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Old Luge Track at Fichtelberg

Old Luge Track at Fichtelberg

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Old Luge Track at Fichtelberg

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Location: Oberwiesenthal, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

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1. Old Luge Track at Fichtelberg – Peace Bell on Fichtelberg loop from Unterwiesenthal

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2. View of Klínovec – Old luge track at Fichtelberg loop from Kurort Oberwiesenthal

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3. Old luge track at Fichtelberg – Schwarzer Teich Oberwiesenthal loop from Kurort Oberwiesenthal

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Matzel

March 17, 2017

Tucked away on the Fichtelberg in the undergrowth (or snow), you can still find the last remnants of the race sledge track from GDR times.
For the former "Sportklub Traktor Oberwiesenthal" in 1970 a nature-free racing sled track was built for training purposes. It is 1100m long and consists of a half-shell tube and various outbuildings (for time measuring, etc.)
The sports club was dissolved in 1990. Since then, the track has been used more by mountain bikers than by tobogganers, and in winter this distribution can change considerably.

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Andrea und Huskys 🐺

July 11, 2025

The Traktor Oberwiesenthal sports club's luge track has been out of use for 35 years. Founded in 1955, the club was dissolved in 1990, and its successor, the Oberwiesenthaler SV 1990, saw itself as its successor. The naturally iced luge track, constructed from concrete elements and opened in the winter of 1969/1970 for the GDR luge training center, has been deteriorating since 1990 and is overgrown with vegetation. However, you can still walk the entire 1,100-meter-long track with its 18 curves and admire the buildings that enrich this lost place, such as the scoring booths and observation bridge. At the first Olympic luge competitions in Innsbruck in 1964, SC Traktor athletes dominated the field. Ortrun Enderlein and Ilse Geisler won gold and silver medals in the women's race, and Thomas Köhler and Klaus-Michael Bonsack won silver in the men's race.

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July 11, 2025

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Location: Oberwiesenthal, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

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Old Luge Track at Fichtelberg

1. Old Luge Track at Fichtelberg – Peace Bell on Fichtelberg loop from Unterwiesenthal

2. View of Klínovec – Old luge track at Fichtelberg loop from Kurort Oberwiesenthal

3. Old luge track at Fichtelberg – Schwarzer Teich Oberwiesenthal loop from Kurort Oberwiesenthal

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