German Rowing Clubs in Hamburg

Hamburgische Ruderclubs

Last modified: 2021-01-30 by klaus-michael schneider
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• RC 1895 Hamburg
• RC Allemannia 1866
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• Biller RC
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• RV Bille
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• RC Dresdenia
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• Elbe/Alster
• SV Polizei Hamburg 1920
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• RC Protesia 1907
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• Hamburger Ruderinnen Club
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• RV Teichwiesen
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• RC Vineta 1888
• RV Wandsbek
• WRG Wikinger
• Wilhelmsburger RC 1895
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Information about flags of following Hamburg rowing clubs is available here:
ARV Alania zu Hamburg
Alster RV Hanseat
RC Bergedorf
RC Favorite Hammonia
Der Hamburger und Germania RC
Hammerdeicher RV 1893
Rot-Gelb Hamburg
RG Hansa
RC Süderelbe

Source:
If source is not given explicitely, all information is available from the flag chart of : Rudersportalmanach 1977.

RC 1895 Hamburg

Ruder Club 1895 Hamburg
It is a red flag fringed red at three sides. In the centre is a white Hamburg castle masoned black, the castle is surrounded by a golden and green(?) wreath of laurel connected at the bottom by a white bow. At the top are white dotted, serifed initials "R." (hoist) and "C." (fly). At the bottom is a split up date "18" (hoist) and "95." (fly). Beneath the date is a white, embowed inscription "Hamburg" flanked by white acanthus ornament at both sides.
The club has been dissolved. The date I don't know.
Source: Filing card no.1974/14 of Museum für hamburgische Geschichte
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Jun 2012

RC Allemannia 1866

Name: Ruder-Club "Allemannia von 1866"
Located in: Hamburg
Established: 7 February 1866
According to theclub webpage, the packet steamer "ALLEMANNIA" - the spelling was not for sure - of the HAPAG shipping company had been the name giver. The steamer was a symbol of the aspiring economy and the spirit of progress.
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2006

flag

The flag has ten horizontal alternating red and white stripes starting with a red one. In the centre of the flag is a blue shield containing a yellow rose.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2006

blade

It is a red blade with a white wedge pointing to the shaft.
Source:
I spotted an upright oar at the information board in front of the club's boat house on 5 March 2010.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 May 2010

Biller RC

Name: Biller Ruder-Club von 1883 e.V.
Located in: Hamburg
Established: 1 January 1883
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2006

flags

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2006

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2006

It is a blue flag with a white 5-point-star in its centre and a embowed white inscription "Biller Ruder Club (top) v.1883 r.V.(bottom)" (see left image above). There exists a simpler version (see right image above) , depicted on boat-house. The flag is simply blue with the white 5-point-star in its centre.
Source: Own observation
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2006

blade

It is a blue blade.
Source: own photo 2006
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Dec 2008

RV Bille

Name: Rudervereinigung "Bille" von 1896 e.V.
Located in: Hamburg
Established: 1 January 1896
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2006

flag

It is a red over white or blue flag divided per bend sinister. In the white stripe are dotted blue capital letters: "R.V.B."
The Bille is a small river flowing into the River Elbe in Hamburg city.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 01 Jan 2007

blade

The blade has the same pattern as the flag but without the blue inscription on the white.
Source: own photo 2006
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Dec 2008

RC Dresdenia

Name: Ruder-Club Dresdenia e.V.
Located in: Hamburg
Established: 1 May 1938 as Ruderinnen-Club Dresdenia e.V.
In the beginning for females only. The club had however at least a dozen of males as members in the 1970ies.
Source: Own observation
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2006

flag

It is a white flag divided by a green cotized centred cross.In the centre of the flag is a green annulet. Within the annulet is a white field with a very narrowly fimbriated green. In the field is a red Hamburg-castle masoned white. In the upper hoist quarter are green capital letters "RCD" in a bendy formation.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2006

blade

The blade is horizontally divided into green over white over green, the main colours of the flag.
Source: own photo 2006
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Dec 2008

Elbe/Alster

Name: "Elbe/Alster" Ruder- und Segel-Verein e.V.
Located in: Hamburg
The white pennant was divided by a blue, off-centred, cotized cross.
Source: Der Rudersport (weekly); edition II/12/19 March 1913
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 June 2014

SV Polizei Hamburg 1920

Name: Sportvereinigung Polizei Hamburg von 1920 e.V. (WSAP)
Located in: Hamburg
Established: 1 April 1927
Special thanks to Mr. Breesemann from WSAP, who showed me the flag and the logo.
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2006

flag

It is a white flag divided by a green cotised saltire and a white circle cotized green in the centre of the flag. Within the circle is a green Hamburg castle.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2006

blade

The blade is divided per bend into white and green, the colours of the flag.
Source: own photo 2006
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Dec 2008

