Post by Bayern Gull on Apr 8, 2011 12:14:53 GMT
Although I did not see a game at the Poststadion, it was still a very interesting place to visit - a dream come true for those interested in old stadiums.
The Poststadion is only a few bus stops away from the main railway station and it's hard to believe it has been so neglected for so many years. Just a couple of years ago there were not even any teams based there but recently BAK 07 have moved in and the place is currently in the process of being tidied up. In a way it's a bit of a shame it's being renovated as it will lose the overgrown look that large parts of it have at the moment. The average attendance for the first season of BAK 07's residence was only 96.
The stadium was built in 1929 and is another stadium that was used for the 1936 Olympics. Famously, Norway beat Germany in front of 55,000 spectators and knocked them out of the competition. Outside the main stand there is a photo of the Norway team taken on that day and it has come out fairly well in my picture below. Adolf Hitler was at that match and there are conflicting reports about this being the only football match he ever attended. The stadium also hosted German championship finals in the 1930s and was the scene of Max Schmeling's 12 round win against Paulino Uzcudun in 1935. But that's not all . . . on 10th May 1930, England and Germany played out a 3-3 draw with England's eventually equalizer coming from none other than David Jack.
The stadium today is holds 10,000 and an interesting feature is the mixture of new and closed off older sections of terracing visible in some of the photos. The grandstand currently only has a few rows of seats at the front as the old seats (I suspect they were actually benches) have been ripped out ready for renovation.
I was very lucky that the only person at the stadium just waved me in to take photos and I basically could go anywhere I wanted to. Best of all, the gate to the really overgrown end of the ground was open and I got some good shots standing on the old terracing - a great experience.
The Poststadion is only a few bus stops away from the main railway station and it's hard to believe it has been so neglected for so many years. Just a couple of years ago there were not even any teams based there but recently BAK 07 have moved in and the place is currently in the process of being tidied up. In a way it's a bit of a shame it's being renovated as it will lose the overgrown look that large parts of it have at the moment. The average attendance for the first season of BAK 07's residence was only 96.
The stadium was built in 1929 and is another stadium that was used for the 1936 Olympics. Famously, Norway beat Germany in front of 55,000 spectators and knocked them out of the competition. Outside the main stand there is a photo of the Norway team taken on that day and it has come out fairly well in my picture below. Adolf Hitler was at that match and there are conflicting reports about this being the only football match he ever attended. The stadium also hosted German championship finals in the 1930s and was the scene of Max Schmeling's 12 round win against Paulino Uzcudun in 1935. But that's not all . . . on 10th May 1930, England and Germany played out a 3-3 draw with England's eventually equalizer coming from none other than David Jack.
The stadium today is holds 10,000 and an interesting feature is the mixture of new and closed off older sections of terracing visible in some of the photos. The grandstand currently only has a few rows of seats at the front as the old seats (I suspect they were actually benches) have been ripped out ready for renovation.
I was very lucky that the only person at the stadium just waved me in to take photos and I basically could go anywhere I wanted to. Best of all, the gate to the really overgrown end of the ground was open and I got some good shots standing on the old terracing - a great experience.