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Lost 1908–1971

Oberhof Wadeberg

Wadebergbobbahn Oberhof

Oberhof, Thuringia · Germany

Closed in 1971, when Oberhof's artificial-ice track opened.

No mapped line survives for this track yet.

Real track · Published figures

First raced
1908
Last raced
1971
Length
1,908 m
Drop
164 m

Length and drop as printed in race reports of 1911 and 1930, which give 163.5 m of drop; its steepest section reached 12%, with a 9% average.

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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
1,958m
Drop
163m
Curves
16
Top speed
150km/h
Peak load
5.1g
Reference run
1:05.33
Curve-by-curve guide · 16 curves

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

  1. 1 24° left Kink 1.0 g · 41 km/h
  2. 2 59° left 1.2 g · 62 km/h
  3. 3 28° right 1.4 g · 81 km/h
  4. 4 86° right 1.8 g · 98 km/h
  5. 5 19° right 1.5 g · 104 km/h
  6. 6 47° left 2.1 g · 106 km/h
  7. 7 94° left 2.2 g · 110 km/h
  8. 8 28° left 2.2 g · 123 km/h
  9. 9 62° right 2.8 g · 131 km/h
  10. 10 39° right 3.2 g · 139 km/h
  11. 11 122° left 5.1 g · 147 km/h
  12. 12 44° right 3.6 g · 147 km/h
  13. 13 91° left 4.7 g · 148 km/h
  14. 14 96° right 3.7 g · 148 km/h
  15. 15 26° right 3.0 g · 148 km/h
  16. 16 65° left 3.7 g · 146 km/h

The story

Oberhof's first bob run dates from 1905, and the Wadeberg run followed in 1908. Oberhof's own history calls it Germany's first track with an electric sled lift and electric timing. It hosted the two-man bobsleigh World Championships in 1931 and many German championships, drawing crowds of up to 40,000. It closed in 1971, when Oberhof, then in East Germany, opened its new artificial-ice track.

  • Its electric timing was already held up as a model for other runs by January 1910.
  • Crowds of up to 40,000 came to watch races here.
  • It hosted the two-man bobsleigh World Championships in 1931.

Today

What survives of the run today is not recorded.

Racing history

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

World Championships

Two-man bob 1931