{{Short description|Horse racing track in Leipzig, Germany}} {{Infobox racecourse | name = <!-- REQUIRED -->Racecourse Scheibenholz<br />{{langr|de|Galopprennbahn Scheibenholz}} | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = Galopprennbahn_Scheibenholz.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = The racecourse seen from the sky (south direction) | location = <!-- REQUIRED -->Leipzig, Germany | coordinates = <!-- use {{Coord}} -->{{Coord|51.325034|12.361422}} | owner = City of Leipzig | operator = Leipziger Reit- und Rennverein Scheibenholz e. V. (LRRS) | opened = 14 september 1867<ref name="jubilee">{{Cite web |title=Galopprennbahn Scheibenholz starts the jubilee season with a gallop |url=https://www.leipzig.de/newsarchiv/news/galopprennbahn%20scheibenholz%20starts%20the%20jubilee%20season%20with%20a%20gallop |date=2017-04-27 |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=leipzig.de |language=en}}</ref> | closed = | capacity = | channel = | racetype = Horse racing | coursetype = Flat | notableraces = | handle = | attendance = | website = <!-- http://example.com -->https://scheibenholz.com/ }} [[File:Leipzig - Galopprennbahn Scheibenholz 17 ies.jpg|thumb|Beer garden at the racecourse Scheibenholz]] The '''Racecourse Scheibenholz''' ({{langr|de|Galopprennbahn Scheibenholz}}) is a racecourse in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. It was founded in 1867<ref name="jubilee" /> on wooded land in the Leipzig Riverside Forest belonging to the Scheibe family, hence its name. It is managed by the ''Leipziger Reit- und Rennverein Scheibenholz e. V. (LRRS)''. == Situation == The racecourse is located in Leipzig-Südvorstadt, southwest of the city center. It is surrounded by the banks of the Pleisse Flood Channel to the west, Clara-Zetkin-Park to the north, Karl-Tauchnitz-Strasse and the neighbourhood Musikviertel to the west, Wundtstrasse to the southwest, and Schleussiger Weg to the south. It covers an area of approximately {{convert|30|ha|acre|abbr=off}}.
The length of a lap is {{convert|1.75|km|mi|abbr=off}}, before 1932 the length was {{convert|1.25|km|mi|abbr=off}}.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Entry "Rennbahn Scheibenholz" in: Stadtlexikon Leipzig von A bis Z |last=Riedel |first=Horst |publisher=Pro Leipzig |year=2005 |isbn=3-936508-03-8 |location=Leipzig |pages=496 |language=de}}</ref>
== Building == In 1867, a wooden grandstand was constructed by the master carpenter Steib.<ref name="Seidel">{{Cite web |title=Rennbahn Scheibenholz Leipzig |url=https://www.architektur-blicklicht.de/artikel/touren/rennbahn-scheibenholz-leipzig/ |last=Seidel |first=Mirko |date=2019-09-11 |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=architektur-blicklicht.de |language=de}}</ref> In 1907, the grandstand was rebuilt as a 2-storey elongated grandstand building with two towers after the plans of the architect Otto Paul Burghardt.<ref name="Seidel" /><ref>{{Cite book |title=Architekturführer Leipzig. Von der Romanik bis zur Gegenwart |last=Hocquél |first=Wolfgang |publisher=Passage-Verlag |year=2023 |isbn=978-3-95415-128-8 |location=Leipzig |pages=333 |language=de}}</ref> The architectural style is Historicism and Art Nouveau. In 1907, also a restaurant was added.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historie |url=https://www.rennbahn-leipzig.de/2-0-Geschichte.html |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=rennbahn-leipzig.de |language=de}}</ref>
== Various == On 1 May every year, the opening of the racing season is celebrated.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Galop in Scheibenholz |url=https://www.leipzig.travel/en/event/aufgalopp-im-scheibenholz |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=leipzig.travel |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
== See also == * List of horse racing venues == Footnotes == {{Reflist}} == External links == {{Commonscat|Galopprennbahn Scheibenholz|Racecourse Scheibenholz}} * {{Cite web |title=Official website |url=https://scheibenholz.com/ |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=scheibenholz.com |language=de}} * {{Cite web |title=Scheibenholz racecourse |url=https://www.leipzig.travel/en/poi/galopprennbahn-scheibenholz |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=leipzig.travel |language=en}}
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