The Preussenstadion is a football stadium in the

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district of

Lankwitz Lankwitz () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the borough (''Bezirk'') of Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Berlin. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Steglitz. History The locality was first mentioned in 1239 with the name of ''Lancovi ...

(

Steglitz-Zehlendorf Steglitz-Zehlendorf () is the sixth Boroughs of Berlin, borough of Berlin, formed in Berlin's 2001 administrative reform by merging the former boroughs of Steglitz and Zehlendorf, Berlin, Zehlendorf. Home to the Free University of Berlin, the Be ...

). The football club

BFC Preussen BFC Preussen is a German football club from Berlin. The team is part of a sports club which also has departments for handball, volleyball, athletics, gymnastics, and ice hockey. ''Preussen'' was one of the founding clubs of the German Football ...

play their home games in the stadium, which has a capacity of 3,000 spectators, including 200 seats. At the opening on 23 October 1938, the capacity was for 20,000 spectators, but the stadium was destroyed in the

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and was rebuilt gradually. From the originally built stadium, the concrete steps are preserved as the "oldest standing traverses of Berlin".Christian Wolter: ''Rasen der Leidenschaften. Die Fussballplätze von Berlin.'' Edition Else, Berlin 2011, , S. 216. The stadium is located at Malteserstraße 24-36, at the corner of Kamenzer Damm, opposite the Lankwitz municipal park.

References

* Christian Wolter: ''Rasen der Leidenschaften. Die Fussballplätze von Berlin.'' Edition Else, Berlin 2011, , S. 216–217.

External links

Preussenstadion
on the website of the football division of Berliner Fussball Club Preußen 1894
Preussenstadion
on stadionsuche.de

Single Signature

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