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72-590: Sportforum Hohenschönhausen , officially named Sportforum Berlin , is a multi-purpose sports complex in the locality of Alt-Hohenschönhausen of the borough of Lichtenberg in Berlin. The Sportforum was also known as the Dynamo-Sportforum during the East German era. Sportforum Hohenschönhausen covers an area between 45 and 50 hectares, and comprises 35 sports facilities, including three ice rinks, two athletics halls,

144-542: A building or other structure can be protected as a Monument historique . Successful heritage management for a building generally requires that the building continues to be used, as disused buildings are likely to deteriorate quickly. If the purpose for which the building was originally constructed is no longer viable, then other uses, often requiring sympathetic modification must be found. Heritage machinery, such as antique or vintage cars and heritage railways can best be understood and are best accessed and experienced by

216-566: A capacity of between 1,700 and 4,000 spectators depending on the type of event. The large sports hall measures 64 meters in length, 30 meters in width and 15 meters in height inside. Dynamo-Sporthalle therefore allows for several different sports, such as gymnastics , handball , volleyball , judo, boxing , basketball , badminton , table tennis and archery . In the adjoining sports halls, there are further halls for, among other things, volleyball, basketball, judo and fencing, as well as weight lifting rooms and meeting rooms. The Dynamo-Sporthalle

288-525: A football stadium, as well as eight other halls and open spaces for various sports. Development of the Dynamo-Sportforum began in 1954. The original building ensemble, which was built in individual sections from 1955 to 1960 based on designs by an architectural collective led by Walter Schmidt, is a protected building of cultural heritage. Expansion of the Sportforum continued into the 1980s. The complex

360-404: A group that may not be either particularly historical or an archaeological site. An example would be a location used for contemporary Native American religious events that has no archaeological remains. A phase of evaluation is considered important in assessing the significance of a possible cultural heritage site. This can comprise a desk-based study, interviews with informants in the community,

432-466: A single museum, a range of approaches may be used including interpretative panels, presenting artefacts in a realistic setting as they would have been experienced, and creating interactive and virtual exhibits. Museums also have processes to loan artefacts to other institutions or exhibitions. Interpretative panels, and other signage, such as Blue plaques in the UK are important in ensuring that cultural heritage

504-546: A whole 13,500 spectators to its match against 1. FC Union Berlin on 3 May 1969. BFC Dynamo began playing occasional matches that required floodlights at the larger Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark in Prenzlauer Berg from November 1968. The Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark was the home ground of FC Vorwärts Berlin at the time. However, the stadium became vacant when FC Vorwärts Berlin was relocated to Frankfurt an der Oder on 31 August 1971. BFC Dynamo played its home matches in

576-448: A wide-area survey, or trial trenching. In North America, survey normally includes either walking ploughed fields in 5–10-metre transects or digging shovel test pits at the same intervals. The soil from the test pits is sifted through 6 mm mesh to look for artifacts. If artifacts are found, the next stage of investigation is usually digging and sifting a spaced grid of test pits (1 m by 1 m trenches) to determine how large or significant

648-459: Is connected to the entrance building via a tunnel. A large swimming hall with a 50-meter competition pool with eight lanes was completed in north-western part of the sports complex in 1964. The swimming hall was then supplemented by an outdoor swimming pool in 1967. The outdoor swimming pool was given a retractable steel roof structure in 1970. The swimming hall was also supplemented by the world's first swimming machine in 1976. The swimming machine

720-695: Is now a protected building of cultural importance. The sports complex also includes artworks, such as mural and mosaic artworks by Wolfgang Frankenstein in the foyer of the Dynamo-Sporthalle and foyer of the swimming hall, the copper artwork Sport-Fries by Wolfgang Frankenstein on the facade of the large sports halls complex towards the Konrad-Wolf-Straße and the two sculptures Seated Swimmers ( German : Sitzende Schwimmerinnen ) by Gustav Weidanz and Standing Swimmer ( German : Stehende Schwimmerin ) by Waldemar Grzimek. The Dynamo-Sportforum

