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Thüringenschanze:

K-Point:	82 m
Hill record:	83.5 m (Jens Weißflog , 1981)
Hill record:	81.0 m (Adam Krzysztofiak , 1970-10-23)
	81.0 m (Stanisław Kubica , 1970-10-23)
Total height:	99 m
Tower height:	24 m
Inrun length:	97 m
Inrun angle:	30°
Take-off angle:	6.5°
Take-off height:	4.3 m
Speed:	85 km/h
Landing angle:	38°
Plastic matting:	yes
Conversions:	1950-1951, 1955
Year of destruction:	1986
Status:	destroyed
Coordinates:	50.710355, 10.719494 ✔

– K82 (1950-1986) – K65 (1938-1950) – K55 (1927-1937) –

Hindenburgschanze:

K-Point:	65 m
Hill record:	69.0 m (Herbert Leonhardt , 1949-02-13, N-DDR)
Plastic matting:	no
Conversions:	1938, 1948
Operating until:	1950

– K82 (1950-1986) – K65 (1938-1950) – K55 (1927-1937) –

Hindenburgschanze:

K-Point:	55 m
Longest jump:	65.0 m (Paul Henkel , 1934-01-01)
Hill record:	58.5 m (Birger Ruud , 1931-02-13, WSC)
Total height:	81.36 m
Tower height:	29 m
Inrun length:	97 m
Inrun angle:	14.57°
Take-off angle:	1.72°
Landing angle:	20.8°
Plastic matting:	no
Year of construction:	1927
Operating until:	1937

– K82 (1950-1986) – K65 (1938-1950) – K55 (1927-1937) –

Wadebergschanze:

Hill Size:	HS 70
K-Point:	64 m
Hill record:	71.5 m (Max Herbrechter , 2019-02-24)
Hill record:	71.0 m (Lars Morlok , 2021-08-28, NC-Youth)
Hill record:	70.0 m (Magdalena Burger , 2021-08-28, NC-Youth)
Inrun length:	76.5 m
Inrun angle:	32°
Take-off length:	6 m
Take-off angle:	10.9°
Take-off height:	1.6 m
Speed:	88.2 km/h
Landing angle:	34.5°
Hill certificate:
Plastic matting:	yes
Year of construction:	2018
Status:	operating
Coordinates:	50.709834, 10.720067 ✔

– K64 (2018-...) – K66 (1988-2015) – K45 (1951-1988) – K35 (1908-1941) –

Wadebergschanzen:

Hill Size:	HS 69
K-Point:	66 m
Hill record:	74.0 m (Arthur Pauli , 2003)
Tower height:	13 m
Inrun length:	68 m
Inrun angle:	35°
Take-off length:	5.5 m
Take-off angle:	10°
Take-off height:	1.9 m
Speed:	78.84 km/h
Landing angle:	36°
Hill certificate:
Plastic matting:	yes
Conversions:	1988, 1994
Operating until:	2015

– K64 (2018-...) – K66 (1988-2015) – K45 (1951-1988) – K35 (1908-1941) –

Wadebergschanzen:

K-Point:	45 m
Hill record:	47.0 m (1953)
Hill record:	42.0 m (Werner Lesser , 1954-11-02)
Plastic matting:	yes
Conversions:	1951, 1954
Operating until:	1988

– K64 (2018-...) – K66 (1988-2015) – K45 (1951-1988) – K35 (1908-1941) –

Wadebergschanzen:

K-Point:	35 m
Hill record:	38.0 m (1928)
Plastic matting:	no
Year of construction:	1908
Operating until:	1941

– K64 (2018-...) – K66 (1988-2015) – K45 (1951-1988) – K35 (1908-1941) –

Wadebergschanzen:

Hill Size:	HS 50
K-Point:	48 m
Hill record:	52.0 m
Inrun length:	54 m
Inrun angle:	32.5°
Take-off length:	5.14 m
Take-off angle:	9.5°
Take-off height:	1.44 m
Landing angle:	31.18°
Hill certificate:
Further jumps:	K34, K13
Plastic matting:	yes
Year of construction:	1976
Conversions:	1981, 1995-1996
Year of destruction:	2017
Status:	destroyed
Coordinates:	50.710144, 10.716358 ✔

K-Point:	ca. 30 m
Plastic matting:	no
Status:	destroyed
Coordinates:	50.710561, 10.718722 ✔

Further jumps:	no
Ski club:	WSV Oberhof 05
Coordinates:	50.709834, 10.720067 ✔

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History:

