Stadion Oberwerth

  • TuS Koblenz
  • German soccer championship 1936/37,
  • German soccer championship 1942/43,
  • German soccer championship 1948/49,
  • 1960-1992: International evening sports festival
  • DFB - League Cup 1997
  • DFB - League Awards 1998
  • DFB-Pokal 2012/13
  • Since 1983: Mini- International

The stadium Oberwerth is a football stadium with track and field facility at the Sportpark Oberwerth in Koblenz. The home stadium of TuS Koblenz was inaugurated in 1935 in Oberwerth district. It can accommodate 9,500 spectators and has 2,000 seats and 7,500 standing places. The stadium is situated on a 40,000 m² site. To the 105 × 68 meter playing field performs a sechsbahnige and 400 meters long full synthetic track.

History

A first stage on the Oberwerth was built in 1920 by U.S. occupation forces. The " Americans " stadium was operated until 1929 by the U.S. Army. As part of a job creation program of the Nazis, it was expanded 1934-1935 after plans by Friedrich Neumann. On June 15, 1935, was inaugurated by Mayor Otto Wittgenstein as " Hermann- Göring- arena ". At that time, it had a seating capacity of about 30,000 people. After the Second World War, it was briefly used by the French army of occupation as " Stade de Gaulle " 1945. The home games of TuS Neuendorf (name from 1982: TuS Koblenz ) will take place in Oberwerth Stadium since 1946.

On May 3, 1958 floodlights were inaugurated at the stage, which was then the most modern of its kind in Germany. In the 1960s, when the TuS Neuendorf played in the Bundesliga promotion round, came up to 30,000 spectators in the stadium Oberwerth. The attendance record is from the league game against FCK on January 8, 1950, when 40,000 spectators watched the game.

The stadium was Oberwerth 1960-1992 venue of the International evening sporting event. In Koblenz four IAAF World Records, five European records and eleven DLV records were set.

Since 1983, the Mini - International is performed for medium and long distances. In 2004 it was held with ten countries ( including Kenya, Tunisia and Ghana) and was the official DLV Olympic qualifying for the 800 -meter runs of the men and women and for the 5000 meters of the men. The stadium was also the venue of international football games and the DFB - League Cup games.

In mid-2006, after the rise of TuS Koblenz, the stadium was rebuilt by the directives of the 2nd Bundesliga and renovated. The cost of this took over the city of Koblenz. The floodlight got a strength of 1200 lux and it was a video wall installed. The capacity for the 2nd Bundesliga was 15,000 people. In the summer of 2007, the stadium received a soil heating and a new turf. The standing ranks 1 to 4 were provided in accordance with the requirements with new concrete steps and installed an additional grandstand in the south area.

In March 2011, the South Stand built in 2007, was closed due to static problems for the time being, after it was found that the surface pressures on the grandstand can not fully carry. There were then slight modifications on the grandstand and its subsoil made ​​to allow the Tribune has already opened two weeks later.

Following the withdrawal of TuS Koblenz in the Football League Southwest for the season 2011/12 the additional grandstands on the backstretch and the South Stand was reduced. The high rental costs were no longer viable for the club. The capacity of the stadium of 15,000 was reduced to 9,500 spectators. To make further savings was initially not set out the video screen to continue to operate. 2012 but was again put into operation, as a sponsor covered the costs. Similarly, the VIP section of the stadium was opened in 2013 next to the main stage again, after the design has been redone from containers. Operators of the area has since become a sponsor of the association in the field of gastronomy.

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