Hoeschpark, Sports venue and park in Nordstadt, Germany
Hoeschpark is a 27-hectare sports and leisure area in Dortmund with multiple courts, a baseball field, and natural zones featuring a pond and mature trees. The grounds combine developed athletic facilities with open green spaces and wooded areas.
From 1937 the Deutsche Arbeitsfront built the park on the Weiße Wiese, modelled on Duisburg's Sportpark, as recreation space and a green lung for industrial workers; it opened in 1941. Thyssen Krupp sold the grounds and the Stockheide open-air pool to the city of Dortmund for two million euros in May 2004. The park is listed as a monument in Dortmund's heritage register.
The park's name comes from the Hoesch steel company, whose Westfalenhütte works stood next to the grounds. The Stockheide open-air pool, known as the Hoeschbad, was heated with waste heat from the smelter. Since 2015 the extended artificial-turf pitch has hosted American football, and the Dortmund Giants play their home games there.
The park lies between Borsigplatz and the former Westfalenhütte. Since the 2020 renovation, a 1.2 km running loop with fitness stations, an outdoor gym and basketball courts occupy the eastern part. The listed cycle track is dilapidated, so check conditions before using the sports facilities.
The 2006 renovation placed a multifunctional field inside the oval of the derelict cycling track, giving the Dortmund Wanderers baseball and softball teams a home; floodlights added in early 2007 let the stadium meet international standards, and on 20 June 2007 Australia played Germany there in a friendly.
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