Paul-Kalkbrenner-Sportfeld

There is a ground in the Lichtenberg borough of Berlin that holds a small crowd. It is the Paul-Kalkbrenner-Sportfeld, situated on Fischerstraße. The venue operates as the home of SV Sparta Lichtenberg, a club that has existed since 1911 and currently plays in the fifth tier of German football.

The stadium was officially inaugurated in 2025 after a renaming from its former title, Sportplatz Fischerstraße, following a period where the infrastructure was updated in 2007. It is not a massive occasion, with a capacity of one thousand spectators. The attendance record was set during a friendly match against F.C. Hansa Rostock in 2015, a game that sold out the small ground as a gesture of thanks for a charity donation. The surface is natural grass, and the pitch is used for both football and community gatherings.

The renaming was a five-year arrangement where Kalkbrenner covered the costs, a gesture that ties the stadium to the city’s music scene. It is also the place where the FIFA World Cup Trophy was brought to Lichtenberg in 2014. The opening ceremony in 2025 featured a charity match against "Team Kalkbrenner," a game that ended 7:3 and included guests such as Per Mertesacker and Torsten Mattuschka. It is a modest site, but it has a specific character that comes from the man who grew up here and played for the club in his youth.