Stadion der Weltjugend

Coordinates: 52°31′59.06″N 13°22′35.70″E / 52.5330722°N 13.3765833°E / 52.5330722; 13.3765833
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Stadion der Weltjugend
SC Dynamo Berlin (1954–1955, 1956-1961)
FDGB-Pokal Final (1950, 1975 to 1989)
World Festival of Youth and Students (1951 and 1973)
13 matches of East Germany football team

Stadion der Weltjugend was a multi-use stadium in the locality of Mitte in the eponymous borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany. It was inaugurated on 20 May 1950 by the First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party, Walter Ulbricht for the first "Deutschlandtreffen ("German Festival") of the Free German Youth.[1] The stadium was named after Walter Ulbricht. In the vernacular of Berlin, the stadium was later called Zickenwiese after Ulbricht's beard.[2]

The Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion had a capacity of 70,000 spectators and was complemented by several further football pitches, tennis courts and athletic fields. It was the largest stadium in East Germany at its opening. The stadium was a site of the 3rd World Festival of Youth and Students in 1951. The stadium was redeveloped ahead of the 10th World Festival of Youth and Students in 1973, together with the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark. The redevelopment included the installation of seating, which reduced the capacity to 50,000. The redeveloped stadium was then also renamed to Stadion der Weltjugend ("Stadium of the World Youth").

The Walter Ulbricht-Stadion was the home ground of the football team of

BFC Dynamo and 1. FC Union Berlin
for security reasons from 1976 to 1989.

The stadium was bordered by the

Berlin wall
in 1961. The station was renamed Stadion der Weltjugend after the stadium was renamed in 1973.

The stadium was demolished in 1992 in preparation for the construction of a new arena for the 2000 Summer Olympics. As Berlin failed in the bidding process, the area remained abandoned. The construction of the new headquarters of the Federal Intelligence Service began on the site in 2006.

See also

Explanatory notes

  1. ^ SC Dynamo Berlin played the short transitional 1955 season during the autumn of 1955 at the football stadium in the Dynamo-Sportforum, but returned to the Walter-Ulbricht Stadion for the 1956 season.[3]

References

  1. ^ Marco Bertram (4 June 2019). "August 1951: DDR vs. Dynamo Moskau in Ostberlin" (in German). Turus. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  2. ^ Heinke, Lothar (25 June 2017). "Stadion der Weltjugend: Vor 25 Jahren musste die Arena weichen". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Berlin: Verlag Der Tagesspiegel GmbH. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  3. ISBN 978-3-944068-95-4
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