Sport Poster Luckendorfer Hill Climb Auto Moto Racing Germany

Original vintage sports poster for the Luckendorfer Bergrennen, the legendary Luckendorfer Hill Climb motorsport race event in the Zittau mountain in Germany. Lückendorf mountain race As early as 1848, the Gabler Straße near Lückendorf gained striking characteristics (209 m gradient over 4 km in length) thanks to the new hairpin bend on the Mühlsteinberg and larger width, which later made it well suited for car and motorcycle races , the Lückendorfer mountain course. On June 3, 1923 sounded the first time in a sporting competition for "fuel consumption test" the engines. On August 31, 1924, the first mountain race between Eichgraben and Lückendorf took place. The start was at the Kurhaus "Waldfrieden" in Eichgraben and the finish was at the "Forsthaus" in Lückendorf. It took both motorcycles in the then usual solo and sidecar classes from 175 to 1000 cc as well as sports and racing cars part. The last final mountain race took place on August 12, 1934, after the 5th Lückendorfer hill climb on May 26, 1929 due to a technical defect in his Grad Prix Bugatti Ernst Mahla raced at about 160 km / h in the crowd, with two People were killed and others were seriously injured. For the time being only motorcycles drove the Lückendorfer mountain course after the Second World War. In the Formula 3 race in the second half of the sixties, the Dresden Heinz Melkus was able to win some victories. Well-known racing drivers, such as Hans Stuck , Manfred von Brauchitsch and Rudolf Caracciola , were among the guest drivers on the racetrack. From the year 2000 mountain races take place every year. Since 2007, the Lückendorfer mountain race together with the Jonsdorfer Oldtimertagen and the railway festival of the Zittau narrow-gauge railway together as "Historik Mobil" marketed. Good condition, creasing, tears. Country of issue: Germany, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 84x59, year of printing: 1966.