Former German Rowing Clubs in Breslau

Ehemalige deutsche Ruderclubs in Breslau (Wrocław)

Last modified: 2026-02-28 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Erster Breslauer RC
• Erster Breslauer RV
• Breslauer TRC 1909
• PSV Stephan
• RC Breslau
• RG Breslau
• RVg der Technischen Hochschule
• RV Wratislavia

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

Erster Breslauer RC

Name: Erster Breslauer Ruder-Club
Established: unknown
Dissolved: unknown
It was a 11-stripes flag horizontally divided by alternating blue and white stripes. The white canton was divided by a red saltire.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Jan 2026

Erster Breslauer RV

Name: Erster Breslauer Ruder-Verein E.V.
Established: unknown
Dissolved: unknown
It was an 11-stripes flag horizontally divided by alternating red and white stripes with white canton parted by a red saltire.
Source: Wassersport (weekly) 1931, no.46, p.994
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Feb 2026

Breslauer TRC 1909

Name: Breslauer Touren-Ruder-Club 1909 E.V.
Established: 1909
Dissolved: unknown
It was a black flag with centred white 6-point star between two white horizontal stripes. On white canton was a black inscription "BT"(1st line) and "RC"(2nd line).
Source: Wassersport (weekly) 1915, no.2, p.11
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Feb 2026

PSV "Stephan"

Name: Ruder-Abteilung Post-Sportverein "Stephan" Breslau e.V.
Established: unknown
Dissolved: unknown
The yellow flag was parted by an equilateral blue triangle pointing to fly. On hoist in a yellow disc fimbriated black was a black inscription "St". Name giver was Heinrich von Stephan, co-founder of the Universal Postal Union (UPU).
Source: Wassersport (weekly) 1933, no.12, p.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Feb 2026

RC "Breslau"

Name: Ruder-Club "Breslau"
Established: 1879
Dissolved: unknown
The white flag was parted by a blue centred cross. On canton was a blue inscription "RCB"(1st line) and "1879"(2nd line).
Source: Wassersport (weekly) 1888, no.15, p.160
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Feb 2026

RG Breslau

Name: Ruder-Gesellschaft Breslau e.V.
Established in: Breslau
Located in: München (taditional rowing club in West German exile)
Host: RV Weser Hameln
Established: 5 September 1905
It was a white flag, divided by two horizontal black stripes with a red 6-point star between the stripes in the centre of flag. The upper stripe is superimposed by a white canton, fimbriated black, with black unserifed capitals "RGB".
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Jan 2021
The blade contained a vertical version of the flag, a white field with a centred red 6-point star between two thin black vertical lines.
Source: photo provided by Michael Schaffrath, one of the last members of the club on 19 August 2019
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Dec 2008 / 18 Jan 2021

RVg der Technischen Hochschule

Name: Rudervereinigung der Technischen Hochschule
The club (English name: Rowing Association of the Technical University) was based in Breslau. The white flag was parted by a black centred cotised cross. The canton was horizontally parted of green and white. In centre was a black "T" superimposing a black "H", all surrounded in a white disc cotised black-white-black.
Source: "Das akademische Deutschland", vol.4 "Die Wappen der deutschen Korporationen des In- und Auslandes", Berlin 1931, plate 2, row 2 ,column 2
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Jan 2021

RV "Wratislavia"

Name: Ruderverein "Wratislavia" e.V.
Located in: Kassel
Established in: Breslau
Host: Deutscher Ruder-Club von 1884 Hannover
Established: 26 April 1878
It is a 12-stripes flag divided into alternating horizontal red and white stripes. The canton is a 5-stripes flag divided into black and white stripes. The black stripes continue the red ones, the white stripes the white ones. The canton is separated by a thin black vertical line. The canton has a 2nd inner canton being a white field divided by a thin black saltire. The inner canton is separated by thin black lines.
Source: image based upon photo provided by Friedrich Oehler from DRC 1884 Hannover
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 May 2011

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