The Max Aicher Arena (in the past known as Eisstadion Inzell and Ludwig-Schwabl-Stadion) is a

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located in

Inzell Inzell () is a municipality in the district of Traunstein in Bavaria, Germany. It is known for the Eisstadion Inzell, an outdoor artificial ice rink that has been used for many international speed skating championships. It is now an indoor oval ...

, Germany, best known as a

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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

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s, it was known as the fastest European speed skating rink, second in the world after the

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rink. The stadium is also used for

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, and (in the summer months)

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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 a skating facility with the last German Championships held on 26–27 January 1963. In 1963 a 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.Inzell & das Eis – wie alles begann
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Competitions

* 2011 Ice Racing World Championship Final 4 * 2011 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships * 2019 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships * 2024 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships *

2024 World Allround Speed Skating Championships The 2024 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held at the Max Aicher Arena in Inzell, Germany, on 9 and 10 March 2024. Schedule ''All times are local (UTC+1 +01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ISO 86 ...

Track records

References

External links

Official site
(in German) Speed skating in Germany Speedway venues in Germany Buildings and structures in Traunstein (district) Sports venues in Bavaria Indoor speed skating venues Sport in Upper Bavaria {{Bavaria-struct-stub