History
On the move since 1982
From the idea of a tennis and riding facility to a modern sports and health centre: this is how Sport Oase has grown step by step – a family business since 1989.
Historic photo: the facility in the 1980s
1982
Facility opened
1989
family-run ever since
44 years
of sport at this location
16,000 m²
Sport and health today
Our story on a timeline
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1977
The beginnings
The idea
A tennis and riding facility is planned – the foundation for everything that follows.
- Milestone
1982
Opening
On 2 March 1982 the building is finished. Tennis is played from the very start.
- Milestone
- Tennis
1986
Sportcenter Entenfang
The facility grows into the Sportcenter Entenfang: four squash courts, a ninepin bowling alley, eight ten-pin bowling lanes and a sauna area – then called “Sonnengrotten” – with three whirlpools are added. At the same time planning begins for Sport Oase.
- Squash
- Ninepin bowling
- Ten-pin bowling
- Sauna
1989
Family business
A fresh start with the Kautz family
Hartmut Kautz takes over the facility and invests DM 1.2 million in its renovation. Play takes place on 6 indoor and 7 outdoor tennis courts. Sport Oase has been family-run ever since.
- Milestone
- Tennis
1990
Fitness moves in
With Club Heide Ecker-Rosendahl, a 700 m² fitness area is created. The bowling lanes are given up in the same year.
- Fitness
- Ten-pin bowling
1994
Badminton in planning
The first plans for a badminton hall of its own take shape.
- Badminton
1996
Sport Oase Berzdorf
The badminton hall is built – with advice from Uwe Scherpen, 13-time German badminton champion. The facility now carries the name Sport Oase Berzdorf.
- Milestone
- Badminton
1997
The Mini-Club launches
The Mini-Club opens on 27 January 1997 – our childcare service at the time, which no longer exists today.
- Family
2003
New sports
Soccer under a roof
Planning and construction of the soccer hall begin.
- Soccer
2013
Big update
Tennis courts and soccer pitches are renovated and renewed, and a new sauna is added.
- Tennis
- Soccer
- Sauna
2015
New fitness area
The training area is renovated and fitted with new equipment.
- Fitness
2020
Farewell to the ninepin alley
After more than 30 years, ninepin bowling is discontinued.
- Ninepin bowling
2022
Sport Oase today
Table tennis
Table tennis is introduced.
- Table tennis
2023
New party room
Kids’ birthday parties now have a party room of their own – with sound system and table football.
- Events
- Family
2023
Dancing with Jamaa Dance Studio
Our partner Jamaa Dance Studio brings dance classes to Sport Oase.
- Classes
- Partner
2024
Technogym Biocircuit launches
Technogym Biocircuit brings an AI-controlled machine circuit to Sport Oase – the training that adapts to you automatically.
- Milestone
- Fitness
- Technogym Biocircuit
2024
Freshly renewed
The squash court gets a new ceiling, and a new sauna opens.
- Squash
- Sauna
2026
Early start
Since 1 October we open at 6 am on weekdays – as a trial phase until 31 March 2027.
- Milestone
You help write the next chapter.
Over 35 years as a family business, constantly renewed and expanded – always with the aim that you feel at home with us.