It was located at Wambeler street near the Borsigplatz and factory of Hoesch AG in northern Dortmund.

Weiße Wiese was originally a municipal ball court with running tracks and jumping pit.

The goalposts and crossbar were initially only made of squared timber and were always removed after the games, preventing the risk that they could be stolen.

The name of the place, Weiße Wiese, was supposedly originated from the white flowers dropping from adjacent poplars in spring, which turned the pitch into a white field (German: Weiße Wiese).

In 1937, in the preparations for war of Nazi expansion, Hoesch AG forced Borussia Dortmund to leave Weiße Wiese and relocate to Stadion Rote Erde, south of downtown.