Nazi party rally grounds

The Nazi party rally grounds (Reichsparteitagsgelände, literally: Reich Party Congress Grounds) covered about 11 square kilometres in the southeast of Nuremberg, Germany. Six Nazi party rallies were held there between 1933 and 1938. The grounds included: the Luitpoldarena, a deployment area the Luitpold Hall or "Old Congress Hall" (damaged during World War II, later demolished) the Kongresshalle (Congress Hall) or Neue Kongresshalle (New Congress Hall) (unfinished) the Zeppelinfeld (Zeppelin Field), another deployment area the Märzfeld (March Field) (unfinished, later demolished), a deployment area for the Wehrmacht (army) the Deutsche Stadion (German stadium) (only foundations were built), which was to be the largest sports stadium in the world the former Stadion der Hitlerjugend ("stadium of the Hitler Youth", today Frankenstadion) the Große Straße ("Great Road"), a (never-used) parade road A "Haus der Kultur" (House of Culture) and a representative entrance portal towards the "Great Road" were planned at the northwestern end of the "Great Road", near the (new) Congress Hall. Only Zeppelinfeld, Luitpoldarena and Große Straße were finished. The Kongresshalle, Zeppelinfeld and the Große Straße have been under monument protection since 1973 as significant examples of NS architecture. The grounds were designed by Hitler's architect Albert Speer, except for the Congress Hall, which was designed by Ludwig and Franz Ruff. Today the whole site is a memorial. It has hosted the annual Norisring Speedweekend motorsport festival since 1947, and the Rock im Park rock music festival since 2004. On 30 August 1933 Hitler declared Nuremberg the "City of the Reichsparteitage (Reich Party Congresses)". The Party Congresses (Reichsparteitage) were a self-portrayal of the NS-state and had no programmatic task, simply demonstrating the unity of the nation. In a propagandistic way a relation was to be drawn between the NS movement and the glory of the medieval emperors and the meetings of the Imperial Estates which had been held in Nuremberg in the Middle Ages.