Steigerwaldstadion is a

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Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital (political), capital and largest city of the Central Germany (cultural area), Central German state of Thuringia, with a population of around 216,000. It lies in the wide valley of the Gera (river), River Gera, in the so ...

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. The stadium is able to hold 18,611 people and was built in 1931. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and is the home stadium of FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt. From 1948 to 1991 (the time of the

German Democratic Republic East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...

), Steigerwaldstadion was known as the Georgij-Dimitroff-Stadion, after

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n communist leader Georgi Dimitrov (1882–1949).

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performed at the stadium during their These Days Tour on June 13, 1996 & during their Bounce Tour on May 25, 2003.

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Steigerwaldstadion
at rot-weiss-erfurt.de Football venues in Germany FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt Athletics (track and field) venues in Germany Sports venues in Thuringia Buildings and structures in Erfurt Sports venues completed in 1931 {{Thuringia-struct-stub