792-409: Is still used as a training facility by the professional team of Eisbären Berlin. It also serves as the home arena of the youth teams of Eisbären Berlin. An uncovered skating rink was completed in 1962 from existing sports fields on the southeast corner of the Dynamo-Sportforum. The speed skating rink was covered with an indoor hall in 1986. The speed skating indoor arena opened on 17 November 1986, as

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864-436: Is the home arena for the handball club VC Olympia Berlin. In addition, national and international sports events of the highest class within a number of different sports take place in the hall up to 230 days per year. The Dynamo-Sporthalle has also been used for other type of events, such as congresses, political mass meetings and balls: An uncovered articial ice rink was completed in the Dynamo-Sportforum in 1958. The ice rink

936-621: Is the second largest sports complex in Berlin after the Olympiapark . In 1952, the Magistrate of East Berlin donated part of today's Sportforum Hohenschönhausen to the Volkspolizei , who built a large football facility for their athletes on the site. At the time, the sports complex only extended up to the Steffenstraße, opposite today's Sandinostraße. Steffenstraße has since been integrated into

1008-435: Is the second largest sports complex in Berlin after the Olympiapark . The Dynamo-Sportforum was a training center where top athletes and future Olympic medalists trained during the East German era. It was the headquarter of sports association SV Dynamo and home to sports club SC Dynamo Berlin . The Olympic Training Center Berlin (OSP Berlin) is now the main user of the facilities. Around 20 sports clubs are also based in

1080-399: Is understood in the context of the local community. Preservation and restoration usually refers to architectural or engineering heritage assets such as heritage buildings or other structures and heritage railways . The UK has a number of different forms of protection for buildings and structures, including listed buildings , conservation areas and Scheduled Ancient Monuments . In France

1152-528: The 1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup and two home matches in the 1971–72 DDR-Oberliga at Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark during the 1971–72 season. However, more matches at the stadium were not possible after the summer of 1972, as the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark was then undergoing extensive renovation for the upcoming 10th World Festival of Youth and Students . BFC Dynamo finished the 1971–72 DDR-Oberliga as runners-up and qualified for

1224-543: The 1972–73 UEFA Cup . However, neither the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark nor the Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion were available for the upcoming UEFA Cup matches. Both were undergoing extensive renovation for the 10th World Festival of Youth and Students. Instead, the Dynamo-Stadion im Sportforum underwent a complete transformation in just five weeks between the end of July 1972 and September 1972. The flat terraces on

1296-464: The United Kingdom , PPG 16 has been instrumental in improving the management of historic sites in the face of development. The subject has developed from an emphasis on preservation of material culture (by record if not by physical remains), to encompass the broader concepts of culture, which are inseparable from the local communities. Modern thinking takes the view that cultural heritage belongs to

1368-592: The Wayback Machine of the Archaeological Data Service in the UK, are beginning to make the reports available to everyone. Curation refers to the long-term preservation and retention of heritage assets and to providing access to them in a variety of forms. Fragile heritage assets may need to be preserved in a special environment, and protected from light (especially ultra-violet ), humidity , fluctuations in temperature and in some cases, oxygen from

1440-410: The football stadium . The swimming facilities were extensively refurbished in the 2000s. The swimming machine was renovated and brought up to its current high-tech level in 2001, at a cost of 1.75 million Euros. The large swimming hall was also renovated from 2005 and onwards, for a cost of 12–13.5 million Euros. The renovation of the swimming hall was completed in 2007. The swimming hall is now one of

1512-519: The 1954–55 season at the Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion in Mitte . The team moved its home matches to the football stadium in the Dynamo-Sportforum for the short transitional 1955 season . The stadium was also called Stadion Steffenstraße at this time. The capacity of the stadium was 8,000 spectators during the 1955 season. SC Dynamo Berlin functionary Günther Purrmann praised the Dynamo-Sportforum after

