Dieter-Renz-Halle, Sports facility in Bottrop, Germany.
The Dieter-Renz-Halle is a sports hall in Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, opened in 1971 and the largest sports hall in the city. It is named after the amateur boxer Dieter Renz, who died in an accident in 1969 at the age of 26. The RWE Volleys Bottrop volleyball club plays its home matches here.
The Dieter-Renz-Halle opened in 1971 and is named after the amateur boxer Dieter Renz, who died in an accident in 1969 at the age of 26. On 6 March 1996 a fire broke out during welding work on the roof and destroyed the hall completely. It was rebuilt and reopened in 1998.
The hall is named after Dieter Renz, an amateur boxer from Bottrop who died in an accident in 1969 at the age of 26. Today the volleyball club RWE Volleys Bottrop plays its home matches here, so the name of a boxer is carried on by a volleyball venue.
The hall sits in Bottrop in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia. Visitors attending RWE Volleys Bottrop home matches should confirm the fixture beforehand, since the building otherwise serves as the city's largest sports hall rather than a general tourist site.
The hall is named after Dieter Renz, an amateur boxer who died in 1969 at the age of 26. The name was given when the building opened in 1971, so the dedication predates the fire that destroyed the hall on 6 March 1996 and its reopening in 1998.
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