Bremen swimming club
| Surname | Bremen swimming club |
|---|---|
| Club colors | Blue White |
| Founded | 1889 |
| Place of foundation | Bremen |
| Association headquarters | Achterdiek 160 28355 Bremen |
| Members | approx. 1,300 |
| Departments | 4th |
| Chairman | Andreas Schiele |
| Homepage | http://www.bsv-bremen.de/ |
The Bremen Swimming Club (BSV) is a swimming club from Bremen .
history
The first swimming sports clubs in Bremen were 1885 Bremer swimming club from the eastern suburbs and the SV Weser and 1889 Oberweser bathing and swimming club , who later (around 1945) to Bremen swimming club was (BSV). The founders were 16 young members. In 1893 the swimming clubs Oberweser , Poseidon SV , Hastedter SV , SV Triton from Hemelingen and SV Weser formed the Bremen Swimming Association .
Initially only men and young people swam in the club. In 1905 a women's department was founded at SV Poseidon , and other clubs followed.
In February, a merger of some Bremen swimming clubs took place under the name of the Bremen Swimming Association . From August 1923 these associations were independent again.
The greatest sporting highlights were recorded in the late 1930s. Helmut Fischer won the German 100 m freestyle championship five times in a row - in 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938 and 1939. At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, he achieved two fifth places.
The club relay from the club with Eduard Askamp , Hermann Heibel , Helmut Fischer and Wolfgang Leisewitz became German champions in Halberstadt . In March 1938, the club's relay with Eduard Askamp, Hans Freese , Hermann Heibel and Helmut Fischer swam the world record time of 4: 03.6 minutes in Bremen's Hanse-Bad .
Around 1945 the club was renamed the Bremen Swimming Club (BSV).
In 1973 and 1975 the girls were German youth class champions. In 1981 the water polo players rose to the 1st Bundesliga ( Albatross League ).
Members and sports offers
The FSIO had around 200 members in 1977 and around 1300 in 2018. Popular sport became an important goal of the club. He has the following sports options:
- Swimming: Master training, children and young people with swimming lessons and training, aqua jogging / water aerobics
- Water polo
- since 1974: tennis
- Triathlon
- Bowling
Sports facilities
The Achterdiekbad as a swimming pool and swimming pool was built in 1915 in a park on Franz-Schütte-Allee with donations from Franz Schüttes - heirs. From 1915 until the end of the First World War it was also a training location for the club. In the 1920s and 1930s, people then swam at the Oberland harbor on the Weser until 1944 . After the port was bombed, the BSV used the Horner Bad.
Since 1968 the now ailing Achterdiekbad has been thoroughly renovated, modernized and expanded in stages up to the 1980s. The bath has been a club's own facility since 1976. In addition, after 1973 they trained in the university pool.
The club's sports and leisure facility consists of the heated 25 m sports pool (since 1985), eight tennis courts, the children's playground and sun loungers, as well as the public clubhouse with a lake terrace, bowling alley and sauna.
Personalities
- Eduard Askamp (1918–1999), swimmer, 1938 world record holder with the 4x100 meter relay
- Joachim Balke (1917–1944), 1938 European champion over 200 meters chest, 1938 world record over 100 meters chest in 1: 09.5 minutes
- Helmut Fischer (1911–1996), swimmer, multiple German champion over 100 meters freestyle
- Hans Freese (1918–1941), multiple German swimming champion, participant in the 1936 Summer Olympics over 400 and 1500 meters freestyle, 1938 European champion over 4 × 200 meters freestyle, 1938 world record holder in the 4 × 100 meter relay
- Rainer Kahl (* 1944), water polo player, from 2007 to 2015 local office manager in Oberneuland, deputy. Chairman
- Christian Kreth (1878–1963), German champion 1898 over 100 m freestyle, honorary member of the BSV
- Gustav Schiele (1922–2014), 1941 German record with the back squad, member since 1946 and longstanding chairman
swell
- Festschrift: 100 Years of the Bremen Swimming Club 1889 - 1989 .
- Felix Frank: From the bog to a feel-good oasis . In: Weser-Kurier from July 6, 2014.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bettina Gössler: The Albatrosses from the Achterdiek . In: Weser Report of June 16, 2014.
- ^ Mathias Sonnenberg: Achterdiekbad: well hidden sports oasis . In: Weser-Kurier of June 29, 2019