Postcard: Stadium, Stendal

Product detailed description

Condition: good

Dimensions: 14.8 cm x 10.5 cm

Stendal’s venerable Hölzchen for groundhoppers! A four-view colour postcard of the Stadion Am Hölzchen in Stendal, home of FSV Lok/Altmark Stendal. It shows the entrance gate with the Wilhelm Helfers Kampfbahn sign and ticket booths, an aerial view of the oval, the pitch with a goal, and the stand with the announcer’s tower, with the Saxony-Anhalt Football Association crest in the centre. The reverse describes a rebuild costing about 9.6 million marks over a faded team photo from August 2001. Altmark Sport series, No. GW 06. Unused.

Facts at a glance

• Item: four-view colour postcard, unused, blank, no stamp
• View: Stadion Am Hölzchen (Wilhelm Helfers Kampfbahn entrance), Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
• Club: FSV Lok/Altmark Stendal
• Views: entrance gate with ticket booths, aerial view, pitch with goal, stand with announcer’s tower; Fussballverband Sachsen-Anhalt crest in the centre
• Stadium per reverse: rebuild costing about 9.6 million marks, capacity 5,860 (1,200 covered seats), expandable to 8,000
• Photos: G. Waßmuth 1997 and 2001, archive 2000, reverse Chlopik August 2001
• Publisher: Altmärkische Sportstätten, Günther Waßmuth, Altmark Sport series, No. GW 06; printed by Witwe Marie Link-Druck, Kronach

Expert note – FAQ

What is the Stadion Am Hölzchen in Stendal?
The Stadion Am Hölzchen in Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, is home to the football club FSV Lok/Altmark Stendal. According to the postcard, its ticket booths and announcer’s tower opened in the 1963/64 season, and the ground was being rebuilt for 5,860 spectators, expandable to 8,000.

Why are multi-view stadium postcards popular?
Multi-view postcards combine several shots on one side, such as the entrance, an aerial view and the stands. They give groundhoppers a complete picture of the whole stadium on a single card. For smaller grounds they are often the only available overall visual record.

What is the Altmark Sport postcard series?
Altmark Sport is a collectible series of postcards of sports grounds in the Altmark region of Saxony-Anhalt, numbered with a GW code. This card, No. GW 06, follows on from the Tangermünde stadium card No. GW 07, so the two fit well into one collection.