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1584-403: The 1955 season, as it offered all facilities for training, such as good changing rooms, a small canteen and a bright room for theory lessons. But above all, the football stadium offered better contact with the crowd, compared to the very large Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion. Nevertheless, SC Dynamo Berlin returned to the Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion for the 1956 season . SC Dynamo Berlin moved permanently to

1656-443: The 1960s. The capacity was 10,000 spectators at the start of the 1965–66 season. The northern end towards the ice hockey arena , which was still open, was closed with a relatively flat earth embankment, except for the entrance, in the autumn of 1965. The capacity of the stadium thus increased to 12,000 spectators. At the same time, the large car park next to the Dynamo-Sporthalle was created and snack bars were established. The capacity

1728-651: The 1960s. The highlights were matches against local rivals ASK Vorvärts Berlin , and matches against the various top teams during the period, such as SC Empor Rostock , SC Motor Jena and SC Leipzig . In the late 1960s, the matches against local rival 1. FC Union Berlin drew the largest crowds. SC Dynamo Berlin drew 10,000 spectators to its match against SC Empor Rostock in on 25 March 1962, 9,000 spectators to its match against SC Motor Jena on 9 August 1964 and 10,000 spectators to its match against SC Leipzig on 18 September 1965. BFC Dynamo then drew 12,000 spectators to its match against FC Vorwärts Berlin on 26 February 1966 and

1800-421: The 1961–62 season. The Dynamo-Sportforum was still on the outskirts of Berlin in the early 1960s. The sports complex was surrounded by thousands of small gardens. Hohenschönhausen was primarily known as an excursion destination among Berliners. There was only one tram connection to the Dynamo-Sportforum. During the 1955 season, the transport options to the stadium had been poor. The Dynamo-Stadion im Sportforum

1872-526: The 1972–73 UEFA Cup at the Dynamo-Stadion im Sportforum. The match against Liverpool F.C. in the Round of 16 on 29 November 1972 was attended by 20,000 spectators. The attendance is still a record attendance for the stadium. BFC Dynamo then remained at the Dynamo-Stadion im Sportforum for a couple more seasons. The surroundings around Dynamo-Sportform had now changed dramatically. The ruling Socialist Unity Party (SED) had decided on an housing construction program at

1944-526: The 1976–77 season. The Dynamo-Stadion im Sportforum would rarely be used for larger matches from then. The stadium would mainly be used by the reserve team BFC Dynamo II. BFC Dynamo II had played in the second tier DDR-Liga since the 1968–69 season. The team was transferred to the Next Generation Oberliga ( German : Nachwuchsoberliga ) ( de ) after the 1975–76 season, but returned to the DDR-Liga in

2016-485: The 1984–85 season under coach Werner Voigt . The capacity of the Dynamo-Stadion im Sportforum was reduced to 15,000 spectators in 1985. BFC Dynamo returned to the Dynamo-Stadion im Sportforum for the 1986–87 season, as the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportspark was going to be completely redeveloped during the season for the 750th anniversary of Berlin. The steel pipe bleechers on the earth embankments along

2088-419: The 8th Party Congress in 1971. The construction of the huge residential area Fennpfuhl , which was the first new large building project of its kind, started in the immediate vicinity of the Dynamo-Sportforum at the end of 1972. The Dynamo-Sportforum was soon surrounded by ten-storey prefabricated buildings . Thousands of people now lived in the vicinity of the stadium. The number of spectators for BFC Dynamo at

2160-459: The Dynamo-Sportforum after the construction of the Berlin Wall began on 13 August 1961. The team played its first match at the football stadium in the Dynamo-Sportforum during the 1961–62 season against BSG Motor Zwickau on the 16th matchday of the 1961–62 DDR-Oberliga on 13 September 1961. The stadium had been expanded since the 1955 season and had a capacity of 10,000 spectators at the start of

