SV Rehnenhof
SV Rehnenhof
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| Full name | Sports club Schwäbisch Gmünd-Rehnenhof 1955 e. V. |
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| Founded | January 15, 1955 | ||
| Dissolved | unknown | ||
| Club colors | Yellow black | ||
| Stadion | Waldstadion im Laichle | ||
| Top league | 1. Amateur League North Württemberg | ||
| successes | Promotion to the 1st amateur league in 1971 | ||
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The SV Rehnenhof was a German football club from the Schwäbisch Gmünder district Rehnenhof-Wetzgau . The highlight of the short history of the club was in 1971 the promotion to the then third division, the Amateur League North Württemberg, with the derbies against local rivals Normannia Gmünd . In 1981 the club merged with TSG Schwäbisch Gmünd to form TSB Schwäbisch Gmünd .
history
Foundation and early years
The founding of the association is closely related to the situation in the district. Settlement of the Rehnenhof began as early as 1937, but building activity did not develop there until after the end of the Second World War, not least due to the influx of displaced persons. The Rehnenhof sports club was founded on January 15, 1955 in order to enable sporting activities, especially for the youth of the district. The first chairman became the later honorary member Gotthilf Siegel, who was particularly committed to founding an association in Rehnenhof. In the absence of a sports field, the men's and youth teams of the SVR initially played their competitive games on a meadow in the Laichle district , as the Waldstadion of today's successor club is still popularly called today. With the promotion to the B-class in 1957, the first own playground, a hard court at the Peace School, was put into operation. In 1959 the company was promoted to the A-Class.
Years of boom
Under the chairman Michael Friedl, the association consolidated its structures. On November 18, 1967, the then Lord Mayor Hansludwig Scheffold laid the foundation stone for the club house, which was financed with the help of municipal and public funds and built through voluntary work by the club members. At the same time, the SVR was given a grass pitch, which was inaugurated in June 1969 with a friendly against the Stuttgarter Kickers . Completely surprisingly, the SVR also rose to the second amateur league in 1968, although the team was ten points behind the leaders at times. Already in the first season of the 2nd amateur league a remarkable fourth place could be achieved, and in 1969/70 there was the first league game against local rivals and later league champions 1. FC Normannia Gmünd.
With player-coach Günter Seibold, the SVR followed the Normans into the 1st amateur league in 1971, after the promotion was secured due to the better goal difference. In addition to the league championship, a friendly match against FC Bayern Munich in front of 6,000 spectators was the sporting highlight of the year. The district club asserted itself as the undisputed number two in Gmünder football in terms of sport and audience favor.
The 1st amateur league
The promotion to the third highest division brought such well-known and attractive opponents as the traditional clubs Union Böckingen , SV Göppingen , SSV Ulm 1846 and the amateurs of VfB Stuttgart into Laichle. The highlights were of course the derbies against 1. FC Normannia Gmünd. With 0: 5 in Laichle and 0: 6 in Schwerzer, Normannia not only showed the newcomers their limits, these games were also a reflection of the course of the season, in which the SVR was only able to leave its own place as the winner twice. At the end of the 1971/72 season, the adventure of the 1st amateur league ended after just one year. Tragically, the SVR rose due to the eight goals worse goal difference compared to Schwäbisch Hall . The 0:11 goals against Normannia contributed significantly to the relegation.
Sporty descent
After relegation to the 2nd amateur league, which was followed by 1. FC Normannia a short time later, things became quieter for SV Rehnenhof. The 4th place in 1972/73 was the last good placement in the fourth division. 1977/78, the last season of the amateur league, two derbies could be followed in Laichle with Normannia Gmünd and the neighbor TSV Großdeinbach , but the club could not qualify for the new national league. By the 13th place in the final table, the team fell from the fourth to the sixth division.
The merger
SV Rehnenhof had to start over in the Kocher-Rems district league. The club no longer played a major role in football, but its social significance for the district was retained. In 1980, at the 25th anniversary of the foundation, the association had 700 members. After rumors about an imminent merger were circulating from the Schwäbisch Gmünd gymnastics and sports community , its chairman Heinz Maschke confirmed relevant contacts with the management of SV Rehnenhof in March 1981. According to Maschke, the new large club should, among other things, realize a high-performance football that was not achieved for a city like Schwäbisch Gmünd at the time.
SVR chairman Hans Hägele was a strong supporter of the merger, while the club's founder and honorary chairman Gotthilf Siegel vehemently advocated the existence of “his” SV Rehnenhof. At the general meeting on May 7, 1981, 63 members voted in favor of the merger, 18 against and 19 abstained. After the SV Rehnenhof against the TSG Gmund openly put his books also voted its members on 15 May for a merger, Hans Haegele and Heinz Maschke signed in Ecclesiastes in the presence of Mayor Norbert Schoch the merger agreement. On June 7, 1981, the SV Rehnenhof ceased to exist. The legal successor was the Gymnastics and Sports Association Schwäbisch Gmünd 1844 e. V.
After the merger
Heinz Hägele was elected deputy chairman of the new merger association, and the former chairman Michael Friedl was elected head of the facility, equipment, space and restaurant management, space allocation . As a result, control of the systems built by the SVR itself was retained. The football department of the TSB refers to the tradition of the SV Rehnenhof, even today people play with yellow jerseys in the Laichle. For a long time, the successes of the past could be built on with the promotion to the Association League Württemberg and reaching the semi-finals in the WFV Cup 1985. At times, 1. FC Normannia Gmünd was pushed back to the role of number two. The office of the large association is still located in the premises of the SV Rehnenhof. In 1994, on the 150th anniversary of TSB Schwäbisch Gmünd, the painter Heidi Smeibidl immortalized an SVR footballer in her naive picture of the fusion pyramid .
Well-known names
- Rainer Potschak (* 1950), player 1968/69, played 36 second division games for the Stuttgarter Kickers from 1974 to 1977 .
- Günter Seibold (1936–2013), player-coach 1970/71, from 1958 to 1969 255 first division games for VfB Stuttgart.
Other sports
The main focus within the club lay in the football department and the youth departments attached to it. In addition, tennis and bowling were played competitively. In addition, recreational sport played a major role.
Sports bowling
In 1977 the Fortuna bowling club joined the club, and a four-lane bowling facility was built at the same time. The bowling department has won several titles for the SVR at regional and national level.
tennis
A tennis department was founded in 1973, which set up four tennis courts in-house.
literature
- 25 years of SV Schwäbisch Gmünd-Rehnenhof 1955 e. V. Schwäbisch Gmünd 1980.
- Jochen A. Haag: 150 years TSB Schwäbisch Gmünd 1844 e. V. Einhorn-Verlag, Schwäbisch Gmünd 1994.
- Hardy Greens : Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 7: Club Lexicon . AGON-Sportverlag, Kassel 2001, ISBN 3-89784-147-9 .
- Jörg Hinderberger: Football: The two best footballers and the former chairman talk about good football times at SV Rehnenhof . In: Rems newspaper . October 17, 2010, accessed June 23, 2011.