Built in East Germany between 1967 and 1970 on the Fichtelberg, Saxony's highest mountain, this luge track was made of concrete elements and iced by the winter alone. It held national and international races for its first few seasons, then lost its role once Oberhof's artificial ice track opened in 1972. Heavy snow and newer sleds made it hard to use. Youth races went on until 1987, and summer training on wheeled sleds until 1998.
- Its top curves were removed in 1994 to make room for a ski piste and lift.
- In 2016 a walker still found snow shovels in the finish building just before curve 18.
- The women's start, between curves 3 and 4, still stands beside the track.
Today
The channel survives below its top curves, with start bars, timing mounts and derelict control huts; the old men's start is now the Fichtelberghütte.