Overview

• The June 28 attempt to heat and bend two steel supports reached only 300 °C instead of the 650–700 °C needed, leaving the 56-meter tower intact.
• Demolition company MB Spezialabbruch GmbH is using an electric heating process rather than explosives to minimize local evacuation and wildlife disturbance.
• A follow-up trial has been set for next week after engineers review the technical setback.
• Wintersportverein Brotterode has budgeted about €2 million for a new 36-meter inrun tower built to International Ski Federation standards, targeting completion by autumn 2025.
• Brotterode-Trusetal’s Inselbergschanze, in operation since the early 1920s, continues to serve as a training hub and host for the annual FIS Continental Cup.