FC Prussia Castle
| Prussia Castle | |||
| Full name | Burger FC Prussia | ||
| place | Castle (near Magdeburg) | ||
| Founded | 1902 | ||
| Dissolved | 1945 | ||
| Club colors | Black-and-white | ||
| Stadion | Sports field at the Bismarck Tower | ||
| Top league | Gauliga middle | ||
| successes | Participation in Gauliga in mid-1943/44 | ||
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The FC Preußen Burg was a German football club from Burg in today's Jerichower Land district , which existed from 1902 to 1945. Home of the club was the sports field at the Bismarck tower .
Athletic career
Prussia Castle was founded in 1902 under the name Burger FC Preußen , no further name changes were made until the club was dissolved. The club acted within the Association of Central German Ball Game Clubs in the championships of the Gau Mittelelbe . On a sporting level, the club was clearly overshadowed by the larger Magdeburg clubs FuCC Cricket-Viktoria 1897 and FC Viktoria 1896 . The Prussians did not succeed in qualifying for the Central German finals until 1933.
In the 1943/44 season, Preußen Burg rose again briefly to the Gauliga Mitte together with KSG Reichsbahn / VfL Merseburg , but was only able to finish the season with just eight points. In 1945 the FC Prussia was dissolved, a re-establishment in the form of a sports community was no longer carried out in the SBZ , in contrast to the Burger BC 08 .
statistics
- Participation in Gauliga Mitte : 1943/44
- Eternal table Gauliga middle: Rank 20
literature
- Hardy Greens : Prussia Castle. In: Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 7: Club Lexicon . AGON-Sportverlag, Kassel 2001, ISBN 3-89784-147-9 .