DJK Würzburg

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DJK Würzburg
Surname German youth force Würzburg e. V.
Founded September 16, 1920
Association headquarters Bavaria
Members 3,000 (as of December 31, 2016)
Homepage www.djk-wuerzburg.de

The DJK Würzburg registered association ( DJK Würzburg e.V. for short ) is a sports club from Würzburg . DJK stands for "German Youth Force". The club belongs to the DJK Sports Association , which is close to the Catholic Church . The club became known for its s.Oliver Würzburg basketball department , where Dirk Nowitzki began his career.

history

The DJK Sports Association was founded on September 16, 1920 in Würzburg. Due to the headquarters of the umbrella association, several associated sports clubs were founded in Würzburg over the next few years. However, the various departments were affiliated with other Catholic associations. The clubs were banned during the Third Reich . After the war, the general association DJK Würzburg eV was founded from the various Würzburg departments. Today the association has 3000 members, meanwhile members of other denominations can also become members .

The first women's handball team played from 1976 to 1985, 1987/88 and from 1993 to 1995 in the 1st Bundesliga for a total of twelve years and was there in 1982 as second in the South Season and in 1983 as the champions of the South Season in the play-off semi-finals , but missed the final both times.

The basketball department of the DJK Würzburg eV achieved particular fame. In the 1990s, both women and men were represented in the 1st basketball league. The 1st women's team played for many years in the 2nd and 1st Bundesliga and became German champions in 1993. The first men's team rose in 1989 to the second and in 1998 with Dirk Nowitzki in the first basketball league . In 2001 the DJK Würzburg spun off its first men's team as its own GmbH, which is now called Würzburg Baskets . The DJK Würzburg has produced numerous players who achieved great success in the BBL, in the national team and with Dirk Nowitzki in the NBA.

successes

Youth teams

  • German basketball champion 1993 (women's A youth team)
  • Youth Bundesliga WNBL U17 female season 2010/2011

Active

  • Multiple Bavarian amateur champion
  • Promotion to the 1st men's basketball league in 1998
    • Born in Würzburg, Dirk Nowitzki was the most successful basket shooter and rebounder in the 1997/98 promotion season
    • In the 1990s, the DJK Würzburg was represented simultaneously with its women's and men's team in the 1st basketball league
  • Handball women played in the 1st league
  • Promotion of the women's team II to the district league in 2008
  • Promotion of the women's team to the Bayern League 2011/2012

Well-known former athletes

basketball

Handball

  • Anni Placht , handball player of the year 1978, former national record player with 126 appointments to the German national team between 1972 and 1982, today sports teacher in Würzburg

athletics

  • Peter Bernreuther , German indoor champion over 400 meters in 1969, bronze at the European Indoor Championships in 1968 in Madrid and 1969 in Belgrade in the 4-by-2-round relay, bronze in the 4-by-400-meter relay
  • Otmar Issing , track and field athlete (sprinter), honored in 1958 for special athletic achievements, later made a career in the financial world, as a former chief economist and as a former member of the board of the European Central Bank played a key role in drafting the ECB's monetary policy strategy

Well-known former coaches

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Association history on the Internet ( Memento from January 26, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )