Race Tracks in Germany
Germany is the spiritual home of European motorsport, anchored by the Nürburgring's 20.8km Nordschleife, the world's most famous road circuit, and the Grand Prix-standard Hockenheimring. Beyond those two icons sits a genuinely deep scene: the Sachsenring hosts MotoGP's only German round, the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben and EuroSpeedway Lausitz carry DTM and GT racing, and Bilster Berg has become a favourite private test and track-day venue. Public-road circuits survive at Schleizer Dreieck and Frohburger Dreieck, closed each year for car and bike racing much as they have been since the 1920s. A dense grass-track and sandbahn speedway scene runs through Bavaria, Lower Saxony and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, motocross has a world-championship home at Teutschenthal's Talkessel, and the Norisring turns Nuremberg's streets into a DTM stage every summer. Germany's motorsport heritage also includes dozens of closed venues, from Berlin's banked AVUS to the banned Grenzlandring, plus test facilities like Aldenhoven and Groß Dölln. Venues cluster around the Rhineland, Bavaria and central Germany, feeding one of Europe's biggest track-day and Nordschleife tourist-lap cultures.
65 venues listed across 10 categories. Venues with a full RaceTrackWorld guide are linked.
Road courses in Germany
| Venue | Town | Length | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nürburgring (Grand-Prix-Strecke) | Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate | 5.148 km | Modern Grand Prix circuit built in 1984, host of DTM, the 24h Nürburgring finish and, intermittently, the German Formula 1 Grand Prix. |
| Nürburgring Nordschleife | Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate | 20.832 km | The 'Green Hell', a 1927 public-toll circuit through the Eifel forest used for touristenfahrten laps, the 24h Nürburgring and manufacturer testing. |
| Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg (Motodrom) | Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg | 4.574 km | Germany's other Grand Prix venue, home to the NitrOlympX drag meeting, DTM and periodic Formula 1 German Grands Prix. |
| Sachsenring | Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Saxony | 3.671 km | Rebuilt in 1996 on a former public-road circuit, now the sole German round of the MotoGP World Championship. |
| EuroSpeedway Lausitz (Lausitzring) | Klettwitz, Brandenburg | 4.535 km | Multi-configuration circuit built on a reclaimed coal-mining site, formerly a DTM venue and still used for club racing and testing. |
| Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt | 3.696 km | Former airfield circuit hosting DTM, ADAC GT Masters and World Superbikes across several decades. |
| Bilster Berg Drive Resort | Bad Driburg, North Rhine-Westphalia | 4.2 km | Rollercoaster-like private circuit opened in 2013, used heavily for manufacturer testing and members' track days. |
| SchottenringSeasonal | Schotten, Hesse | 5.9 km | Combined road-and-hillclimb circuit dating to 1925, still used for the 'Schotten' club races and historic events. |
| Schleizer DreieckSeasonal | Schleiz, Thuringia | 7.6 km | The oldest continuously used public-road circuit in Germany, closed to traffic for car and bike racing since 1923. |
| Frohburger DreieckSeasonal | Frohburg, Saxony | 8.6 km | Public-road triangle used for motorcycle road racing since 1922, one of the last surviving events of its kind in Germany. |
| Spreewaldring Training Center | Vetschau, Brandenburg | 2.3 km | Former Soviet military airfield converted into a driver-training and club-racing circuit in the Spreewald region. |
| Groß Dölln Driving Center | Groß Dölln, Brandenburg | 4 km | Former Soviet MiG airbase runway north of Berlin, now a test and track-day facility with a long straight and handling circuit. |
| Aldenhoven Testing Center | Aldenhoven, North Rhine-Westphalia | 3.6 km | Private RWTH Aachen-linked test track near Cologne with several configurable loops, occasionally opened for club and testing events. |
| Flugplatz MendigSeasonal | Mendig, Rhineland-Palatinate | — | Former military airfield near the Nürburgring used for club sprints, drift days and driver training. |
Ovals and speedways in Germany
| Venue | Town | Length | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lausitzring Tri-OvalDormant | Klettwitz, Brandenburg | 2.264 km | Banked NASCAR-style tri-oval built alongside the EuroSpeedway Lausitz road course; unused for racing since the DTM/NASCAR-style events ended around 2018. |
Drag strips in Germany
| Venue | Town | Length | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|
