Tramelan

des Combattes

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Tremplin des Combattes:

K-Point:

45 m

Further jumps:	no
Plastic matting:	no
Year of construction:	1933
Status:	destroyed
Ski club:	SC Tramelan
Coordinates:	47.212028, 7.112944 ✔

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The Tremplin des Combattes ski jumping hill in Tramelan was one of the most important winter sports facilities in the Bernese Jura during the interwar period. Its construction was part of the long-standing tradition of skiing activity in the town. As early as the late 19th century, Tramelan had become one of the pioneering winter sports centers in the region – it featured an artificially snowed skating pond, ice sports were developing, and in 1908 the local Ski-Club Tramelan organized the first ski competitions. In the 1920s, the club expanded its facilities and infrastructure, taking advantage of the natural conditions of the mountain slopes surrounding the town.
The first ski jumping hill in Tramelan was the Tremplin des Charrats, built in 1927. It soon became apparent, however, that local sporting ambitions exceeded the possibilities of this small structure, so the club decided to build a larger hill. In 1933, on a slope known as Les Combattes, located above the southern part of the town, construction began on a new facility that was intended from the outset to serve as a venue for more significant regional competitions.
The ceremonial opening of the hill took place on 7 January 1934 and was combined with ski jumping and cross-country skiing competitions. The inauguration was widely publicized, as evidenced by the poster created by graphic artist Ernst Böhm, which has been preserved and is held in the museum in Porrentruy. On that day, the Tremplin des Combattes filled for the first time with athletes and spectators, and Tramelan immediately gained a reputation as one of the regional centers of ski jumping.
In the following years, numerous competitions were held on the hill, featuring athletes from the Ski-Club Tramelan as well as representatives of neighboring cantons, especially Neuchâtel and the Bernese Oberland.
Over time, however, the role of ski jumping in Tramelan began to diminish. After World War II, the priorities of winter sports development in the region shifted toward alpine skiing. The ski jumping hill gradually lost its importance, fell out of use in the subsequent decades, and today no longer exists – the structure was dismantled, and the Les Combattes area is now associated mainly with the quarry operating there and the nearby skiing infrastructure.

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