German Rowing Clubs ordered by name of location (m)

Deutsche Ruderclubs (m)

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• Marbacher RV 1920
• Marburger RV 1911
• RG Marktheidenfeld
• RC Marl
• Meißner RC Neptun
• Meißner RV
• WSV Meppen
• Merseburger RG
• RC Meschede
• Miltenberger RC
• Mindener RV
• Bessel-RC (Minden)
• Möllner RC
• RV Monheim
• RC Neptun (Mosbach-Neckarelz)
• Post SV Mühldorf
• Mühlheimer RV 1911

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Information about rowing clubs in the following cities is available here:

• Mainz
• Magdeburg
• Mannheim
• Mülheim a.d. Ruhr
• München
• Münster

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

Marbacher RV 1920

Name: Marbacher Ruderverein von 1920 e.V.
Located in: Marbach/Neckar
Established: 14 April 1920
The white flag is divided by a red and black centred cross, superimposed in the centre by a white shield containing the figures of the municipal coat of arms in black.
For further information click: club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Apr 2011

Marburger RV 1911

Name: Marburger Ruderverein von 1911 e.V.
Located in: Marburg
Established: 17 March 1911
The white flag is horizontally divided by two narrow red stripes. In the centre between the stripes is a simplified version of the coat of arms of the city of Marburg, only having colours red, white and black. The shield is topped by a white mural crown. At the fly is a black inscription "MRV" over "1911".
For further information click: club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Apr 2011

RG Marktheidenfeld

Name: Rudergesellschaft Marktheidenfeld e.V.
Located in: Marktheidenfeld
Established: 14 May 1956
It is a white over red over white flag. In the centre of the red stripe is a white 4-point star. In the centre of the lower white stripe is a red lower case "m", at both sides of the upper white stripe are red capital letters "R" and "G".
For further information click: club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Nov 2007

RC Marl

Name: Ruder-Club Marl im VfB Hüls 48/64 e.V.
Located in: Marl
Established: 19 January 1954
It is a 6-stripes flag divided horizontally by red and white lines starting with a red one. In the canton is the logo of the club showing a blue lower case inscription hüls in the chief, a green leaf superimposed by a red "f" and flanked by red "V" and "B". In the base is an embowed red "1884"(!). The inscription. "R.C.Marl" is countercharged and superimposing the 2nd and 3rd stripe.
For further information click: club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Apr 2011

Meißner RC "Neptun"

Name: Meißner Ruderclub "Neptun" 1882 e.V.
Located in: Meißen
Established: 19 May 1882
It is a plain white flag with a dark blue 8-point star in its centre.
Source: flag chart
For further information click: club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Oct 2007

Former Flags

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Dec 2025

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 June 2014

The 1905 flag (see left image above), perhaps erroneous, was blue. On centre a white 8-point star and on canton a black-white-red horizontal tricolour.
The 1913 flag (see right image above) was more or less the current flag with the star off-centred to the fly and a black over white over red tricolour in the canton.
Sources: Der Rudersport (weekly); edition II/6/5 February 1913 and Wassersport (weekly) 1905, no.2, p.12
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 June 2014 / 23 Dec 2025

Meißner RV

Name: Meißner Ruder-Verein e.V.
Located in:
Established: unknown
Dissolved: unknown
The flag was white with black inscription: "M.R.V." between two red horizontal stripes, in canton a black-white-red horizontal tricolour
Source: Wassersport (weekly) 1923, no.5, p.43
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Dec 2025

WSV Meppen

Name: Wassersportverein Meppen e.V.
Located in: Meppen(Emsland county)
Established: 1 December 1923
The flag is divided per saltire into yellow(top and bottom) and red(hoist and fly). There are black capital letters "W"(hoist), "S"(top), "V"(fly) and "M"(bottom).
For further information click: club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Oct 2007

Merseburger RG

Name: Merseburger Rudergesellschaft e.V.
Located in: Merseburg(near Halle/Saale)
Established: 4 February 1906
It is a white flag with the coat of arms of the city of Merseburg in its centre. In the lower hoist is a yellow 8-point star, in the upper fly a black one.
Source: flag chart
For further information click: club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Nov 2007

