

In the year of 1969, the famous Czech ski jump architect Karel Jarolímek designed a new giant ski jump K170 that should be built at Svatý Petr. Furthermore, Špindlerův Mlýn with its Svatý Petr ski jumping hill was hosting the Winter-Universiade in 19. In the 1960's and 70's, on the jump now already enlarged into a K86, Svatý Petr was host of the at that time well-known “Bohemian Tournament”. Step by step in the following years the jumps were enlarged and many national and international ski jumping competitions were held.

The last competitions there were the Nazi-German youth championships in 1942.Īfter World War II, ski jumping activities were completely moved to Svatý Petr, where four new wooden jumps (K16, K28, K50 and K72) were built up from 1947 until 1953. Winner at the time was Gustl Berauer, but Adolf Steinmüller performed the longest jump of 49.5 m. For the Nordic Combined championship competition in 1941, Klausengrundschanze at Svatý Petr was enlarged into a 50-meter hill. In the 1920s, the hill allowed jumps around 40 meters. Klausengrundschanze was built for the Austrian championships in 1910, where jumps up to 25 meters were performed. The first ski jumping hill in the town district Svatý Petr (en. Masarykův Můstek at Dívčí lávky), on which the Nazi-German championships were hosted in 1941. In 1936, Elbgrundschanze at Mädelsteg was inaugurated (cz. Later, in the 1920’s another ski jump existed in Milscherloch. The first historically mentioned jumping hill stood already in 1905 near the Hotel Esplanada (record distance in 1906 was 16.5 m). Today, it is a small but much sought-after winter sports ressort with many visitors every year, at which even Alpine Ski World Cup takes place sometimes. Spindler Mühle) in the Giants Mountains was one of the most important centres. In the history of Czech ski jumping Špindlerŭv Mlýn (ger.
