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Frankenwaldschanze (Former Ski Jump)

Frankenwaldschanze (Former Ski Jump)

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Frankenwaldschanze (Former Ski Jump)

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Location: Bad Steben, Landkreis Hof, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

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Andrea und Huskys 🐺

June 20, 2025

In 1926, the Bad Steben Winter Sports Club built the first ski jump on the "Leithe" river near Carlsgrün, allowing jumps of up to 20 meters.
In 1952, a larger wooden inrun tower was constructed and the landing slope was re-profiled. In 1968, the wooden tower was demolished due to dilapidation and rebuilt in 1987. In 1994, the facility was covered with plastic matting. This made ski jumping possible even in summer.

At the end of the 2000s, however, interest in ski jumping in Bad Steben declined sharply, and in 2010 the ski jump had to be closed due to defects in the matting. The winter sports club disbanded in 2012. The dilapidated Frankenwaldschanze was demolished in March 2015.

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Tatjana 👣🏞️🍺

December 9, 2020

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October 31, 2021

The Frankenwaldschanze near Bad Steben was the last ski jumping hill in the Franconian Forest until it was closed in 2010 due to structural defects. Since then, ski jumping is no longer possible in the Franconian Forest. [2] The ski jump and the jump tower were blown up on March 27, 2015.
The ski jump was built in 1927 on a plot of land in the Bad Steben market near Carlsgrün. In its original form, jumps of up to 20 meters were possible. In 1952 the ski jump, which belonged to the Bad Steben winter sports club, was renovated. The dilapidated tower was demolished in 1968 and replaced by a new 21 meter high wooden tower in 1987. In 1994 it was covered with a mat. Since then the hill has mainly been used for summer ski jumping.

The hill record in winter with snow cover is 56.0 meters, set by Zdeněk Hnyk from Dukla Liberec. Greater widths were achieved with mats, including 61.5 meters by Lukáš Hlava on June 6, 1999 and June 4, 2000. Vladěna Pustková from the Czech Republic, set in 2004, holds the women's record with 60.0 meters. [3]

As a high-level event, an international night jumping event with world and Olympic champions from what was then Czechoslovakia took place in 1988. [3]
A renovation of the ski jump was uncertain because the owners association, the Bad Steben winter sports club, had dissolved at the beginning of 2012. [4]

With the decision of the municipal council of Bad Steben on November 3, 2014, the inrun should be blown up in 2014 with the support of the technical relief organization. The jump tower should remain as undamaged as possible so that it can be used for other purposes in the future.

The ski jump and the jump tower were blown up on March 27, 2015. [5]

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