RC Meschede

Name: Ruder-Club Meschede e.V.
Located in: Meschede (county Hochsauerlandkreis)
Established: 23 April 1966
It is a white flag with a blue cotized centred cross. In the upper fly are blue capital letters "RCM".
For further information click: club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 May 2006

Miltenberger RC

Name: Miltenberger Ruder-Club von 1900 e.V.
Located in: Miltenberg/Main
Established: 15 January 1900
The flag is divided by a red centred cross with white and black fimbriation. The lower hoist and the upper fly are blue. The other quarters are white. In the upper hoist is a black inscription "M" over "RC" over "1900".
Source: flag chart
For further information click: club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Oct 2007

Mindener RV

Name: Mindener Ruderverein von 1905 e.V.
Located in: Minden (Northrhine-Westphalia)
Established: 19 May 1905
It is a white flag divided by two narrow red horizontal stripes, one in the upper half, the other in the lower half. Between the lines in the middle of the fly is a blue inscription "M-R"(1st line) "V" (2nd line). It has a white canton with a red shield with two crossed white keys with beards turned away from each other (old coat of arms of the city of Minden).
For further information click: club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 May 2006

Bessel-RC

Name: Bessel-Ruder-Club e.V.
Located in: Minden (Northrhine-Westphalia)
Established: 1 October 1957
It is a plain white pennant with two black horizontal lines. Between the lines are black capital letters "B", "R" and "C" surrounded by green connected circles. The "R" is slightly lower. Black and green are the colours of the Besselgymnasium (school), which is also today one of the most successful schools in German school rowing.
Source: flag chart
For further information click: club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 01 Jan 2007

The club was established as a mere school association and joined the DRV very late, probably in the 1980s or 1990s.
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel had been a famous  mathematician, who was born in 1784 in Minden. He lived and worked mainly in Königsberg (today: Kaliningrad in Russia) in Prussian services and died in 1846.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Nov 2007

Möllner RC

Name: Möllner Ruderclub e.V., vormals Möllner Turnerschaft von 1884
Located in: Mölln (near Lauenburg)
Established: 1 April 1949
The flag is divided per saltire into white (hoist and fly) and red (top and bottom). In the centre is a blue capital "M" superimposing a "T" in a white disc fimbriated blue.
For further information click: club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Apr 2011

RV Monheim 1986

Name: Ruderverein Monheim e.V.
Located in: Monheim upon Rhine
Established: 1 October 1986
The white flag is parted by a blue wavy ascending line. On upper hoist blue centred inscription "RVM"(1st line, bigger) "1986"(2nd line). On lower fly the maiden and goose from the city arms of Monheim upon Rhine.
Source: DRV flag chart
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Feb 2026

RC "Neptun"

Name: Ruderclub "Neptun" e.V.
Located in: Mosbach (Neckar-Odenwald county)
Established: 1 July 1919
The blue flag is divided per bend sinister by a white stripe containing a blue inscription "NEPTUN". On upper hoist corner is an upright white oar flanked by white capitals "R" and "C". On lower fly corner is a white inscription "NECKARELZ e.V."
For further information click: club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 May 2011

Post SV Mühldorf

Name: Postsportverein e.V. Mühldorf am Inn
Located in: Mühldorf/Inn
It is a 6-stripes flag divided by alternating yellow and blue stripes starting with a yellow one. The flag has a black canton in which a yellowish horn is superimposing a red mill wheel placed on a white background. This image is connecting the horn as a symbol of German mail with the wheel taken from the local coat of arms.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2011

Mühlheimer RV 1911

Name: Mühlheimer Ruderverein 1911 e.V.
Located in: Mühlheim/Main
Established: 1 August 1911
It is an 8-stripes flag horizontally divided by alternating blue and white stripes. The flag has a white canton with a red stearing wheel surounded by blue inscriptions "M"(top left), "R"(top right), "V"(bottom left) and "1911"(bottom right).
For further information click: club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Apr 2011

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