Ernst Grube Stadium

1 FC Magdeburg

The Ernst-Grube -Stadion was the largest stadium in the city of Magdeburg.

It had a capacity of 25,800 spectators and was the home stadium of the 1 FC Magdeburg. It was named after the Magdeburg Reichstag deputies Ernst Grube (KPD ). In 2005 it was demolished. At the same place was from June 2005 to November 2006 a new football stadium, the MDCC- Arena for up to 27,250 spectators.

History

A first stadium at this point ( Gübser dam ) was inaugurated on 14 April 1912. It served the football club Victoria 96 as a venue. The first highlight was the performance of the final of the German Football Championship of 1914 between SpVgg Fürth and VfB Leipzig.

Referred to as Ernst-Grube -Stadion stadium was built in the time of the GDR in the early 1950s. The plan was initially the construction of a large sports complex with a stadium for 80,000 people and a large indoor pool in the center of Magdeburg on the Schroteplatz. The corresponding City Council Decision of 25 May 1954, but not implemented, as the distributors on the designated off-road operation of VEB protested building material supply to the government and received a permit for the use of the land until 1960. The city, therefore, decided to rebuild on the Victoria site.

The pit Stadium was built as part of the National integration with more than 400,000 volunteer hours building. For embankment of the ramparts for the bleachers 150,000 cubic meters (about 1,000 cubic meters per day) were antransportiert rubble from the destroyed in the Second World War Magdeburg's Old Town.

The suitable also for athletics stadium was opened on 18 September 1955, the holding of the 1st District Gymnastics and Sports Festival in front of 40,000 spectators. On the eve of opening a torchlight procession in the Magdeburg city center, and a rally was held at the Old Market. Speaker was Manfred von Brauchitsch, among other things, in his capacity as Chairman of the Committee of Union and freedom in the German sport. In addition, a soccer friendly match between the B- selections of the GDR and Romania took place, which the GDR 3-0.

In later years, was a further expansion of the system and the establishment of a floodlight. In addition to the football club first FCM especially the athletes of the SC Magdeburg were users of the stadium.

In addition to several international matches the GDR 's national soccer team as well-known teams such as Bayern Munich, Malmo FF, Juventus, FC Schalke 04 and PSV Eindhoven were in the stadium as a guest.

Due to the increasing requirements for remediation of the plant after almost 50 years of existence of the Magdeburg city council decided to demolish the old facility and the construction of a modern football stadium in 2004. The floodlight towers were demolished by an explosion.

During the construction of the first FC Magdeburg played from February 2005 until the end of 2006 again at the Heinrich Germer Stadium. On 10 December 2006, the new football stadium was inaugurated in Magdeburg.

Gallery

Back straight

Scoreboard

Speaker tower

Marathon curve

Flutlichtmast

Floodlit game