| NitrOlympX Drag Strip (Hockenheimring Motodrom)Seasonal | Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg | 0.402 km | Germany has no standalone permanent drag strip; a quarter-mile strip is laid out inside the Hockenheimring infield each September for the NitrOlympX, Europe's oldest drag racing meeting (since 1972). |
Motorcycle speedway and short ovals in Germany
| Venue | Town | Length | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellermühle Speedwaybahn | Landshut, Bavaria | 0.39 km | Longtrack and speedway venue in Bavaria hosting German championship and international longtrack meetings. |
| Olching Speedwaybahn | Olching, Bavaria | 0.39 km | Bavarian speedway stadium hosting regular German speedway league fixtures near Munich. |
| Speedwaybahn Güstrow | Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | — | North German speedway venue used for club and championship racing. |
| Speedwaybahn Stralsund | Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | — | Baltic-coast speedway stadium used for German league and grasstrack-style events. |
| Cloppenburg Speedwaybahn | Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony | — | Long-running Lower Saxony speedway stadium and a fixture of German speedway league racing. |
| Abensberg Speedwaybahn | Abensberg, Bavaria | — | Bavarian speedway venue hosting German championship rounds. |
| Pocking Speedwaybahn | Pocking, Bavaria | — | Lower Bavarian speedway stadium that has hosted international longtrack finals. |
| Sandbahn Herxheim (Waldstadion)Seasonal | Herxheim bei Landau, Rhineland-Palatinate | — | Sandbahn (longtrack) stadium in the Palatinate hosting sidecar and solo longtrack meetings. |
| Mühldorf Speedwaybahn | Mühldorf am Inn, Bavaria | — | Bavarian speedway and sandbahn venue used for German championship and club meetings. |
| Diedenbergen Speedwaybahn | Hofheim am Taunus, Hesse | — | Hessian speedway stadium hosting German league racing near Frankfurt. |
| Bopfingen Speedway | Bopfingen, Baden-Württemberg | — | Baden-Württemberg speedway venue used for regional and national championship meetings. |
| Teterower BergringSeasonal | Teterow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 3.72 km | Grass and long-track circuit dating to 1929, one of the largest natural-terrain motorcycle tracks in Europe. |
Hillclimbs and sprints in Germany
| Venue | Town | Length | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolsfelder AvD Bergrennen | Wolsfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate | 1.6 km | One of the last regularly run German hillclimbs, close to the Luxembourg border, on the German and European hillclimb calendars. |
| Glasbachrennen | Bad König-Momart, Hesse | 1.9 km | Odenwald hillclimb course used for German Hillclimb Championship rounds. |
| Osnabrücker Bergrennen (Uphöfen) | Osnabrück, Lower Saxony | — | Lower Saxony hillclimb near Osnabrück, one of a shrinking number of active German hillclimb venues. |
Rallycross in Germany
| Venue | Town | Length | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|
| EsteringSeasonal | Buxtehude, Lower Saxony | 1.1 km | Historic rallycross venue and a former round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship, still used for German and European rallycross. |
| Matschenberg Offroad Arena | Schipkau, Brandenburg | — | Lausitz off-road and rallycross arena built on reclaimed mining land near the EuroSpeedway. |
| Gründautalring | Gründau, Hesse | — | Hessian autocross and rallycross circuit used for club and regional championship events. |
Motocross and off-road in Germany
| Venue | Town | Length | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talkessel Teutschenthal | Teutschenthal, Saxony-Anhalt | — | Natural-terrain motocross bowl that has hosted the MXGP of Germany and the Motocross of Nations. |
| MX-Strecke Gaildorf | Gaildorf, Baden-Württemberg | — | Baden-Württemberg motocross track used for German Championship rounds. |
| Bielstein Motocross | Wiehl-Bielstein, North Rhine-Westphalia | — | Long-running NRW motocross venue hosting national and club meetings. |
| Holzgerlingen Motocross | Holzgerlingen, Baden-Württemberg | — | Motocross circuit near Stuttgart used for regional and national championship rounds. |
| Motocross Reutlingen-Ohmenhausen | Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg | — | Swabian Jura motocross venue used for club and championship racing. |
Karting in Germany
| Venue | Town | Length | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kartcenter Kerpen (Erftlandring) | Kerpen-Manheim, North Rhine-Westphalia | — | Michael Schumacher's home kart track; the original Manheim site has faced closure pressure from lignite mining, with racing continuing on-site as of the last confirmed reports. |
