The Astberg Winter Sports Centre project was initially coined in 2004, when designers revealed a first draft of the centre.

Planners Klaus Dieter Goetze and Mario Kowalsky are now keen to finally get construction of the facility, which would allow year-long access for ski jumpers, underway.

According to the International Ski Federation (FIS), the planned centre in Wernigerode, a town in the Harz district of central Germany, would feature all possible wind conditions.

It would be comprised of two ski jumping hills - 90 metres and 125m, which would be classified as normal and large hills respectively under FIS regulations - as well as one alpine downhill slope.

A cross country skiing track would also be constructed, along with a bobsleigh and luge circuit which would incorporate 12 turns.

As well as including a number of facilities for winter sport, the project would also include two hotels for professional athletes and tourists and an entertainment area, comprising of an ice bar, café, theme restaurants, sky café with panoramic view and a 360-degree rotating restaurant.

The concept for the centre has been designed with environmental impact in mind, those behind the project claim, with the energy for the facility being generated using a fuel cell.

“Energy is one of the economic key factors of the Astberg Winter Sports Centre Wernigerode,” an official statement revealing the plans read.

“Due to the high energy consumption we developed a generation of energy through a fuel cell.

“The fuel cell produces energy and heat at the same time.”

A number of similar projects have been designed but all have fallen through for a “variety of reasons”, the FIS said.