We took a look at the construction of the Südschleife – starting from the Scharfer Kopf, we followed the concrete-paved back straight behind the future start and finish line, past the grandstand bend. This was built where the T13 area is located today. We then continued straight on to the Nordschleife, which has been world-famous for 100 years.

This led from the highest point of the circuit over hills and through valleys to the lowest point in the Breidscheid district of Adenau; from there, it continued across a long valley basin to the Hohe Acht and later, via numerous bends and the Döttinger Höhe, back towards Nürburg.

The first section of the Nordschleife was named after a stream running alongside the track and is still known as Hatzenbach today. Unlike today, this treacherous series of twists and turns was surrounded by dense fir forest at the time.

For the workers, this section of the track posed a major challenge 100 years ago: The subsoil consisted of marshy, water-impermeable ground, which had to be laboriously removed and replaced with rubble. At the end of the winding section, large trees first had to be felled, which in turn gave the section its name: Hocheichen.

ℹ️ The Nürburgring opened in 1927. As part of #Roadto100, we’ll be looking back from time to time at various milestones in our long history in the run-up to our big anniversary year!