Stadion Chemnitz

Stadion an der Gellertstrase is a single-use football stadium in Chemnitz, Germany and the home stadium of Chemnitzer FC. Between 1950 and 1990, the stadium was called "Dr.-Kurt-Fischer-Stadion". The stadium was later nicknamed the "Fischerwiese".

History

The construction of the stadium began on 31 July 1933 on former horseriding grounds. The finished stadium was inaugurated on 13 May 1934 with a friendly between PSV Chemnitz and SpVgg Greuther Furth in front of 25,000 spectators. The match finished 5–1 to the home side. Up until the end of World War II, the stadium served as the home stadium for PSV. After the War, SG Chemnitz Nord, precursor to FC Karl-Marx-Stadt, took over the use of stadium. On 13 July 1950, Chemnitz City Council decided to change name the stadium after the communist politician and Interior Minister of Saxony, Kurt Fischer, as he had died shortly before. On 18 November 1953, the record attendance was recorded at a second division match between Chemie Karl-Marx-Stadt and Fortschritt Weisenfels when 27,300 people turned up to see the home side win 3–0.

From the mid-1960s, FC Karl-Marx-Stadt occasionally played their home games in the larger Ernst-Thalmann-Stadion (now the Sportforum). In 1989, the main stand of the Fischer-Stadion was covered which was used for the first time on 22 October of that year in an Oberliga match between FC Karl-Marx Stadt and 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig.

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