Hochfirst Ski Jump (Hochfirstschanze)
LocationTitisee-Neustadt
Germany
Coordinates47°54′15″N 8°13′09″E / 47.90417°N 8.21917°E / 47.90417; 8.21917
Opened1950
Renovated2001
Size
K–point125 m
Hill size142 m
Longest jump
(unofficial / fall)
150 m (486 ft)
 Maximilian Mechler (GER)
(21 January 2011)
Hill record148 m (464 ft)
 Domen Prevc (SLO)
(11 March 2016)

The Hochfirst Ski Jump (German: Hochfirstschanze) is a ski jumping hill located in Titisee-Neustadt in the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. The ski jump is named after the mountain Hochfirst (1197 m) in the Black Forest. It is the biggest natural ski jumping hill. This means that in contrast to many other ski jumping facilities, rather than an artificial tower, the natural gradient of the mountain slope was used for construction.[1]

History

In 1911, the first ski jumping hill at Neustadt in the Black Forest was built at the Mühlrain. From 1930 to 1932, the first Hochfirstschanze in Schmiedsbachtal was constructed as a 60-meter hill. It was inaugurated on December 31, 1933, in front of an attendance of 3,000 spectators. 10,000 spectators came to the hill during the Wehrmacht Championships in February 1938.

After World War II, the Ski Club Neustadt developed the idea to build a new large hill together with the ski jumpers Toni Brutscher, Sepp Weiler and Heini Klopfer from Oberstdorf. The natural K80 hill was planned by Heini Klopfer and constructed next to the old hill from August to December 1949. The Hochfirstschanze could be inaugurated on 1950-01-15, where 15,000 spectators could watch jumps of up to 95 meters.

The take-off area of the large hill was modified in 1971 and the hill was extended with a k-spot of 90 m, later 101 m. Furthermore, a bend in the inrun was straightened in 1971. In 1976, German Nationals were again held in Titisee-Neustadt and since 1978 competitions of Schwarzwälder Springertournee were held there, which later became part of Europe Cup and Continental Cup. A profound conversion of the landing hill and modifications to the take-off were carried out in 1987–88, enlarging the critical point to 113 m.

Next to the former 60-meter-hill, the Fritz-Heitzmann-K40 junior hill was reconstructed and covered with plastic mattings in 1993.

In 2000, almost 4 Mio. Euro were invested in order to modernize Hochfirstschanze as a World Cup-ready K120 ski jump. After a Continental Cup competition for the inauguration on February 10 and 11, 2001, the first Ski Jumping World Cup event in the Black Forest was hosted in December 2001. In 2003–2004, the hill profile was slightly changed from K120 to K125 (HS 142). The Hochfirstschanze has since been regular host of Ski Jumping World Cup and Continental Cup competitions, although the organizers often had to fight lack of snow and difficult weather conditions.[2][3]

International contests

The following list includes all jumping competitions organized by the FIS:

