Dresden’s Rudolf Harbig Stadium (also known as the Dynamo Stadium) is located just 800 metres south-east of Dresden’s city hall, right next to the Großer Garten, the central park in the Saxon state capital. This makes it one of the most central large stadiums in Germany. Football has been played here since 1896. The modern stadium was built by 2009. The building, a reinforced concrete construction, has a continuous glass façade along the main front facing Lennestraße, which gives it a certain lightness. However, a complete view of the façade is obstructed by the park trees of the Großer Garten. Our stadium portrait was taken on 10 February 2024 directly before the 3rd division match between Dynamo Dresden and VFB Lübeck (7:2).
Dynamo Dresden, the club based in the stadium, was one of the most successful clubs in GDR football. It brought eight GDR championships, seven FDGB Cup titles and finally in 1990 the one-off Germany Cup (against Bayern Munich) to Dresden. In the European Cup competitions, Dresden reached the quarter-finals seven times and the semi-finals once (1989). The new Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion was one of the venues for the 2011 Women’s World Cup, and national teams from the GDR and Germany (men and women) played ten times in the Dresden stadium. Another highlight is the annual Christmas concert of the Dresden Kreuzchor. Finally, the Dresden Football Museum also found a home in the new stadium building in 2011.Dresden’s Rudolf Harbig Stadium (also known as the Dynamo Stadium) is located just 800 metres south-east of Dresden’s city hall, right next to the Großer Garten, the central park in the Saxon state capital. This makes it one of the most central large stadiums in Germany. Football has been played here since 1896. The modern stadium was built by 2009. The building, a reinforced concrete construction, has a continuous glass façade along the main front facing Lennestraße, which gives it a certain lightness. However, a complete view of the façade is obstructed by the park trees of the Großer Garten. Our stadium portrait was taken on 10 February 2024 directly before the 3rd division match between Dynamo Dresden and VFB Lübeck (7:2).
Dynamo Dresden, the club based in the stadium, was one of the most successful clubs in GDR football. It brought eight GDR championships, seven FDGB Cup titles and finally in 1990 the one-off Germany Cup (against Bayern Munich) to Dresden. In the European Cup competitions, Dresden reached the quarter-finals seven times and the semi-finals once (1989). The new Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion was one of the venues for the 2011 Women’s World Cup, and national teams from the GDR and Germany (men and women) played ten times in the Dresden stadium. Another highlight is the annual Christmas concert of the Dresden Kreuzchor. Finally, the Dresden Football Museum also found a home in the new stadium building in 2011.
