Stadion am Hutrasen was a

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and is now a sports ground in

Schweinfurt Schweinfurt ( , ; ) is a city in the district of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the surrounding district (''Landkreis'') of Schweinfurt and a major industrial, cultural and educational hub. The urban agg ...

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. It was the venue of

1. FC Schweinfurt 05 1. Fussball-Club Schweinfurt 1905, Verein für Leibesübungen e.V., called 1. FC Schweinfurt 05, Schweinfurt 05, or simply FC 05, is a German association football club established in Schweinfurt (Bavaria) in 1905. It has sections for netball, f ...

and

VfR 07 Schweinfurt Verein für Rasenspiele 1907 Schweinfurt e.V., called VfR 07 Schweinfurt, VfR Schweinfurt, or simply VfR 07, was a German association football club established in Schweinfurt (Bavaria) in 1907. The club dissolved in 2015 after it had gone bank ...

, and is today used by ''Türkiyemspor SV-12 Schweinfurt'' for its home games.

History

In 1905, the City of Schweinfurt donated a lawn at Hutrasen, south of river Main, to newly established

as training ground and for its home games. At the end of the

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, however, the club had to move to a court in close proximity. After interim use as agricultural area, in 1928 Hutrasen became the home to local competitor VfR 07 Schweinfurt, who expanded the ground into a football stadium with a capacity of 6,000 in 1941. At that time, the club of Germany international footballer Robert Bernard had a couple of successful seasons in the top tier

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. In

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, VfR Schweinfurt defeated Mühlheimer SV 06 2–1 at Stadion am Hutrasen in its first round match to the

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( Tschammerpokal). After World War II, VfR 07 could not continue on the old road to success, and Stadion am Hutrasen hosted lower league football only. In the 1960s, the sports ground became unusable for a few years due to the

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construction project. As a consequence, today's Hutrasen is not exactly located at its former position. VfR 07 Schweinfurt had to declare insolvency in April 2011, and Stadion am Hutrasen was leased to

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-German club ''Hilalspor Schweinfurt'', which is now ''Türkiyemspor SV-12 Schweinfurt''. VfR Schweinfurt was finally dissolved in 2015.

References

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