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]

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)

History

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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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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

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

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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 Cup K120   Matthias Wallner   Matti Hautamäki   Olav Magne Dønnem
27 February 2000 1999–2000 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup K120   Wolfgang Loitzl   Bine Norčič   Kimmo Yliriesto
10 February 2001 2000–01 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup K120      
11 February 2001 2000–01 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup K120   Manuel Fettner   Reinhard Schwarzenberger   Georg Späth
1 December 2001 2001–02 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup K120   Adam Małysz   Martin Schmitt   Stephan Hocke
2 December 2001 2001–02 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup K120   Sven Hannawald   Adam Małysz   Andreas Goldberger
15 December 2002 2002–03 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup K120   Martin Höllwarth   Sigurd Pettersen   Adam Małysz
15 December 2002 2002–03 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup K120   Martin Höllwarth   Andreas Goldberger   Andreas Kofler
25 January 2003 2002–03 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup K120   Christof Duffner   Daniel Forfang   Kai Bracht
26 January 2003 2002–03 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup K120   Robert Mateja   Igor Medved   Daniel Forfang
13 December 2003 2003–04 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup K120 Competition canceled due to strong winds
14 December 2003 2003–04 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup K120   Tami Kiuru   Andreas Widhölzl   Janne Ahonen
22 January 2005 2004–05 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup HS142   Janne Ahonen   Jakub Janda   Thomas Morgenstern
23 January 2005 2004–05 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup HS142   Jakub Janda   Adam Małysz   Risto Jussilainen
21 January 2006 2005–06 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup HS142   Bastian Kaltenböck   Roland Müller   Mathias Hafele
22 January 2006 2005–06 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup HS142   Gerald Wambacher   Bastian Kaltenböck   Arttu Lappi
3 February 2007 2006–07 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup HS142   Adam Małysz   Andreas Kofler   Anders Jacobsen
4 February 2007 2006–07 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup HS142   Adam Małysz   Gregor Schlierenzauer   Dmitri Wassiljew
31 January 2009 2008–09 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup HS142   Jakub Janda   Ondřej Vaculík   Pascal Bodmer
1 February 2009 2008–09 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup HS142   Jakub Janda   Roland Müller   Daniel Lackner
16 January 2010 2009–10 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup HS142   Michael Hayböck   Björn Koch   Borek Sedlák
17 January 2010 2009–10 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup HS142 Competition canceled due to strong winds
22 January 2011 2010–11 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup HS142   Maximilian Mechler   Matic Kramaršič   Manuel Poppinger
23 January 2011 2010–11 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup HS142   Maximilian Mechler   Rok Zima   Felix Schoft
14 January 2012 2011–12 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup HS142   Manuel Fettner   Stefan Hula   Robert Johansson
15 January 2012 2011–12 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup HS142   Manuel Fettner   Antonín Hájek   Andreas Stjernen
26 January 2013 2012–13 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup HS142   Fredrik Bjerkeengen   Manuel Fettner   Nicholas Alexander
27 January 2013 2012–13 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup HS142   Manuel Fettner   Kim René Elverum Sorsell
  Rok Justin
14 December 2013 2013–14 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup HS142   Thomas Morgenstern   Kamil Stoch   Simon Ammann
15 December 2013 2013–14 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup HS142   Kamil Stoch   Simon Ammann   Noriaki Kasai
7 February 2015 2014–15 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup HS142   Severin Freund   Stefan Kraft   Peter Prevc
8 February 2015 2014–15 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup HS142   Anders Fannemel   Kamil Stoch   Roman Koudelka
28 February 2015 2014–15 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup HS142   Kenneth Gangnes   Jaka Hvala   Norway
28 February 2015 2014–15 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup HS142   Norway   Andreas Wank   Pius Paschke
1 March 2015 2014–15 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup HS142   Halvor Egner Granerud   Stephan Leyhe   Andreas Wank
  Krzysztof Biegun
12 March 2016 2015–16 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup HS142   Johann André Forfang   Peter Prevc   Kenneth Gangnes
13 March 2016 2015–16 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup HS142 Competition canceled due to strong winds
7 January 2017 2016–17 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup HS142   Johann André Forfang   Daniel Huber   Klemens Murańka
8 January 2017 2016–17 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup HS142   Viktor Polášek   Johann André Forfang   Clemens Aigner
9 December 2017 2017–18 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup HS142
10 December 2017 2017–18 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup HS142   Richard Freitag   Andreas Wellinger   Norway
6 January 2018 2017–18 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup HS142   Marius Lindvik   Nejc Dežman   Vincent Descombes Sevoie
7 January 2018 2017–18 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup HS142   David Siegel   Marius Lindvik   Sondre Ringen
8 December 2018 2018–19 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup HS142 Competitions canceled due to warm temperatures and heavy precipitation[4]
9 December 2018 2018–19 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup HS142
9 December 2018 2018–19 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup HS142
18 January 2020 2019–20 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup HS142   Dawid Kubacki   Stefan Kraft   Ryōyū Kobayashi
19 January 2020 2019–20 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup HS142   Dawid Kubacki   Ryōyū Kobayashi   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]
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See also

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References

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  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.