Date Competition Jump 1st 2nd 3rd
27 February

1999

1998–99 FIS Ski Jumping Continental CupK120Austria Matthias WallnerFinland Matti HautamäkiNorway Olav Magne Dønnem
27 February 20001999–2000 FIS Ski Jumping Continental CupK120Austria Wolfgang LoitzlSlovenia Bine NorčičFinland Kimmo Yliriesto
10 February 20012000–01 FIS Ski Jumping Continental CupK120Austria Germany Slovenia
11 February 20012000–01 FIS Ski Jumping Continental CupK120Austria Manuel FettnerAustria Reinhard SchwarzenbergerGermany Georg Späth
1 December 20012001–02 FIS Ski Jumping World CupK120Poland Adam MałyszGermany Martin SchmittGermany Stephan Hocke
2 December 20012001–02 FIS Ski Jumping World CupK120Germany Sven HannawaldPoland Adam MałyszAustria Andreas Goldberger
15 December 20022002–03 FIS Ski Jumping World CupK120Austria Martin HöllwarthNorway Sigurd PettersenPoland Adam Małysz
15 December 20022002–03 FIS Ski Jumping World CupK120Austria Martin HöllwarthAustria Andreas GoldbergerAustria Andreas Kofler
25 January 20032002–03 FIS Ski Jumping Continental CupK120Germany Christof DuffnerNorway Daniel ForfangGermany Kai Bracht
26 January 20032002–03 FIS Ski Jumping Continental CupK120Poland Robert MatejaSlovenia Igor MedvedNorway Daniel Forfang
13 December 20032003–04 FIS Ski Jumping World CupK120Competition canceled due to strong winds
14 December 20032003–04 FIS Ski Jumping World CupK120Finland Tami KiuruAustria Andreas WidhölzlFinland Janne Ahonen
22 January 20052004–05 FIS Ski Jumping World CupHS142Finland Janne AhonenCzech Republic Jakub JandaAustria Thomas Morgenstern
23 January 20052004–05 FIS Ski Jumping World CupHS142Czech Republic Jakub JandaPoland Adam MałyszFinland Risto Jussilainen
21 January 20062005–06 FIS Ski Jumping Continental CupHS142Austria Bastian KaltenböckAustria Roland MüllerAustria Mathias Hafele
22 January 20062005–06 FIS Ski Jumping Continental CupHS142Austria Gerald WambacherAustria Bastian KaltenböckFinland Arttu Lappi
3 February 20072006–07 FIS Ski Jumping World CupHS142Poland Adam MałyszAustria Andreas KoflerNorway Anders Jacobsen
4 February 20072006–07 FIS Ski Jumping World CupHS142Poland Adam MałyszAustria Gregor SchlierenzauerRussia Dmitri Wassiljew
31 January 20092008–09 FIS Ski Jumping Continental CupHS142Czech Republic Jakub JandaCzech Republic Ondřej VaculíkGermany Pascal Bodmer
1 February 20092008–09 FIS Ski Jumping Continental CupHS142Czech Republic Jakub JandaAustria Roland MüllerAustria Daniel Lackner
16 January 20102009–10 FIS Ski Jumping Continental CupHS142Austria Michael HayböckAustria Björn KochCzech Republic Borek Sedlák
17 January 20102009–10 FIS Ski Jumping Continental CupHS142Competition canceled due to strong winds
22 January 20112010–11 FIS Ski Jumping Continental CupHS142Germany Maximilian MechlerSlovenia Matic KramaršičAustria Manuel Poppinger
23 January 20112010–11 FIS Ski Jumping Continental CupHS142Germany Maximilian MechlerSlovenia Rok ZimaGermany Felix Schoft
14 January 20122011–12 FIS Ski Jumping Continental CupHS142Austria Manuel FettnerPoland Stefan HulaNorway Robert Johansson
15 January 20122011–12 FIS Ski Jumping Continental CupHS142Austria Manuel FettnerCzech Republic Antonín HájekNorway Andreas Stjernen
26 January 20132012–13 FIS Ski Jumping Continental CupHS142Norway Fredrik BjerkeengenAustria Manuel FettnerUnited States Nicholas Alexander
27 January 20132012–13 FIS Ski Jumping Continental CupHS142Austria Manuel FettnerNorway Kim René Elverum Sorsell
Slovenia Rok Justin
14 December 20132013–14 FIS Ski Jumping World CupHS142Austria Thomas MorgensternPoland Kamil StochSwitzerland Simon Ammann
15 December 20132013–14 FIS Ski Jumping World CupHS142Poland Kamil StochSwitzerland Simon AmmannJapan Noriaki Kasai
7 February 20152014–15 FIS Ski Jumping World CupHS142Germany Severin FreundAustria Stefan KraftSlovenia Peter Prevc
8 February 20152014–15 FIS Ski Jumping World CupHS142Norway Anders FannemelPoland Kamil StochCzech Republic Roman Koudelka
28 February 20152014–15 FIS Ski Jumping Continental CupHS142Norway Kenneth GangnesSlovenia Jaka Hvala Norway
28 February 20152014–15 FIS Ski Jumping Continental CupHS142 NorwayGermany Andreas WankGermany Pius Paschke
1 March 20152014–15 FIS Ski Jumping Continental CupHS142Norway Halvor Egner GranerudGermany Stephan LeyheGermany Andreas Wank
Poland Krzysztof Biegun
12 March 20162015–16 FIS Ski Jumping World CupHS142Norway Johann André ForfangSlovenia Peter PrevcNorway Kenneth Gangnes
13 March 20162015–16 FIS Ski Jumping World CupHS142Competition canceled due to strong winds
7 January 20172016–17 FIS Ski Jumping Continental CupHS142Norway Johann André ForfangAustria Daniel HuberPoland Klemens Murańka
8 January 20172016–17 FIS Ski Jumping Continental CupHS142Czech Republic Viktor PolášekNorway Johann André ForfangAustria Clemens Aigner
9 December 20172017–18 FIS Ski Jumping World CupHS142
10 December 20172017–18 FIS Ski Jumping World CupHS142Germany Richard FreitagGermany Andreas Wellinger Norway
6 January 20182017–18 FIS Ski Jumping Continental CupHS142Norway Marius LindvikSlovenia Nejc DežmanFrance Vincent Descombes Sevoie
7 January 20182017–18 FIS Ski Jumping Continental CupHS142Germany David SiegelNorway Marius LindvikNorway Sondre Ringen
8 December 20182018–19 FIS Ski Jumping World CupHS142Competitions canceled due to warm temperatures and heavy precipitation[4]
9 December 20182018–19 FIS Ski Jumping World CupHS142
9 December 20182018–19 FIS Ski Jumping World CupHS142
18 January 20202019–20 FIS Ski Jumping World CupHS142Poland Dawid KubackiAustria Stefan KraftJapan Ryōyū Kobayashi
19 January 20202019–20 FIS Ski Jumping World CupHS142Poland Dawid KubackiJapan Ryōyū KobayashiSlovenia Timi Zajc
January 2021 2020–21 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup HS142 Due to Covid-19 regulations, visitors will not be able to watch the competition in Titisee-Neustadt.[5]

See also

References

  1. "Hochfirstschanze Neustadt". www.alemannische-seiten.de (in German). Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  2. "Hochfirst, Titisee-Neustadt". Skisprungschanzen-Archiv » skisprungschanzen.com (in German). Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  3. "Hochfirstschanze: Naturskisprungschanze im Schwarzwald". Hochschwarzwald Tourismus GmbH (in German). Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  4. "Weltcup-Skispringen in Titisee-Neustadt abgesagt". skispringen.com. 4 December 2018.
  5. "weltcupskispringen.com – Weltcup in Titisee-Neustadt | Hochschwarzwald. Hochgefühl" (in German). Retrieved 2 November 2020.
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