Fidelia rowing club in Tübingen

Rowing club Fidelia in gala uniform shortly after it was founded

The Tübingen rowing club "Fidelia" 1877/1911 was initially founded in 1877 as the "Gesellschaft Fidelia" for the "purpose of sociable and cozy get-togethers" and converted into a rowing club in 1911 after the Neckar that had just been dammed provided good conditions for this. Shortly afterwards the first boathouse was built at 30 Bismarckstrasse. 1960–1962 the new boathouse was built at its current location at Gartenstrasse 180 and later expanded several times. From 1924 to 1937 and from 1965 to 2005 (with interruptions) the club published the magazine Der Ruderer - Mitteilungen des Tübinger Ruderverein Fidelia 1877/1911 e. V. out.

The efforts to allow visually impaired people to participate in rowing established a long-standing tradition of "blind rowing" in Tübingen, from which the association for the integration of sighted and visually impaired people in sport was founded.

Known members

Otto Steinle, German champion in the lightweight foursome in 1964 and 1965

literature

Jörg Frauendiener: Festschrift for the 125th anniversary (2002)
100 years of the Tübingen rowing club 1877/1911. 1977.
Tübinger Ruderverein Fidelia 1877/1911 (Hrsg.): Festschrift for the 75th anniversary of the Tübinger Ruderverein 1877/1911 e. V. 1877 - 1952. Tübingen 1952.