1948 Winter Olympics ceremonies. The stadium was also used for speed skating, the figure skating competition and the medal games for ice hockey. Most of the ice hockey games were held at the "Suvretta" and "Kulm" stadiums in St. Moritz. Bobsled was held at the St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun. Skeleton was contested on the Cresta Run track. Olympia Bob Run was built in 1897 and modernized for the 1948 Games while the Cresta Run was first constructed in 1885. The ski jump competitions were held at Olympiaschanze ski jump hill in St. Moritz. It was built in 1927 for the 1928 Games, and
Moritz Hartmann Moritz Hartmann Moritz Hartmann (15 October 1821 - 13 May 1872) was a German poet, politician and author. Hartmann was born of Jewish parentage at Duschnik (, also known as "Trhové Dušníky") in Bohemia. As a young man, Hartmann abandoned Judaism although he never formally converted to Christianity. Having studied philosophy at Prague and Vienna, he travelled in south Germany, Switzerland and Italy, and became tutor in a family at Vienna. In 1845, he proceeded to Leipzig and there published a volume of patriotic poems, "Kelch und Schwert" (1845). Fearing in consequence prosecution at the hands of the authorities, he