ATS Kulmbach 1861

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ATS Kulmbach
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Basic data
Surname General gymnastics and sports club Kulmbach 1861 e. V.
Seat Kulmbach , Bavaria
founding March 23, 1861
Colours blue White
Board Christian Kolb
Website ats-kulmbach.de
First soccer team
Head coach Florian Hohla
Venue ATS Stadium Alte Forstlahmer Str. ( Location )
Places nb
league District league Bayreuth / Kulmbach
2018/19 13th place (District League Upper Franconia East)  
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The ATS Kulmbach 1861 club ( General Gymnastics and Sports Club Kulmbach 1861 eV ) is one of the oldest and largest general gymnastics and sports clubs in Bavaria .

History of the club

The ATS was founded as a gymnastics club in 1861 on March 23, 1861, shortly after the lifting of the gymnastics ban in Kulmbach, based on the ideals of gymnastics father Friedrich Ludwig Jahn . The city ​​magistrate made the space behind the bird's pole available to the association free of charge, and the Schützengarten was used a short time later . The flag consecration took place in 1862 on the Kulmbach market square.

In 1865 there were already 80 active members. Several relocations of the gym and pub took place. The board of directors, Conrad Vorteilel, made a name for himself by leading the association for 35 years from 1876. On August 11, 1878, the 100th birthday of the gymnastics father Jahn was celebrated as part of a big city festival.

In 1886, for the 25th anniversary of the association, a fund was set up to build its own hall, which was completed on September 25, 1893 and handed over to the association. In 1895, the fencing department was established as the first additional sport.

Even then, the ATS was an organizer of national events, such as B. In 1894 the North Bavarian District Gymnastics Festival and in 1897 the second gymnastics festival of the Academic Gymnastics Association with over 600 students.

In 1907 the gymnastics club took over the sponsorship of the friendly gymnastics association Kulmbach and merged with this in 1931 to form the Kulmbach gymnastics association . In 1934 several thousand participants were counted for the 10th Gymnastics Festival of the Academic Gymnastics Association, the club already had over 700 members in 1936.

After the Second World War , the association was re-established on March 3, 1946 under the name ATS Kulmbach and continued its old traditions. In 1971, the company's 110th anniversary was celebrated when the then Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt appeared as the guest of honor . In the years that followed, the ATS was allowed to host numerous major events, for example the Bavarian Youth Meeting in 1974 and the Gauturn Festival in 1983, each with well over 1,000 participants.

After the football department was added in 1911, the club was expanded by six departments in the 1920s, and ten more were added after the Second World War. Today the club has 19 departments with over 2,000 members and represents a supraregional focus in the Bavarian sports landscape.

Soccer

At their most successful time, the footballers of the ATS Kulmbach played from 1951 to 1958, 1960 to 1963 and 1974 to 1982 in the then third-rate Bayernliga or Bayernliga Nord (from 1953 to 1963 the Bayernliga was divided into a northern and a southern relay). In 1953 they even became Bayern league champions, but failed in the subsequent round of promotion to Division II . After the 2nd place in 1977 the ATS Kulmbach was allowed to take part in the German amateur championship and reached the semi-finals. The only main round participation in the DFB Cup ended in 1976 in the first round with a 2: 4 in the Sportfreunde Siegen .

In 2004, the first team was withdrawn from play for financial reasons (at that time in the Upper Franconian regional league) and had to start over twice (after a one-year break) in the lowest division.

Ice sports

The ice hockey team of the ATS reached the championship in the group north of the regional league in 1984 and rose after the final round together with the EC Hedos Munich in the Bayern league . The 1984/85 season in the Bayern League was prematurely ended in December 1984 when the team withdrew from the game. While the ice hockey teams at the clubs EC Kulmbach and EHC Kulmbach later took part in the BEV's game operations , the ATS again reported a team for the [Ice Hockey District League Bayern | District League] and took part in the Ice Hockey District League Bayern North in the 2011/12 season last place. For the continuation of game operations in the 2012/13 season, the ATS, together with EHC Bayreuth 1b, reported a syndicate for the District League North, which was dissolved for the 2013/14 season and led to the ice sports department not continuing to participate in the league game operations.

Kulmbacher EC

In addition to the ATS Kulmbach 1861 (BYL) there was also the DEWC Kulmbach (KL), the EHC Kulmbach (BBzL) and the Kulmbacher EC (RL), which also had ice hockey departments in the BEV's game operations .

The most successful club in the Kulmbach ice hockey scene was the Kulmbacher EC, which was able to achieve considerable success in a short phase of only 6 game times.

season league class Preliminary round Finals
1985/86 BLL VI 9th place (Size 1)
1986/87 BLL VI master Ascent
1987/88 BYL V Runner-up RL qual
1988/89 RL IV 9th place
1989/90 RL IV 8th place
1990/91 RL IV cancellation retreat

Source: rodi-db.de, source: passionhockey.com

Playing times:

From 1985 to 1987 the KEC played in the Landesliga Bayern, 1987/88 Bayernliga and from 1988/89 to 1990/91 Regional League. In the 1990/91 season , the Kulmbacher EC was eliminated during the current season.

Successes of the Kulmbacher EC:

  • Promotion to the regional league in 1988
  • Bavarian runner-up in 1988
  • Promotion to the Bayern League in 1987
  • Bavarian state league champion 1987
  • Champion National League North 1987

The club today

The meanwhile 10 sports facilities are distributed over the urban area of ​​Kulmbach, the main facility with office, stadium and numerous other places is next to the secondary school in the Kulmbach district of Forstlahm. The association currently has 2,157 members in 19 departments. The departments are:

A lively exchange takes place with the Turkish sports club Bursa DSI Nilüfer Spor in the Kulmbach twin town of Bursa . The ATS is also the host of numerous national sporting events as well as German and Bavarian championships , such as B. the international Mönchshof-Triathlon, the international swimming championship EKU-Cup and the German fistball championships youth, women and men. The most famous athlete of the club is Sibylle Marks , who became German champion in middleweight boxing in Meppen in 2003 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ rodi-db.de, league membership Kulmbacher EC
  2. ↑ Archive Ice Hockey Germany from 1908/09 Passionhockey