DJK Falke Nuremberg
| Surname | DJK Falke Nürnberg e. V. |
|---|---|
| Club colors | purple-white |
| Founded | February 5, 1922 |
| Place of foundation | Nuremberg , Bavaria |
| Association headquarters | Sudetendeutsche Strasse 60 90480 Nuremberg |
| Members | 700 |
| Departments | 11 |
| Chairman | Michael Reiser |
| Homepage | www.djk-falke.de |
The DJK Falke Nürnberg is a sports club for grassroots and competitive sports in the Nuremberg district of Gleißhammer and belongs to the BLSV and the DJK sports association . It was founded in 1922 and has its origins in the Catholic parish of St. Kunigund. Around 700 members were active in the club as of 2014, most of them in the football department , followed by the cheerleading department . Women and the elderly aerobics, are also offered children's gymnastics , Nordic walking , skiing , swimming , tennis , table tennis and back exercises . Up to 2004 there was also a basketball department, whose 1st team - economically already spun off from the club - even made it to the 1st basketball league (see Falke Nürnberg ). The club's current flagship is the first soccer team that played in the district league in the 2013/2014 season.
Club name and coat of arms
The association needed a symbol that should make the identity of the association clear to the outside world. Father Ludwig Weikl SJ, former pastor of St. Kunigund, thought little of the "Adler" or "Rapid" proposals, because in the world of sports, eagles had long been awarded to top international clubs. He thought of a hawk and even if he recognized something clumsy in a young hawk, the hawk was something very special to him. The falcon is characterized by a sure eye. He must see where opportunities and dangers are. He must also have the courage to lend a hand. But he should also not have the generosity to reach everywhere, otherwise he might end up. U. in a trap. The "Falke Logo" was designed by Franz Kolbrand , a well-known artist and graphic designer who had already received various awards for his designs, including coins from the German Empire.
history
founding
On Sunday, February 5, 1922 the club DJK Falke was founded in Nuremberg, to which various representatives of the parish of St. Kunigund and the youth club Herz Jesu were invited. After the founding meeting, there was the first board, which is composed as follows:
| function | Surname |
|---|---|
| 1. Board of Directors | Mr. Josef Wirschinger |
| 2. Board of Directors | Mr. Johann Schindler |
| 1. Secretary | Mr. Willy Völk |
| 2. Secretary | Mr. Pius Schreiner |
| 1. Cashier | Mr. Heinrich Hellmann |
| 2. Cashier | Mr. Johann Reil |
Father Hugo Amman SJ took over the function of the "Spiritual Advisory Council", he watched over the Catholic spirit of the association. The members had to be Catholic, women were basically excluded from membership. In the founding year, the Reichsverband der Deutschen Jugendkraft (DJK), founded in Würzburg, was joined. The DJK Falke started not only with football, but also with hiking, batting, wrestling, gymnastics and gymnastics. In the year it was founded, the club grew to 125 members. A soccer field was created in-house on the railway line to Altdorf - at the corner of Zerzabelshofstrasse and Sudetendeutsche Strasse. The club champion in athletics was determined every year, and an additional source of income was created by founding a theater group.
The years 1925 to 1933
After the years of inflation and the taking out of a large loan, a representative sports area with a club house with a stage and bowling alleys was built at Sudetendeutschen Strasse 60 from 1925 to 1926. In 1929 the adjacent new sports field was inaugurated, while the DJK Falke had already grown to 250 members. Many championships could be won. The most valuable was the DJK championship title of 1932 artistic gymnast. The club was not limited to sporting activities. They kept a marching band, went on hikes together and looked after the community life within the association and the parish. Ms. Rosa Rattler was accepted as the first female member of DJK Falke in 1929. It is mentioned that the DJK women's sports community was an independent association in the DJK Federal Association. In 1933 DJK Falke had 250 members, 5 soccer and 2 fistball teams and a gymnastics, swimming and gymnastics department each.