2232-409: The Dynamo-Sportforum was the Dynamo-Sporthalle on Weißenseer Weg at the western end of the sports complex. The sports hall was built between 1955 and 1958. The Dynamo-Sporthalle was then supplemented with adjoining sports halls for judo , fencing and ball sports in the north. The adjoining sports halls were built between 1957 and 1960. The Dynamo-Sporthalle and the adjoining sports halls form part of

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2304-400: The Dynamo-Stadion im Sportforum increased in the 1970s. BFC Dynamo drew 14,000 spectators to its match against 1. FC Union Berlin on 26 December 1971, 15,000 spectators to its match against 1. FC Union Berlin on 30 September 1972 and 15,000 spectators to its match against SG Dynamo Dresden on 19 May 1973. An average of 12,000 people attended the last six matches of BFC Dynamo at the stadium in

2376-649: The SZLB. The SLZB was known as the elite Children and Youth Sports School ( German : Kinder- und Jugendsportschule ) (KJS) "Werner Seelenbinder" during the East German era. Around 20 sports clubs as based in the Sportforum and more than 3,000 athletes use the facilities every day. The main users among the sports clubs based in the Sportforum are SC Berlin, Berliner TSC, BFC Dynamo , Eisbären Berlin junior teams and Alba Berlin junior teams . Other users are Füchse Berlin , SSG Humboldt zu Berlin, SC Charlottenburg and SV Preußen Berlin. The first new major sports facility built in

2448-613: The Sportform since the beginning of the 1990s and is now the main user of the facilities. The former sports medicine building of SV Dynamo in the Sportforum has been the headquarters of the OSP Berlin since 1992. More than 300 national team athletes regularly train in the facility. The OSP Berlin is the largest Olympic training center in Germany. The Sportforum is home to eleven state training centres. 800 Berlin state team athletes regularly train in

2520-613: The Sportforum and more than 3,000 athletes use the facilities every day. The Sportforum Hohenschönhausen is located in the western part of the locality of Alt-Hohenschönhausen of the borough of Lichtenberg in Berlin. It is bordered on the north by an industrial area (on which, among other establishments, the Berliner-Kindl-Schultheiss-Brauerei is located), on the east by the St. Andrew and St. Mark's Cemetery ( German : Friedhof der St. Andreas – und St. Markusgemeinde ), on

2592-547: The Underwater Cultural Heritage . Specific legislation is sometimes needed to ensure the appropriate protection of individual sites recognized as World Heritage Sites . While archaeological sites remain the primary focus for many CHM professionals, others research historical records or on ethnohistorical projects. Public outreach also falls within their purview. A recent concept is Traditional Cultural Property (TCP). These are places with cultural importance to

2664-623: The United States, Canada and the United Kingdom is developer led. The large number of reports written on the thousands of sites dug each year are not necessarily published in public forums. So-called grey literature is sometimes difficult for even archaeologists outside the developer or the CRM organisation that performed the work to access. Some initiatives, notably the OASIS project Archived 2002-06-03 at

2736-529: The United States, the most notable of these laws remains the National Historic Preservation Act . The administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson was most instrumental in passing and developing this legislation, although it has been extended and elaborated upon since. These laws make it a crime to develop any federal lands without conducting a cultural resources survey in order to identify and assess any cultural sites that may be affected. In

2808-699: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.132 via cp1112 cp1112, Varnish XID 387564629 Upstream caches: cp1112 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 05:35:25 GMT Cultural heritage management CHM has traditionally been concerned with the identification, interpretation, maintenance, and preservation of significant cultural sites and physical heritage assets, although intangible aspects of heritage, such as traditional skills, cultures and languages are also considered. The subject typically receives most attention, and resources, in

2880-429: The adverse effects on the site must be mitigated. Site mitigation can involve avoiding the site through redesigning the development or excavating only a percentage of the site. In the U.S., these restrictions involve any federal project involving the possible disturbance of cultural resources and can also extend to state and private developments if they involve public waterways or federal funds. If archaeologists determine

