The Vogtland Arena is a

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venue in

Klingenthal Klingenthal is a town in the Vogtland region, in Saxony, south-eastern Germany. It is situated directly on the border with the Czech Republic opposite the Czech town of Kraslice, 29 km southeast of Plauen, and 33 km northwest of Karlov ...

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. It features some of the most modern architecture among

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hills.

History

Vogtland Arena was constructed from 2003 to 2005. Its official inaugural event was a

Nordic combined Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first ever Winter Olympics in 1924, while the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup ...

Summer Grand Prix competition on 27 August 2006. Before that, in February 2006, the

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national ski jumping championships had already been held there. In March 2006, Vogtland Arena saw a second-tier Nordic combined world cup competition and in September 2006 a Summer Grand Prix in

. On 7 February 2007, local club VSC Klingenthal took over one of the cancelled Ski Jumping World Cup events of

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, making this the first

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winter competition at the arena. Once again in 2007, a Summer Grand Prix ski jumping event took place there. In January 2008, the arena saw its first Nordic Combined World Cup event. Since the 2008-09 season, Klingenthal has been a regular venue of the Ski Jumping World Cup, forming a part of the FIS Team Tour.

External links

Official Website
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