The DJK Falke in the "Third Reich"
The takeover of power by Hitler did not initially bring any major changes for DJK Falke. Even after the banning of the neighboring workers' sports club TV Glaishammer, the church sports club did not feel directly threatened. However, the calm was deceptive - in May 1934 denominational sports clubs were also banned. This meant that the DJK Falke was no longer allowed to do sports. During the prohibition period, a cell of the " White Rose " resistance movement was formed in the parish of St. Kunigund and at DJK Falke . The then chairman of the association, Georg Rattler, was interrogated and from then on had to report to the police on a weekly basis. It was only thanks to the fact that DJK Falke did not own the sports grounds that the grounds were not confiscated. The pastor of St. Kunigund at that time, Father Weigel, called a general meeting which, as an amendment to the statutes, was the sole purpose of the association's administration and promotion of the Falke restaurant and hall building. The name was changed accordingly to "Gaststätte und Saalbau Falke eV" in order to distinguish itself from the DJK Association. However, none of this was of any use, as the Gestapo finally dissolved the association in 1937 . The club's sports field was used as a warehouse for visitors to the Nazi party rally. After there were no more Nazi party rallies from 1939, the sports fields were no longer used for tent camps. Instead, the parish was asked to sell the site.
This took place with appropriate pressure on January 17, 1940. The club house was used as a warehouse for foreign and forced laborers during the war. The forced laborers housed in the so-called Falkeheim were mainly employed in the Reichsbahn repair shop. They came mainly from Bohemia and Moravia. Towards the end of the war, the stage construction of the clubhouse was partially destroyed by bombing raids, but after the end of the war the hall could still be used by Caritas to care for the returning German prisoners of war. As a result, one was busy with the removal of the camp buildings of the Nazi regime and with the war damage before a new beginning could begin.
Rebuilt after 1945
In July 1945 the sports club was re-established. First under the name "Sportbund Falke". It was not until 1947 that the American military government, which wanted to weaken the influence of the Church in Germany, approved the name "Deutsche Jugendkraft Falke". During this time, the association grew steadily. At the end of July 1945, a DJK Falke football team appeared again for the first time to start where the old ones had to stop in 1934. Space worries and lack of sports equipment hampered the beginning significantly. The first games and training took place on the Siegfriedplatz of the parish of St. Karl and Phönix, located in the Pegnitzgrund.
Almost all members took part in the reconstruction of the club, because not only the club house was partially destroyed, the sports field also had to be rebuilt, as allotment gardens had been created on the fallow site. In August 1946, the points games began again. In 1946, a few young women formed - at the head Ms. Rosa Rattler - who regularly did their gymnastics in the bowling alley, as the hall was still damaged by the effects of the war. Much emphasis was placed on looking after the youth. The site, which was sold on January 17, 1940 under pressure from the secret state police, was bought back on October 17, 1954. In 1955, construction began on the new sports field, which was inaugurated in July 1956.
Further development
From 1959 there was officially an athletics department again, from 1947 the gymnastics department was active again, it remained part of the club until 1963. The table tennis department has been active since 1948. Fistball was played again after the war, but the department was no longer continued in 1962. In 1965 the swimming department became active and began teaching swimming for children from the age of 4. The ski department was founded in 1969, and a bowling group was officially active from 1979 to 1980. The DJK Falke also had a chess department between 1980 and 1988, as well as a volleyball team from 1978 to 1992.
After the merger of male and female sports in the DJK in 1972 in Würzburg, the club grew to over 1200 members and thus became the largest DJK sports club in the Bamberg diocesan association. For a long time, the flagship was the basketball department, which was established at DJK Falke in 1969. The strong 1st men's team officially made it into the 2nd Bundesliga under the umbrella of the DJK Falke. Until the basketball department was dissolved, the team even played in the 1st basketball league for two seasons, but was completely independent financially and organisationally and was spun off from the club shortly after being promoted to the 2nd division. Tennis has been played since 1974 and spinal gymnastics was founded in 1992. DJK Falke has had a cheerleading department since 1999, which is not only very successful in the region. The youngest sport at DJK Falke is Nordic Walking and has been part of the club since 2004.
The club premises were also changed and expanded again and again. In 1922 the club house was rebuilt with the current changing rooms, and in 2000 the sports field was moved towards Egerer Straße to make room for an additional small field. At the same time the cinder track disappeared.