2952-447: The air. Large museums generally employ specialist conservators as well as education officers, archivists and researchers . Museums vary in their approach to interpretation ranging from traditional museums that display collections of artefacts behind glass, with labels identifying each item and giving provenance , to living museums which attempt to recreate a historical place or period so that people can experience it. Within

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3024-475: The capacity to 20,000 spectators, of which 7,500 were seated. A total of 6,000 cubic meters of soil was moved for the transformation of the stadium. The redevelopment was made possible, among other things, by numerous voluntary work assignments from Free German Youth ( German : Freie Deutsche Jugend ) (FDJ) groups and members of SV Dynamo. The current grandstand and office building at the main stand dates from this time. BFC Dynamo played all four home matches in

3096-402: The developer and there is little incentive to prevent the company responsible for construction selecting the bid with the lowest price estimate, or shortest investigation time, regardless of the archaeological merits of the submitted bids. The impact of archaeological rescue and salvage work has been considerable; given the large amount of construction, and that the bulk of archaeological work in

3168-488: The early days of salvage archaeology, it was nearly unheard-of for a project to be delayed because of the presence of even the most fascinating cultural sites, so it behooved the salvage archaeologists to work as fast as possible. Although many sites were lost, much data was saved for posterity through these salvage efforts. In more recent decades, legislation has been passed that emphasizes the identification and protection of cultural sites, especially those on public lands. In

3240-456: The face of threat, where the focus is often upon rescue or salvage archaeology. Possible threats include urban development, large-scale agriculture, mining activity, looting, erosion or unsustainable visitor numbers. The public face of CHM, and a significant source of income to support continued management of heritage, is the interpretation and presentation to the public, where it is an important aspect of tourism. Communicating with government and

3312-748: The facility. The facility also houses the School and High-Performance Sports Center Berlin (SLZB), the "House of Athletes" with around 200 rooms to rent, and the Institute for Sports Science of the Humboldt University of Berlin , with approximately 500 students. The SLZB sports school in the Sportforum holds a special position in world sports. There is no other school in the world with as many Olympic medals or participation in Olympic Games, World and European championship titles as well as School World Championships as

3384-500: The first covered speed skating oval in the world, a year prior to the Thialf in Heerenveen . The speed skating arena has a capacity of 3,966 spectators, of which 1,996 are seated and 1,970 standing. The speed skating oval has a 400 × 11 meters standard track and a smaller 262 × 7 meters training track. The speed skating oval also has an inner 60 × 30 meters ice rink. This smaller ice rink

3456-418: The ice hockey team of SC Dynamo Berlin during the East German era. The ice hockey department of SC Dynamo Berlin became ice hockey club EHC Dynamo Berlin in 1990. The club was then renamed EHC Eisbären Berlin in 1992. The Wellblechpalast served as the home arena to Eisbären Berlin until 2008. The ice hockey arena has a capacity for 4,695 spectators, of which 3,112 are standing and 1,357 are seated. The arena

3528-450: The impacted area, construction may proceed as planned, often with the requirement that archaeologists are on-site providing a watching brief. If potentially significant remains are found, construction may be delayed to allow for evaluation of the site or sites found within the impacted area. This is done to determine the archaeological site's true significance. If archaeologists determine the site contains important/significant cultural remains,

3600-437: The locality of Hohenschönhausen became the locality of Alt-Hohenschönhausen at the same time. The Sportforum Hohenschönhausen covers an area between 45 and 50 hectares, and comprises 35 sports facilities, including three ice rinks, two athletics halls, a football stadium, as well as eight other halls and open spaces for athletics, swimming, handball, volleyball, judo, fencing, archery, beach volleyball and football. The Sportforum

3672-532: The long sides had long since disappeared and had not been rebuilt. BFC Dynamo played its 1986–87 European Cup matches against Örgryte IS and Brøndby IF at the stadium. The match against Örgryte IS in the First round on 1 October 1986 was attended by 15,000 spectators at the Dynamo-Stadion im Sportforum. BFC Dynamo then returned to the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark for the 1987–88 season. Alt-Hohensch%C3%B6nhausen Too Many Requests If you report this error to

