German Pre WW1 Rowing Clubs in nowadays Poland

Deutsche Ruderclubs im heutigen Polen vor 1918

Last modified: 2014-06-28 by klaus-michael schneider
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• RSC "Vineta" (Swinemünde)

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Allensteiner RV

Name: Allensteiner Ruder-Verein e.V.
Located in: Allenstein [Olsztyn]
Established: unknown
Dissolved: unknown
Description of flag:
It was a 5-stripes flag, divided by alternating red and white stripes. In the white canton was a black inscription "A.R." (1st line) "V." (2nd line, centred).
Source: Der Rudersport (weekly); edition II/6/5 February 1913
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 June 2014

Danziger RV

Name: Danziger Ruder-Verein
Located in: Danzig [Gdańsk]
Established: 1891
Dissolved: unknown
Description of flag:
It was a 9-stripes flag, divided by alternating yellow and white stripes. The white canton was div8ided by a thin, black saltire with black inscriptions in the quarters as follows: "D" (hoist), "R" (top), "V" (fly) and "1891" (bottom, smaller).
Source: Der Rudersport (weekly); edition edition II/43/22 October 1913
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 June 2014

Elbinger RC "Vorwärts"

Name: Elbinger Ruder-Club "Vorwärts"
Located in: Elbing [Elbląg]
Established: unknown
Dissolved: unknown
Description of flag:
The white flag was divided by a blue, centred cross. In the middle of the upper hoist quarter qas a red cross patty, surrounded by black initials "E" (above hoist), "R" (above, fly), "C" (below, hoist) and "V" (below fly).
Source: Der Rudersport (weekly); edition I/45/6 November 1912
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 June 2014

RV Oppeln

Name: Ruder-Verein Oppeln e.V.
Located in: Oppeln [Opole]
Established: unknown
Dissolved: unknown
Description of flag:
The white flag was divided by a blue saltire. In the centre was a white disc with a broad blue fimbriation and a (probably) black inscription "R.V." (1st line) and "O." (2nd line, centred).
Source: Der Rudersport (weekly); edition II/41/8 October 1913
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 June 2014

Posener RV "Germania"

Name: Posener Ruderverein "Germania" e.V.
Located in: Posen [Poznań]
Established: unknown
Dissolved: unknown
Description of flag:
It was a 7-stripes flag, divided by alternating white and black stripes. The whole was superimposed by a white bend fimbriated black and superimposed by three black 6-point stars.
Source: Der Rudersport (weekly); edition II/5/29 January 1913
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 June 2014

Stettiner RV

Name: Stettiner Ruderverein
Located in: Stettin [Szczecin]
Established: unknown
Dissolved: unknown
Description of flag:
It was a white flag with a red, rampant griffin, armed golden in the lower fly corner. The canton was divided by six alternating red and blue stripes.
Source: Der Rudersport (weekly); edition II/47/19 November 1913
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 June 2014

RSC "Vineta"

Name: R.S.C. "Vineta" e.V.
Located in: Swinemünde [Świnoujście]
Established: unknown
Dissolved: unknown
Description of flag:
The flag was divided per saltire into white (hoist and fly) and blue. The white quarters had black inscriptions as follows: "R.S.C." (hoist) and "Vineta" (fly).
Vineta had been the name of a rich city at the mouth of River Oder, which is said to have been sunk by a great flood because of the haughtiness and the immoral behaviour of its inhabitants. It is said, the bells of its churches can be heard on the ground of the sea in every St.John's night.
Source: Der Rudersport (weekly); edition II/47/19 November 1913
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 June 2014

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