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Harzgerode
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Ostharzschanze:
| K-Point: | 38 m |
  Hill record: |
40.0 m (Peter Hluboček  , 1996-06-08) |
| Plastic matting: | yes |
| Status: | destroyed |
| Coordinates: | 51.652331, 11.153747 ✔ 
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Ernst Bremmel-Schanze:
| K-Point: | 16 m |
 Hill record: |
17.5 m (Paul Winter ) |
| Hill record: |
19.0 m (Tomáš Bouda , 1996-06-08) |
 Hill record: |
15.5 m (Suosa Naibelyn Siegert , 2024-10-19) |
| Coordinates: | 51.652297, 11.153992 ✔
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| K-Point: | 12 m |
| Plastic matting: | no |
| Status: | destroyed |
| Coordinates: | 51.652240, 11.154191 ✔
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| K-Point: | 7 m |
| Conversions: | 2024 |
| Coordinates: | 51.652142, 11.154269 ✔
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| K-Point: | 1 m |
| Coordinates: | 51.651784, 11.154035 ✔
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| Further jumps: | no |
| Plastic matting: | yes |
| Year of construction: | 1959 |
| Conversions: | 2005-2007 |
| Status: | operating |
| Ski club: | WSV Harzgerode |
| Coordinates: | 51.652297, 11.153992 ✔
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History:
The complex in Harzgerode is located on the slope of Apfelberg on the southeastern outskirts of the town and has been a center of local winter sports for more than six decades. Today’s ensemble of small hills – known as the Ernst-Bremmel-Schanze – consists primarily of the K16 hill with plastic matting, aluminum in-run tracks, and floodlighting, as well as the smaller training hills K7 and K1 for the youngest athletes. In the background, the remains of the former, larger Ostharzschanze are still visible, reminding visitors of the traditions of “big” ski jumping in Harzgerode.
The beginnings of ski jumping here date back to 1959, when the first Ostharzschanze was built on Apfelberg, initially allowing jumps of up to around 24 meters. As early as 1963, the hill was rebuilt into a K35 with an 18-meter in-run tower, and in 1965 it was covered with plastic matting, enabling year-round training. Further modernization in 1967 raised the tower to 26 meters and changed the profile to K45, while the first 20-meter junior hill was constructed alongside it. Additional reconstructions followed in 1971 and 1978, and in the mid-1970s several small “school” hills were added, turning Harzgerode into an important youth training center in the region.
Over the years, the wooden structures of the Ostharzschanze aged increasingly, and after a longer period of disuse, the former large-hill complex was completely dismantled in January 2004 (the in-run tower was demolished by blasting). For the local club WSV Harzgerode, however, this was not the end of the tradition but the beginning of a new chapter. Already in 2005 a small K5 hill with plastic matting was built, and in the following years a new, fully modernized K16 hill was created. In spring 2008, the new Ernst-Bremmel-Schanze with aluminum in-run tracks was officially inaugurated – much of the work was carried out voluntarily by club members and ski-jumping enthusiasts, supported by sponsors, local institutions, and the forestry service. The ceremonial “dedication jump” was performed by ten-year-old Jonas Möbes.
With the construction of the new hills, the complex was named after Ernst Bremmel, a physical education teacher and coach who developed winter sports in Harzgerode for many years. Both historically and today, the facilities have benefited from the contributions of WSV Harzgerode officials, including long-time head of ski jumping Knut Becker and club chairman Falk Schilling, as well as numerous coaches and volunteers. Many athletes from the local program later advanced to elite sports schools in Oberhof, Oberwiesenthal, Klingenthal, and Willingen.
After 2007, the Ernst-Bremmel-Schanze became above all a modern training base for children and young athletes. The facilities regularly host training sessions of the WSV Harzgerode’s ski-jumping and Nordic combined sections, and the youngest jumpers are often only a few years old. At the same time, the complex maintains a busy competition schedule: ski jumping and Nordic combined events have been held here as part of the district’s Kinder- & Jugendolympiade, as well as spring and autumn competitions (“Frühjahrssprunglauf”, “Herbstsprunglauf”) and events organized by the Skiverband Sachsen-Anhalt with clubs from across the Harz region and Saxony-Anhalt. In October 2024, during the autumn competition, the new K7 hill was ceremonially inaugurated, with the opening jump performed by Jonas Huch.
Over the years, numerous records have been set on the hills in Harzgerode. On the now-defunct Ostharzschanze (K38/K45), the longest confirmed jump was 40.0 m, achieved by Czech jumper Peter Hluboček in 1996. On the modern Ernst-Bremmel-Schanze (K16), records have been set both in summer and winter; among the record holders are Czech jumper Tomáš Bouda and young German athletes associated with the local club.
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5th photo
it says its K5 but its K1
Lage
Danke Torsten! Natürlich hattest du recht!
Sprungschanze Harzgerode
Erst einmal vielne Dank für diese wunderbare Seite. Es macht immer wieder Spaß, hier vorbeizuschauen und neue Schanzen zu enttdecken.
Dennoch mal eine kleine Korrektur: Wenn mich mein geografisches Gedächtnis nicht trügt :-) liegt Harzgerode nicht in Thüringen, sondern in Sachsen-Anhalt (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harzgerode).
Vielen Dank und weiter so mit dem Schanzenarchiv.
mfg
Torsten I.