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3744-475: The most modern in Europe. The entire swimming complex covers 4,500 square meters in total. A sports field has existed on the site of the current football stadium since the 1920s. The history of the current football stadium then began in the 1950s. In 1952, the Magistrate of East Berlin donated part of today's Sportforum Hohenschönhausen to the Volkspolizei , who built a large football facility for their athletes on

3816-606: The original building ensemble of the Sportforum Hohenschönhausen. The building complex was erected by the state-owned company VEB Industriebeau Berlin to designs by an architectural collective led by German architect Walter Schmidt. The Dynamo-Sporthalle was also adorned with mural and mosaic artworks by the German artist Wolfgang Frankenstein. The Dynamo-Sporthalle and the adjoining sports halls are today protected buildings of cultural importance. The Dynamo-Sporthalle has

3888-557: The people, therefore access to cultural heritage has to be ensured. The public reaction to the proposed destruction of the Newport ship shows the importance of heritage to local communities. The legislation of individual nations is often based upon ratification of UNESCO conventions, such as the 1972 World Heritage Convention , the Valletta treaty and the 2001 Convention on the Protection of

3960-413: The public is therefore a key competence. CHM has its roots in the rescue archaeology and urban archaeology undertaken throughout North America and Europe in the years surrounding World War II and the succeeding decades. Salvage projects were hasty attempts to identify and rescue archaeological remains before they were destroyed to make room for large public-works projects or other construction. In

4032-541: The public when they are in an operational condition. Moreover, the heritage skills associated with such heritage assets, such as driving a steam locomotive, can only be maintained if the machinery is used. Restoration to a working, if not pristine condition, and creation of exact working replicas are therefore part of the practice of heritage management. The intangible cultural heritage consists of traditional skills, beliefs , traditions , oral traditions , music , songs , dance , drama etc. These cannot be stored in

4104-458: The second half of the 1973–74 season. A whole 19,000 spectators watched the match between BFC Dynamo and 1. FC Magdeburg at the Dynamo-Stadion im Sportforum on 8 March 1975. BFC Dynamo eventually moved its home matches to the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark for the 1975–76 season, due to upcoming repair work at the Dynamo-Stadion im Sportforum. The move was meant to be temporary, but eventually became permanent. The repair work continued also during

4176-493: The side opposite the main stand and on the two curved ends were substantially raised, the exit in the curved end towards the Weißenseer Weg was closed and the old office building at the main stand was demolished. A new 500-seat grandstand and a more spacious 35-metre office building were built at the main stand. Bleechers made of steel pipes were also built on the earth embankments along the long sides. All these measures increased

4248-540: The site contains highly significant cultural remains, the adverse development effects on the site must be mitigated through a structured programme that is often long and expensive. Mitigation can include preservation by record i.e. the site is destroyed by archaeological excavation rather than by the development and meticulous recording transfers the physical traces in the earth to information in archives. Mitigation also includes construction techniques which ensure that archaeological remains are protected in undisturbed parts of

4320-489: The site is. In the United Kingdom and Canada, all forms of development, public and private, are subject to archaeological requirements, while in the United States this work can only be undertaken in federally funded projects or those on government-owned land, except in a few states that have laws that apply also to private land. Where archaeological requirements apply to a site of proposed development, if no significant archaeological or other cultural property sites are found in

4392-534: The site or even underneath the development. An example of this type of mitigation is the Viking remains at York . Important sites are designated as being protected by the state so that no development at all can take place, and governments also recommend the most important sites to be recognised as World Heritage Sites. CHM has been a mixed blessing for archaeology. Preservation legislation has ensured that no valuable site will be destroyed by construction without study, but