The very first jump in Oberhof was already built in 1906 at the Tambacher Straße, 1908 the ski jump at Wadeberg was constructed by Norway's Rolf W. Thune. Numerous German and Thuringian Championships were held on the 25 meter hill with distances going up to 38 meters by end 1920's.
In 1928 the Thüringenschanze at Wadeberg was opened with an attendance of 30,000 spectators. On 1931-02-16 the WSC competition of Nordic Ski Championships at Oberhof was hosted, winner was 19-year-old Birger Ruud. During NS time until 1945 the 70 meter ski jump had the name ”Hindenburgschanze” and was converted in 1937-38 for NS Winter Games.
After World War II Thüringenschanze was restored in fall 1948 and in February 1949 the Championships of the Soviet occupation zone were held there. A fundamental modernization and the construction of the judges' tower took place in 1950-51. Then 120,000 spectators came to attend the GDR Championships at Oberhof in February 1951. The 80 meter hill was covered with plastic mattings in 1955. During this period a lot of international competitions were held there, but with the opening of the ski jump at Rennsteig in 1961 it was mainly used for training only. In February 1981 16-year-old Jens Weißflog from Oberwiesenthal jumped a last hill record of 83.5 m at the 15th ski festival of Oberhof. The inrun tower was removed in 1986 and today you can only see the dilapidated landing hill and take-off.
The 66-meter-Jugendschanze was constructed next to old Thüringenschanze from 1951 to 1952 and in 1954 it became the world's first plastic covered ski jumping hill. On 1954-11-20 Werner Lesser set the first record on mattings with 42 m. But before there was already an unofficial training on the old Regenbergschanze at Zella-Mehlis on 1954-10-31. Inventor of plastic mattings was the GDR national coach Hans Renner, whose name was later given to the large hill at Oberhof.
Conversions of the Wadebergschanze took place in 1988 and 1994. Opposite to the former Thüringenschanze the two plastic covered Schüler­schanzen K48 and K34 were situated, the Kinderschanze K13 was below it.
Furthermore, in November 2011 the planning of the construction of a new K80 (HS 85) ski jump at Wadeberg for around 2.5m Euro was started. The construction works of this ski jump started in spring 2018 and at the same time the smaller hills have all been demolished. The new medium hill was finally realized as a HS 70 and is supposed to help jumpers moving from the smaller hills to the normal and large hill at Kanzlersgrund. In December 2018 the ultimately 5.5m Euro expensive works have been completed to make the hill ready for winter use and in spring 2019 the plastic covering was added.

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Hill records K82 (Men):

K82		1981:	83.5 m	Jens Weißflog
K82		1970-10-23:	81.0 m	Adam Krzysztofiak
K82		1970-10-23:	81.0 m	Stanisław Kubica
K82		1964:	78.5 m
K65		1949-02-13:	69.0 m	Herbert Leonhardt	N-DDR
K55		1934-01-01:	65.0 m	Paul Henkel
K55		1931-02-13:	58.5 m	Birger Ruud	WSC
K55		1928-02-05:	45.0 m	Sverre Jensen

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Hill records K64 (Men):

K64		2021-08-28:	71.0 m	Lars Morlok	NC-Youth
K64		2021-08-27:	70.5 m	Matija Zelnik	NC-Youth
K64		2019-08-30:	70.0 m	Matteo Baud	NC-Youth
K64		2019-02-24:	71.5 m	Max Herbrechter
K64		2019-02-24:	69.5 m	Max Herbrechter
K64		2019-01-18:	68.0 m	Luca Geyer
K66		2003:	74.0 m	Arthur Pauli
K45		1954-11-02:	42.0 m	Werner Lesser
K45		1953:	47.0 m
K35		1928:	38.0 m
K35		1925:	27.5 m
K35		1908:	17.0 m	Karl Böhm-Hennes

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Hill records K64 (Women):

K64		2021-08-28:	70.0 m	Magdalena Burger	NC-Youth
K64		2019-08-30:	68.0 m	Nika Prevc	NC-Youth

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Competitions:

Sa.	1970-02-07	:	N-DDR	K82	1. Horst Queck
Sa.	1968-03-02	:	N-DDR-T	K82	1. SC Motor Zella-Mehlis
Th.	1968-02-29	:	N-DDR	K82	1. Manfred Queck
Su.	1961-02-19	:	N-DDR	K82	1. Werner Lesser
	1956	:	N-DDR	K82	1. Harry Glaß
	1955	:	N-DDR	K82	1. Harry Glaß
	1954	:	N-DDR	K82	1. Harry Glaß
	1953	:	N-DDR	K82	1. Werner Lesser & ­Kurt Meinel
	1952	:	N-DDR	K82	1. Franz Knappe & ­Werner Lesser
	1951	:	N-DDR	K82	1. Herbert Friedel
Su.	1949-02-13	:	N-DDR	K65	1. Herbert Leonhardt
	1939	:	N-GER	K65	1. Josef Bradl
Fr.	1931-02-13	:	WSC	K55	1. Birger Ruud
Fr.	1931-02-13	:	NC-WSC	K55	1. Johan Grøttumsbråten

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Contact:

	WSV Oberhof 05 e.V. Postfach 1343 Gräfenrodaer Straße 2 98558 Oberhof Phone: +49 (0) 36842 21245 Fax: +49 (0) 36842 21502 info@wsv-oberhof.de www.wsv-oberhof.de
	Wintersportförderverein Rennsteig Oberhof / WSRO-Skisport GmbH Postfach 1245 Crawinkler Straße 1 98559 Oberhof Phone: +49 (0) 36842 522 0 Fax: +49 (0) 36842 522 22 info@weltcup-oberhof.de www.weltcup-oberhof.de
	Zweckverband Thüringer Wintersportzentrum Oberhof Jägerstraße 10 98559 Oberhof Phone: +49 (0) 36842 525 111 Fax: +49 (0) 36842 525 119 info@zv-twz.de www.wintersportzentrum-thueringen.de

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Photo gallery:

Further photos:

Historical shots of former Thüringenschanze:

The ski jumps at Wadeberg and former Thüringenschanze in July 2009:

Several perspectives onto the ski jumps at Wadeberg from June 2009:

Demolished ski jumps and new K64 under construction at Wadeberg in Oberhof in August 2018:

The (relicts of) ski jumps at Wadeberg and the new HS 70 under construction (October 2018):

The new Wadebergschanze K64 and the rest of the destroyed ski jumps in Oberhof in summer 2021:

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Articles:

2019-08-12: From Olympic to junior ski jumps: Construction works in full swing

Not only the ski jumpers used the long spring break for preparation for the new season, also ski clubs and constructors have done their works in order to raise the quality of ski jumping facilities all around the world. Skijumpinghills.com wraps the most important activities up in this article.

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