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Closed Opened 1968

Königssee

Eisarena Königssee

Schönau am Königssee, Bavaria · Germany

Being rebuilt after the 2021 flood; reopening is set for November 2026.

Start Lowest point Mapped line 1,497 m, including run-out and start spurs. Shape © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Real track · Published figures

Opened
1968
Status
Closed
Length
1,332 m
Drop
117 m
Curves
16

Pre-flood men's luge course; the bobsleigh course was 1,244 m with 12 curves.

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The Slidensa model, drawn over the real ground. Follow the run into every curve.

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Game model · Two-man bobsleigh reference run. These lengths, speeds and loads come from Slidensa’s physics and can differ from the real track’s published figures.

Length
1,314m
Drop
117m
Curves
14
Top speed
138km/h
Peak load
5.3g
Reference run
0:50.43
Curve-by-curve guide · 14 curves

The three curves in lime pull hardest in the reference run.

  1. 3 26° left Brückenkurve 1.0 g · 37 km/h
  2. 4 15° right 1.0 g · 48 km/h
  3. 5 16° right Teufelsmühle 1.1 g · 65 km/h
  4. 6 57° left Schlangengrube 1.7 g · 78 km/h
  5. 7 97° right Schlangengrube 4.2 g · 82 km/h
  6. 8 59° left Schlangengrube 3.4 g · 87 km/h
  7. 9 53° left Schlangengrube 4.6 g · 85 km/h
  8. 10 29° left Jennerkurve 2.1 g · 111 km/h
  9. 11 326° right Kreisel 4.7 g · 116 km/h
  10. 12 0° left Kehlsteinkurve 1.0 g · 125 km/h
  11. 13 36° right Seekurve 5.3 g · 129 km/h
  12. 14 0° right Echowand 1.2 g · 131 km/h
  13. 15 89° right Zielkurve 2.3 g · 135 km/h
  14. 16 28° right 3.4 g · 137 km/h

The story

Königssee, below the Watzmann in the Bavarian Alps, opened in 1968 as the world's first permanent artificially refrigerated track. Built first for luge, it later took bobsleigh and skeleton and hosted World Championships in all three sports. A mountain flood in July 2021 destroyed the top of the track. Demolition began in April 2024 and a rebuild costing about 53 million euros followed, but a refrigeration problem pushed the reopening back by a year.

  • Turn 11, the Turbodrom, is a Kreisel that carries the sled round through at least 320 degrees.
  • The Turbodrom caught fire during building work on the refrigeration around 2010.
  • Bobsleigh and luge World Cups are booked for early 2027, and the luge World Championships for 2028.

Today

A rebuilt track on the old site, due to reopen in November 2026 for nine of its ten disciplines.

See the place on OpenStreetMap
The Königssee track's finish area beside the lake at Schönau am Königssee.
The Königssee track's finish area beside the lake at Schönau am Königssee. Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Racing history

Earliest and latest recorded race of each event at this level, from published results.

World Championships

Two-man bob 1979–2017
Four-man bob 1979–2017
Women's bob 2004–2017
Men's luge 1969–2021
Women's luge 1969–2021
Doubles luge 1969–2021
Luge team relay 2016–2021
Men's skeleton 1990–2017
Women's skeleton 2004–2017

Continental championships and cups

Two-man bob 1971–2019
Four-man bob 1992–2019
Women's bob 2014–2019
Men's luge 1967–2017
Women's luge 1967–2017
Doubles luge 1967–2017
Luge team relay 2017
Men's skeleton 1982–2014
Women's skeleton 2007–2014