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Langemarckhalle

Built under the grand stand, in the largest part of the middle floor of the structure, is the Langemarck-Halle. This can also be visited.

It is dedicated to the young Germans who lost their lives in the First World War. More particularly it is dedicated to those voluntary regiments who - inadequately trained and armed - suffered devastating losses during the attack on Langemarck near Ypres, in the Belgian province of West Flanders on November 10th, 1914. The Langemarck-Halle thus commemorates the previous generation that was killed on the battle-fields instead of celebrating the Olympic games in 1916.

There were twelve pillars in the hall bearing the 76 flags of the regiments that took part in the battle. There were also twelve shields on the block of the Bell Tower bearing the names of the divisions and their units. The shields were taken into safety by the British troops before the tower was blown up. They now hang on the eastern side of the hall to the left and right of the doors to the Mayfield. The narrow ends of the hall bear two quotations from Friedrich Hölderlin and Walter Flex. Carved names and the dates of these poets lives were added to the walls in the sixties as follows: Hölderlin 1770-1843, and Flex 1887-1917. The hall opens out to the west, to a view of a landscape of the Mark (of Brandenburg).