Altenberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track

50.78222222222213.7225Koordinaten: 50 ° 46 ' 56 "N, 13 ° 43' 21" E

The DKB- ice run until 2012, the luge and bobsled track Altenberg ( RSBB ), is a skating rink for the bobsleigh, skeleton and luge in Germany. It is located in the Saxon Erzgebirge on a northeast slope in the immediate vicinity of the place Hirschsprung, about 5 km from Altenberg. The track with a total length of 1413 m has a total of 18 curves since 2007 - of which a top, the 320 ° curve 10 on the train can reach speeds of 140 km / h can be achieved.

History

In 1983, construction of the bobsled run, they were under the supervision of the Ministry for State Security ( MfS), which in 1989 was the carrier of the web even after completion of the railway to the dissolution of the Stasi. The goal was to build one of the most demanding ice rinks in the world. After two years of construction, the first test runs were on the program. Due to poor communication during the planning activity that resulted from the secrecy measures of the Stasi, it was inter alia to problems in various curves - eg in the curves 11 and 12 - and they had to be demolished and re- built. Today the Altenberg bobsleigh and Rensch Litt railway applies, in addition to the Olympic track in Whistler 2010 (British Columbia), as the most difficult and most dangerous in the world. The plans were made by the Scientific and Technical Centre for sports facilities (STC) in Leipzig, the constructional realization was up to the VEB construction and assembly combine coal and energy Dresden and refrigeration technology came from VEB Maschinenfabrik Hall.

The exact figures of the construction costs are not known, but it is spoken today by a three-digit million sum.

On the second weekend in March of 1986 was the GDR championships in the two- the first official competition still under construction site conditions instead. After handing over the second ice rink of the GDR to Oberhof end of November followed by the international premiere of the three -track tour as a prelude to the luge season 1986 / 87th The official opening ceremony took place in 1987. The bobsled fulfilled the technical and security requirements of the FIBT and the FIL.

1991 transferred the state government of Saxony responsibility for the Altenberg track of the city, which was the first host of the Bob World Cup in the same year. First luge World Cup was held in 1996 and 1998, the Skeleton World Cup.

For the second time Bob World Cup 2000 was held in Altenberg. It visited about 20,000 visitors, the event. 2007 bobsleigh for the Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Cup in the following year for 4.1 million euros has been renewed. The run-off area was rebuilt and expanded by the new curve 18. The Weißeritzkreis was the owner of the car and it was ( Erzgebirge ) GmbH founded in the winter sports Altenberg.

To Bob and Skeleton World Cup 2008 about 30,000 visitors came to the railway and 18 million TV viewers in Germany and 210 million worldwide watched the race. The FIL World Luge Championships 2012 took place in Altenberg.

Before the Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Cup 2012, the German Credit Bank ( DKB) secured the naming rights to the Altenberg track. In the current season 2011/12, therefore, the name was changed from luge and bobsled track Altenberg ( RSBB ) in DKB ice track.

Events

For years World Cup race of the luge, bobsled and skeleton sled as well as many major events take place on the bobsled run, such as the 6 Official Wok World Championship with Stefan Raab.

Records

Start Records

Track Records

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