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WEGBERGRING
Description Circuit built before World War II (in 1938 or 1939) for military purposes, so for this reason was unknown. During the war it was not damages and in 1947 was discovered. It was used until 1952, when several spectators were killed or injuried because of a crash.<br />
It was known also as Grenzland-Ring, Wegbergring or Wegberg Ring
Location Wegberg
NW - Nordrhein-Westfalen - 1949÷1990: BRD
Location Near to Mönchengladbach and Roermond (Netherlands)
Latitude - Longitude + 51°08'30"     + 6°17'13"
51.141667     6.286944
UTM Coordinates X = 310221.308  -  Y = 5669078.995  -  Zone 32U
Aerial photo / Map (*) Aerial photo / Map (*) OpenStreetMap  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Google Maps  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Bing Maps  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Zoom Earth  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Wikimapia
Altitude AMSL  
Inauguration September 19th 1948
Closing August 31st 1952
Designer  
Sources and links (Translation) (**)
(1) German www.landkartenindex.de/spezial/spezial_rennstrecken_grenzland.htm Official website
(2) German www.motor-classic.de/motor/magazin/grenzlandring/grenzlandring.htm Official website
(3) English 8w.forix.com/6thgear/grenzlandring.html 6th Gear: photo tour - February 18th 2004
(4) German de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenzlandring Wikipedia
(5) English en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenzlandring Wikipedia
(6) English forums.autosport.com (...) Autosport.com Bulletin Board --> The Nostalgia Forum --> Grenzlandring (aka Grenzland-Ring)
(7) English Dutch www.circuitsofthepast.nl Circuit of the Past
(8) English www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1531004 Track layout
(9) German www.kie4192.de/Der_Grenzlandring/der_grenzlandring.html
(10) English www.racingcircuits.net Motor Racing Circuits Database
(11) English www.silhouet.com/motorsport/tracks/grenzlan.html The GEL Motorsport - Tracks Around The World
(12) English Autosport (UK) Vol. 5 - N° 10/1952 (page 295) Map and race reports September 5th 1952

(*) NOTE: a complete and detailed view of the circuit can be found (if available) on Street View by Google Maps and/or Bird's Eye and 3D views by Bing Maps for Enterprise (former Microsoft Virtual Earth): both can be reached using their own link in Aerial photo / Map cell.

(**) For on-line not-English speaking sources, click on each small flag and you open the corresponding Google Translator page with automatic translation.

WEGBERGRING
Description The track was used 4 times anticlockwise and only once (in 1949) clockwise.
Years 1948÷1952
Direction Either   Either
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational YES
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit YES
Type Oval course
Inauguration September 19th 1948
Closing August 31st 1952
Last update of this page March 5th 2008
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points  
length 9173  m 30095  ft 5.7  mi   (10)
length 9173  m 30095  ft 5.7  mi   (11)
length 9000  m 29528  ft 5.592  mi   (11)
length 9005  m 29544  ft 5.596  mi   (11)
length 9005  m 29544  ft 5.596  mi   (5)
length 9012  m 29568  ft 5.6  mi Calculated from aerial photo (*) (8)
Width 6.8  m 22  ft      (5)

Grenzlandring

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Updates
Date Track layout Years Description by Map by Thanks to Note
November 21st 2024   1948÷1952 Guido de Carli     Update Sources and links
December 15th 2008   1948÷1952 Guido de Carli     Update Description
March 5th 2008   1948÷1952 Guido de Carli     Update Description
February 19th 2008   1948÷1952 Guido de Carli Lorenzo Tommasi   New Map
November 17th 2003   1948÷1952 Guido de Carli   Uwe Sautter Update Description
July 18th 2003   1948÷1952 Guido de Carli     New Description without map
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list
 
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