In 1905, the City of Schweinfurt donated a lawn at Hutrasen, south of river Main, to newly established 1.

After interim use as agricultural area, in 1928 Hutrasen became the home to local competitor VfR 07 Schweinfurt, who expanded the ground into a football stadium with a capacity of 6,000 in 1941.

[2][3] At that time, the club of Germany international footballer Robert Bernard had a couple of successful seasons in the top tier Gauliga Bayern.

[4] In 1940, VfR Schweinfurt defeated Mühlheimer SV 06 2–1 at Stadion am Hutrasen in its first round match to the German Cup (Tschammerpokal).

After World War II, VfR 07 could not continue on the old road to success, and Stadion am Hutrasen hosted lower league football only.