Kobelschanze
Kobelschanze stands on the Kobel, a mountain on the western edge of Füssen, as the remains of a former ski-jumping hill. Overgrown ground and scattered structural traces now replace the large timber-and-earth facility that once occupied this setting.
Heini Klopfer proposed the project after the Second World War, and Ski Club Füssen began building it in 1947. The hill opened in 1949 with a 95-metre K-point, while Klopfer made the first ceremonial jump before about 25,000 spectators. Sepp Weiler then set a German record at 94 metres, and major competitions continued until the late 1950s. Financially unsuccessful reconstruction plans in the 1970s preceded its demolition.
Look closely among the vegetation, where fragments of the former Mammoth Hill still mark Füssen’s ski-jumping history.
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