five times.

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