Cologne club for water sports

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Cologne CfW
Flag of Cologne CfW
Full name Cologne
club for water sports e. V.
abbreviation KCfW
Association headquarters Oberländer Ufer
50968 Cologne
Founded October 26, 1907 in Cologne
Club colors red, white, black
Training waters Rhine
Chairman Peter Möller
Members approx. 200
Homepage www.kcfw.de
Floating boathouse of the KCfW, in the background the Rodenkirchen bridge.

The Cologne Club for Water Sports (KCfW for short) is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the city of Cologne . The boathouse of the grassroots active KCfW located on the Rhine in front of the bank of the Cologne district of Marienburg .

history

Founded in 1907 by wealthy citizens of the city, the KCfW initially formed an elitist-looking counter-design to the neighboring rowing clubs in Cologne on the left bank of the Rhine, which, like the Cologne RG 1891 , also gave artisanal people access to rowing. Under the first chairman, Carl Altgelt, the KCfW joined the Cologne Regatta Association and gathered numerous representatives of Cologne's upper class, including the then Lord Mayor of Cologne, Max Wallraf . In the first few years of the association, the number of members rose from 14 to around 100, with a paid rowing instructor at their side.

In subsequent years, the KCfW was also active in tennis and sailing , changed his mind after the First World War , however, to its roots and devoted himself from then also the competitive sports . In the interwar period, the KCfW finally experienced its most successful sporting phase. Top performers like Kurt Urbach and Adolf Hansult achieved numerous victories in German championship races in the 1920s . In 1923, the eighth of the KCfW also won the gold medal at the German championships in Berlin .

During the Great Depression of the KCfW experienced a brief decline. Of the approximately 600 members, numerous active rowers resigned as a result of the financial crisis. The almost daily festivities with bowling competitions and hiking rowing trips were set and even a merger with the neighboring Cologne RV 1877 discussed. In the 1930s the KCfW recovered and won a total of 286 rowing regattas. Under the club's own trainer Max Reimbold, who achieved 80 victories himself, Marianne Mahlberg became the first woman to win the German championship in a single in 1939 .

During the Second World War , the KCfW's boathouse was completely destroyed in 1943. It was not until ten years later that reconstruction took place under the longstanding chairman Franz Theisen. In the following decades, under the direction of Ulrich Grosch, competitive sport dominated again. However, from 1972 onwards, the growing demands and local competition, for example to RTK Germania Köln on the right bank of the Rhine , led to popular sport gaining in importance in the KCfW. Today, the KCfW is mainly active in long-distance regattas and has received the coveted Georg Winsauer touring rowing award eight times for its successes from the German Rowing Association . In addition to a wide range of training courses, the KCfW currently also supports the rowing community of Cologne university sports .

Successes (selection)

Only podium placements in official German championship races without junior competitions are listed.

Web links

Commons : Cologne club for water sports  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wilfried Hoffmann: German championship rowing of women and men from 1882 to today , chronicle on the Internet portal RRK Online , December 31, 2018 (accessed on May 20, 2019)