RC Protesia 1907

Name: Ruder-Club "Protesia" von 1907 e.V.
Located in: Hamburg
Established: 9 July 1907
For further information click: club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2006

flag

The flag has 9 horizontal alternating blue and white stripes starting with a blue one. In the centre of the flag is a white lozenge fimbriated blue with blue capital letters "R (top) CP (centre)".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2006

blade

The white blade is divided by two narrow blue vertical lines near the baseboard. Blue and white are the colours of the flag.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Dec 2008

Hamburger Ruderinnen Club

Name: Hamburger Ruderinnen-Club von 1925 e.V.
Located in: Hamburg
Established: 3 December 1925
For further information click: club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2006

flag

It is a white flag divided by three blue horizontal wavy lines superimposed by a red shield with a modified white Hamburg castle (black and white checkered line instead of pinnacles).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2006

blade

There is a vertical ribbon shifted to the baseboard horizontally divided four times into blue and white, being the basic colours of flag.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Dec 2008

RV Teichwiesen

Name: Ruderverein an den Teichwiesen e.V.
Located in: Hamburg
Established: 14 May 1965
For further information click: club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2006

flag

It is a yellow flag with a black scandinavian cross. Both crossbars have narrow yellow lines in their middle ending in half yellow circles.
The intersection-point of crossbars is superimposed by a black annulet with a yellow field containing a cotized black capital "T".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 May 2006

blade

It is a plain yellow blade. Yellow is the basic colour of flag.
Source: own photo 2006
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Dec 2008

Name: Ruder Club "Vineta" von 1888
Located in: Hamburg
Established: 1888
The flag was white with a red centred disc and red inscriptions "R.C. Vineta" (top, embowed) and "von 1888" (bottom). The colours are likely as city colours of Hamburg but disputable.
Source: Der Rudersport (weekly) I/48/27 November 1912
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Jan 2021

RV Wandsbek

Name: Ruderverein Wandsbek e.V.
Located in: Hamburg
Established: 9 February 1972
It is a white flag divided by a blue centred cross. In the centres of cross bars are single narrow white lines. In the centre of the flag is a white circle fimbriated blue. In the circle is a blue "W" looking somewhere like a double square root symbol. In the centre of the upper hoist quarter is a coat of arms of the city of Hamburg. In the lower fly are blue letters "RV" ordered vertically and shifted to the vertical crossbar.
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider,16 May 2006

WRG Wikinger

Name: Wanderrudergesellschaft "Die Wikinger" e.V.
Located in: Hamburg
Established: 13 May 1911
It is a plain orange flag with a blue annulet in its centre. The annulet has an inscription of white capital letters: "DIE WIKINGER HAMBURG".
Source: Own photo.
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 May 2006

Wilhelmsburger RC 1895

Name: Wilhelmsburger Ruder-Club von 1895 e.V.
Located in: Hamburg
Established: 3 March 1895

On 3 March 1895 two clubs were established in Wilhelmsburg: the "Wilhelmsburger Männer-Ruder-Club von 1895 e.V. (WMRC)" for the "seniors", i.e. young men being older than 25 years and the "Ruder-Club "Pfeil" (RCP)" for the juniors. The RCP joined the WMRC very soon. As rowing for women became more and more popular, the WMRC changed its name to "Wilhelmsburger Ruder-Club von 1895 e.V. (WRC)" on 27 January 1957. The club became member of DRV in 1960. Being badly hit by the great Hamburg flood in 1962 the "Ruder-Club "Stradella"e.V." joined the WRC on 25 January 1963.

On 14 February 1965 the "Ruder-Club "Pirat" von 1897 e.V." and the "eddeler-Ruder-Club "Adler" von 1898" , formerly "Ruder-Club "Victoria"" merged forming the new club "Hamburger Ruder-Vereinigung "Norderelbe"" von 1897 e.V., in 1972 the city of Hamburg quit the lease of the club#s boat-house. As the city was not able to offer the club a new real estate, the members finally joined the WRC in 1978.

flags

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 May 2006

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 May 2006

It is a quarterly divided blue and yellow flag with a yellow lying anchor in the upper hoist (see left image above), according to RA77 it was a quarterly divided green and white flag with a white lying anchor in the upper hoist (see rigt image above). The colours probably are erroneous.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 May 2006

blade

The blade is horizontally divided into blue over white over yellow. The colours of the flag are those from flag of former city of Wilhelmsburg, which was incorporated to Hamburg in 1937.
Source: own photo 2006
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Dec 2008

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