The proof of this are the almost 400,000 overnight stays that the city at the “Rennsteig” hiking trail records every year. To ensure that this remains the case in the future and against the background of the biathlon World Championships to be held in Oberhof in 2023, the municipality will receive almost 60 million euros in subsidies from the state of Thuringia for the expansion and modernization of its sports facilities. Through a series of construction measures and projects, Thuringia wants to further improve the framework conditions for sport and tourism in Oberhof. Its popularity far beyond Thuringia is an important factor for the state and radiates to the entire tourism region along the “Rennsteig” hiking trail. The media attention related to the annual Biathlon World Cup contributes a great deal to this. One of the construction projects is a new “House of Sports“, which is to be the new attraction in the town with ist modern winter sports museum. A total of 58.4 million euros will flow into the biathlon arena, ski jumps and bobsled run by the end of 2022. LEG Thüringen supports the project as a development partner and assumes most of the coordination tasks. (cdo)