| ProKart Raceland Wackersdorf | Wackersdorf, Bavaria | 1.4 km | One of Europe's largest kart circuits, built on a former nuclear reprocessing plant site; hosts international karting championships. |
| Kartbahn Ampfing | Ampfing, Bavaria | 1.2 km | Bavarian kart circuit hosting German and international karting championship rounds. |
| Kartbahn Oppenrod | Butzbach, Hesse | 1.2 km | Hessian kart circuit used for national karting championship events. |
| Kartbahn Templin | Templin, Brandenburg | 1.2 km | Brandenburg kart circuit near Berlin used for club and championship racing. |
| Kartbahn Liedolsheim | Dettenheim-Liedolsheim, Baden-Württemberg | 1 km | Baden-Württemberg kart circuit hosting German karting championship rounds. |
| Kartbahn Mülsen (Sachsenring) | Mülsen, Saxony | — | Kart circuit at the Sachsenring complex used for club and school karting. |
| Kartbahn Hahn | Hahn-Flughafen, Rhineland-Palatinate | — | Kart circuit built on the former Hahn Airport site near the Nürburgring. |
Street circuits and temporary in Germany
| Venue | Town | Length | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|
| NorisringSeasonal | Nuremberg, Bavaria | 2.3 km | Street circuit on the former Nazi party rally grounds, host of the DTM's Norisring round since 1947. |
Closed and historic in Germany
| Venue | Town | Length | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVUSClosed | Berlin | 8.3 km | Pioneering 1921 banked motorway circuit; the remaining steep north curve was demolished and the site reduced to an A115 autobahn stretch by the early 2000s. |
| GrenzlandringClosed | Wegberg, North Rhine-Westphalia | 7.6 km | Ultra-fast public-road triangle banned from racing after a fatal 1952 crash killed multiple spectators. |
| Solitude-RennstreckeClosed | Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg | 11.4 km | Public-road circuit that hosted Formula 2 and motorcycle Grands Prix until closing to championship racing in 1965; demonstration revival events still run occasionally. |
| Nürburgring SüdschleifeClosed | Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate | 7.7 km | The Nürburgring's southern loop, closed to racing in 1970 and now mostly reclaimed by forest. |
| DeutschlandringClosed | Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia | 25 km | A planned 1930s public-road circuit intended as a German rival to the Nürburgring; never used for racing. |
| Halle-Saale-SchleifeClosed | Halle, Saxony-Anhalt | — | East German public-road circuit used for motorcycle racing until the early 1990s. |
| Bernauer SchleifeClosed | Bernau, Brandenburg | — | Former East German public-road circuit near Berlin, closed after German reunification. |
| Feldberg-RundrennstreckeClosed | Feldberg, Baden-Württemberg | — | Black Forest public-road circuit that hosted racing until the 1950s. |
| Autobahnspinne DresdenClosed | Dresden, Saxony | — | Pre-war Dresden motorway-junction street circuit used for racing in the 1930s. |
| Karlsruher DreiecksrennenClosed | Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg | — | Public-road triangle circuit used for racing in Karlsruhe before closing decades ago. |
| Waldparkring MingolsheimClosed | Bad Schönborn, Baden-Württemberg | — | Former forest-park circuit near Karlsruhe used for club racing before closing. |
| Opel-RennbahnClosed | Rüsselsheim, Hesse | — | Opel's private banked test track near Frankfurt, largely disused since the 1970s. |
| Grillenburger DreieckClosed | Tharandt, Saxony | — | Saxon public-road triangle circuit used for motorcycle racing in the mid-20th century. |
| Odenwaldring (Oberneudorf)Closed | Mosbach, Baden-Württemberg | — | Public-road circuit in the Odenwald hills, closed to racing decades ago. |
| Trierer BergrennenClosed | Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate | — | Former hillclimb near Trier, discontinued along with most German hillclimbs amid tightened environmental rules. |
| Rhön-BergrennenClosed | Gersfeld, Hesse | — | Historic Rhön mountains hillclimb, discontinued in the 1980s as environmental restrictions ended most German hillclimbing. |
| Formel-E-Rennstrecke Berlin (Tempelhof)Closed | Berlin | 2.355 km | Street circuit around the disused Tempelhof Airport that hosted the Formula E Berlin E-Prix from 2015 until the series moved to a new Berlin street layout after 2021. |
Race tracks near the big cities in Germany
Near Berlin
- Groß Dölln Driving Center · about 60 min
- Spreewaldring Training Center · about 90 min
- Matschenberg Offroad Arena · about 110 min
