Albert-Kuntz-Sportpark, Football stadium in Nordhausen, Germany
The Albert-Kuntz-Sportpark is a football stadium in Nordhausen with a main grass pitch, three training fields, and a two-story building that houses changing facilities. The complex serves both match play and daily training for the resident club.
The club bought the first parcel of land on 24 December 1921, and members built the ground themselves, logging over 60,000 hours of work. It was consecrated as the Wacker-Sportpark on 26 August 1923 with a match against VfL Halle 1896, which Wacker lost 0:6. In September 1951, during a 3:3 draw with SG Lichtenberg 47, it was renamed in honour of the communist politician Albert Kuntz, murdered in 1945 at Mittelbau-Dora.
The ground is named after Albert Kuntz, a KPD politician murdered in 1945 at the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp north of Nordhausen; the renaming took place in September 1951 during a DDR-Liga match between BSG Motor Nordhausen West and SG Lichtenberg 47 that ended 3:3. In the postwar years up to 10,000 spectators sometimes filled the ground.
The ground lies on the southern edge of Nordhausen, below the Harz. The main pitch has natural grass, with three side pitches of natural grass, artificial turf and a hard court. The two-storey building holds six changing rooms, showers and coaches' rooms; the adjacent Hotel Am Stadtpark has a restaurant. Covered seating and 1,500 covered standing places shelter part of the 8,088 capacity.
The stadium is named after Albert Kuntz, a Communist Party (KPD) politician who was murdered in 1945 at the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp north of Nordhausen. The renaming took place in September 1951 during a second-division DDR league match against SG Lichtenberg 47 that ended 3:3.
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