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Tübingen District

Old Laichingen Ski Jump

Tübingen District

Old Laichingen Ski Jump

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Old Laichingen Ski Jump

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Location: Laichingen, Alb-Donau-Kreis, Tübingen District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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1. Old Laichingen Ski Jump loop from Laichingen

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3. Old Laichingen Ski Jump loop from Laichingen

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Kristian

October 5, 2024

In 1924, the local council approved the Swabian Alb Association's construction of a ski jump on Laichinger Eichberg, but it was not until the snowshoeing department was founded in 1926 that the first ski jump took place on Eichberg in January 1927. Even ski jumping on a makeshift ski jump in Nattenbuch in nearby Feldstetten did not change the desire for a better and larger ski jump. After several submissions, the ski jump in Buch was finally built and inaugurated on February 1, 1931 with a ski jump open to the association.
In the same year, the inrun tower was raised by 4 to almost 8 m in order to achieve faster inrun speeds. In 1935, the ski jump record was 36 m, which was not beaten at the last ski jump in 1941. After the end of the war, the ski jump had fallen into disrepair and was unusable and the association decided to rebuild it in November 1946.
Since the history of the town of Laichingen is rooted in the traditional craft of linen weaving over the centuries, the idea of a cup ski jumping competition of the same name was born. In 1949, the first linen weaver ski jumping competition was held, which was held every year until 1958. Unfortunately, the ski jump, which had become dilapidated by then, had to be completely demolished in 1961/62 and ski jumping was suspended until the club's 50th anniversary in 1978. With the construction of the ski hut below the ski jump, it was also put back into operation as a natural ski jump.
In the summer of 1983, the new inrun tower was built in order to hold the national school ski games the following winter, where Dieter Thoma (3rd place) was one of the participants. From around the mid-1990s, the ski jump was no longer used, as ski jumping is dependent on snow and covering mats is unrealistic for club sports.

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Wolf_62

February 28, 2021

In operation until the mid-1990s.

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Location: Laichingen, Alb-Donau-Kreis, Tübingen District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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