- EuroSpeedway Lausitz (Lausitzring) · about 100 min
- Kartbahn Templin · about 70 min
Near Munich
- Olching Speedwaybahn · about 25 min
- Kartbahn Ampfing · about 55 min
- Mühldorf Speedwaybahn · about 65 min
- ProKart Raceland Wackersdorf · about 90 min
- Pocking Speedwaybahn · about 110 min
Near Hamburg
- Estering · about 35 min
- Speedwaybahn Güstrow · about 90 min
- Cloppenburg Speedwaybahn · about 100 min
Near Frankfurt
- Diedenbergen Speedwaybahn · about 30 min
- Kartbahn Oppenrod · about 40 min
- Schottenring · about 60 min
- Glasbachrennen · about 75 min
- Kartbahn Hahn · about 100 min
Near Cologne / Düsseldorf
- Kartcenter Kerpen (Erftlandring) · about 30 min
- Aldenhoven Testing Center · about 40 min
- Bielstein Motocross · about 60 min
- Nürburgring (Grand-Prix-Strecke) · about 80 min
Near Stuttgart
- Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg (Motodrom) · about 40 min
- Holzgerlingen Motocross · about 25 min
- Kartbahn Liedolsheim · about 60 min
Near Leipzig / Dresden
- Sachsenring · about 70 min
- Schleizer Dreieck · about 90 min
- Kartbahn Mülsen (Sachsenring) · about 75 min
- Frohburger Dreieck · about 45 min
Near Nuremberg
- Norisring · about 10 min
- ProKart Raceland Wackersdorf · about 75 min
- Kartbahn Ampfing · about 120 min
Major race weekends in Germany
| Event | Venue | When | Series |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24h Nürburgring | Nürburgring (Nordschleife + Grand-Prix-Strecke combined) | May | Endurance racing (NLS/24h) |
| German motorcycle Grand Prix | Sachsenring | July | MotoGP |
| DTM Norisring | Norisring | June/July | DTM |
| NitrOlympX | Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg (Motodrom) | August | Drag racing |
| MXGP of Germany | Talkessel Teutschenthal | May/June | MXGP motocross |
| DTM Oschersleben | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | July | DTM |
| German TT | Schleizer Dreieck | July | Motorcycle club racing |
| Frohburger Dreieck races | Frohburger Dreieck | September | International Road Racing Championship |
| German Rallycross Championship at Estering | Estering | Summer | Rallycross |
Track days and driving experiences in Germany
The Nürburgring Nordschleife runs public touristenfahrten (tourist laps) most evenings and weekends outside race meetings, priced per lap (roughly EUR 25-35) or as day tickets; RCN club-racing rounds offer a cheaper amateur-racing route onto the Nordschleife. Bilster Berg Drive Resort and Hockenheimring's Fahrsicherheitszentrum run structured car and motorcycle track days, typically EUR 150-400 depending on car class and session length, alongside manufacturer experiences from Porsche, Mercedes-AMG and BMW at their own driving centres. Groß Dölln, Spreewaldring and Aldenhoven host cheaper open track days from around EUR 80-150. Karting is the easiest entry point, with arrive-and-drive sessions at circuits like ProKart Raceland Wackersdorf from around EUR 20-40, and the DMSB/ADAC-affiliated hillclimb and sprint calendar remains the traditional low-cost route into German club motorsport.
Frequently asked questions
Does this page include horse racing courses?+
No. German horse racing venues such as Iffezheim (Baden-Baden) and Hoppegarten near Berlin are not covered here; this page lists only motorsport circuits and venues.
Can I drive the Nürburgring Nordschleife myself?+
Yes. Outside official race meetings, the Nordschleife runs public touristenfahrten sessions where anyone with a valid road-legal vehicle and licence can pay per lap or buy a day ticket.
Does Germany still host a Formula 1 Grand Prix?+
Not on a fixed annual basis. Hockenheimring and the Nürburgring have alternated hosting the German Grand Prix historically, but neither has held a permanent calendar slot since 2020.
What is the longest race circuit in Germany?+
The Nürburgring Nordschleife, at 20.8km, is by far the longest and most famous permanent circuit in the country, and one of the longest in the world.
Where is MotoGP held in Germany?+
The Sachsenring in Saxony hosts the German round of the MotoGP World Championship every July, the tightest and slowest circuit on the calendar.
Are public-road circuits like Schleizer Dreieck and Frohburger Dreieck still active?+
Yes. Both circuits close public roads for scheduled race meetings each year, continuing a tradition of German road racing that dates back to the 1920s.
Where can I see motocross at the highest level in Germany?+
The Talkessel natural-terrain bowl at Teutschenthal in Saxony-Anhalt has hosted the MXGP of Germany and the Motocross of Nations.
Venue list checked against 36 sources. Last reviewed 2026-09-10.
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