Max Aicher Arena Explained

Stadium Name:Max Aicher Arena
Location:Inzell, Germany
Opened:1965
Renovated:2010
Former Names:Ludwig-Schwabl-Stadion
Seating Capacity:10.000

The Max Aicher Arena (in the past known as Eisstadion Inzell and Ludwig-Schwabl-Stadion) is a stadium located in Inzell, Germany, best known as a speed skating venue. It is an indoor, artificial ice rink, located 690 metres (2,264 feet) above sea level and has a capacity of 10,000 people. Since its opening, as an outdoor venue, towards the end of 1965, more than 80 world records in speed skating have been broken here, and until the advent of indoor speed skating arenas, it was known as the fastest European speed skating rink, second in the world after the Medeu rink.

The stadium is also used for ice hockey, ice speedway, and (in the summer months) roller skating.

History

About five kilometers north of Inzell is the, one of the coldest lakes in Germany. Natural ice was prepared for speed skating and ice hockey and became a main training and competitions facility from 1959. The harsh winter conditions finally put an end to the Frillensee as an skating facility with the last German Championships held on 26–27 January 1963. In 1963 an natural ice stadium was built down the valley at and was converted into an artificial ice stadium in 1965. In 1965 the 400m artificial ice rink was built at the foot of the Falkenstein.[1]

Competitions

Track records

Men
DistanceTimeSkaterDateDuration
500 m34.10 Jordan Stolz9 March 2024 days
1000 m1:07.11 Ning Zhongyan8 March 2024 days
1500 m1:41.77 Jordan Stolz10 March 2024 days
3000 m3:37.45 Sven Kramer7 October 2017 days
5000 m6:06.28 Davide Ghiotto9 March 2024 days
10000 m12:40.61 Davide Ghiotto10 March 2024 days
Team pursuit3:38.438 February 2019 days
Women
DistanceTimeSkaterDateDuration
500 m37.07 Femke Kok7 March 2024 days
1000 m1:12.86 Jutta Leerdam8 March 2024 days
1500 m1:52.65 Joy Beune10 March 2024 days
3000 m3:55.72 Joy Beune9 March 2024 days
5000 m6:44.85 Martina Sáblíková9 February 2019 days
Team pursuit2:55.788 February 2019 days

External links

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.max-aicher-arena.de/ueber-uns/geschichte Inzell & das Eis – wie alles begann