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4464-531: The site. In 1953, the East German Ministry for State Security decided to create a large sports complex in the area. The existing sports field was then converted into a football stadium in 1954, by raising the ground on both long sides for stands. The stadium was built with the help of the National Construction Work ( German : Nationales Aufbauwerk ) (NAW) ( de ). SC Dynamo Berlin played

4536-433: The south by the Konrad-Wolf-Straße and on the west by the Weißenseer Weg. The Dynamo-Sportforum was originally located in the former borough of Weißensee . The borough of Weißensee was divided in 1985 and a new borough of Hohenschönhausen was formed. The locality of Hohenschönhausen then became part of the new borough of Hohenschönhausen. The borough of Hohenschönhausen was absorbed by the borough of Lichtenberg in 2001 and

4608-568: The sports complex. In 1953, the Ministry for State Security decided to create a large sports complex in the area. The sports association SV Dynamo was officially founded at the same time. SV Dynamo was the new sports association of the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry for State Security. An architectural competition was held in 1953 for the construction of the new sports complex. The competition

4680-442: The work of rescue archaeologists is sometimes controversial. Some academic archaeologists do not take archaeological rescue or salvage work seriously because of its emphasis on site identification and preservation rather than intensive study and analysis. Where archaeology is motivated by proposed development, the archaeological contracts are placed through a bidding process. The choice of archaeological contractor typically lies with

4752-479: Was built as a training center for elite sport. It was used by top athletes and future Olympic medalists of East Germany. The sports club SC Dynamo Berlin , with its many sports, disciplines and squads, was the main user of sports forum for decades. The Central Management Office ( German : Büro der Zentralen Leitung ) (BdZL) of the sports association SV Dynamo also had its offices in the Dynamo-Sportforum. The Olympic Training Center Berlin (OSP Berlin) has used

4824-429: Was built in an adjoining building. It was shrouded in mystery and subject to the greatest secrecy during the East German era. The outdoor swimming pool was decommissioned in 1999. The building was transformed into a provisional archery hall in 2001. Supporters of BFC Dynamo subsequently used the bucket seats that had been left over from the demolition of the swimming stadium, to replace the dilapidated wooden benches at

4896-434: Was carried out by the state-owned company VEB Industriebau Berlin for the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry for State Security of East Germany . The sports complex was then expanded according to requirements by the adding of additional facilities. Expansion continued well into the 1980s: The original building ensemble, that was built from 1955 to 1960 to designs by the architectural collective led by Walter Schmidt,

4968-469: Was refurbished for the first match of SC Dynamo Berlin at the stadium at the beginning of the 1961–62 season. The stadium was repainted and flowers were planted all around. Transport connections to the stadium were also improved for the 1961–62 season. Special shuttle buses were arranged from the S-Bahn stations Leninallee and Stalinallee , as well as from Antonplatz. The stadium was gradually expanded during

5040-425: Was then covered with a simple roof and transformed into an ice hockey arena in 1963. The ice hockey arena came to be known colloquially as "The Corrugated Palace" ( German : Wellblechpalast ) for its corrugated roof. The name was initially coined by a journalist after Die Wende , but eventually became popular. The stadium was officially named Wellblechpalast in 2001. The ice hockey arena served as home arena of

5112-530: Was then further expanded to 14,000 spectators in 1968. The stadium had a total capacity of 14,000 spectators at the start of the 1969–70 season, of which 5,000 were seated and 9,000 standing. The clubhouse of BFC Dynamo, the "BFC-Casino", was then opened in the Dynamo-Sportforum in August 1969. The team drew average attendances between 3,000 and 6,000 spectators in the DDR-Oberliga at the Dynamo-Stadion im Sportforum in

5184-489: Was won by an architectural collective led by Walter Schmidt. Development of the Dynamo-Sportforum began in 1954: The first new major sports facility was the Dynamo-Sporthalle on Weißenseer Weg. The large sports hall was completed in 1958. The Dynamo-Sporthalle was then supplemented with adjoining sports halls for judo, fencing and ball sports to the north. The adjoining sports halls were completed in 1960. Construction

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