Deutsches Stadion [SEP] architect
Deutsches Stadion
The Deutsches Stadion ("German Stadium") was a monumental stadium designed by Albert Speer for the Nazi party rally grounds in Nuremberg, southern Germany. Its construction began in September 1937, and was slated for completion in 1943. Like most other Nazi monumental structures, however, its construction was interrupted by the outbreak of World War II and never finished.
Design.
According to Speer himself, it was inspired not by the Circus Maximus in Rome but by the Panathenaic Stadium of Athens, which had
Committee (IOC) to host the 1916 Olympic Games, the "Rennbahn" area was designated as the central venue for this event and the officials hired the same architect who originally had built the racing track, Otto March.
After delays due to financial difficulties, the construction of the Deutsches Stadion, then also known as "Grunewald-Stadion", was completed within 200 days in 1913. The facilities arose in the lowered central ground ("Erdstadion"), allowing further horse races as the upper circuit remained completely