TV Cloppenburg

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TVC
Logo TVC coat of arms
Surname TV Cloppenburg from 1892 eV
Club colors Red White
Founded 1892
Association headquarters Schulstrasse 10, 49661 Cloppenburg
Members 2400 (2015)
Departments 11
Chairman Heinz Weßmann
Homepage www.tv-cloppenburg.de

The TV Cloppenburg from 1892 e. V. is a sports club consisting of several departments / divisions , which is the largest club in the city of Cloppenburg with 2,400 members.

history

A gymnastics club was founded in Cloppenburg on February 14, 1892 . The board of directors consisted of Mr. Fortmann, Mr. Gerst and Mr. Piper. The number of active members was 24. Two previous attempts in the 1880s to found a gymnastics club had failed due to a lack of exercise rooms. The Cloppenburg gymnastics club was first mentioned in the Deutsche Turnzeitung in 1895 under serial no. At that time the gymnastics club belonged to the Oldenburger Turngau , Kreis V Niederweser-Ems. Under the chairman Heinrich Fortmann, 70 club members over 14 years and 5 instructors were registered. The place Cloppenburg had 2200 inhabitants at that time.

The gymnastics club continued to grow in the next few years, so that the weekly newspaper for the district of Cloppenburg and Friesoythe wrote on the occasion of the 10th foundation festival on April 4, 1902: “Our gymnastics club has flourished in recent years. The foundation festival was attended by 500 participants who enjoyed the gymnastics demonstrations and the subsequent ball. "

On August 15, 1908 at the General Assembly a gym on the road Sevelter decided the construction. The costs of 24,000 Reichsmarks were raised through donations from members and sponsors as well as through the issue of bonds . On the occasion of the 18th foundation festival on January 16, 1910, the gymnasium was inaugurated with a show gymnastics exercise, also with the participation of a 10-member ladies team that had been founded shortly before. In 1913 the club first took part in the German Gymnastics Festival in Leipzig. The club life was interrupted by the First World War.

When Rector Fortmann transferred management to Ferdinand Zerhusen in 1922 after 30 years of work for the association, the recovery was initiated, which was continued under Heinrich Ottenjann from 1923. Gymnasts of the association regularly took part in district and association gymnastics festivals as well as in German gymnastics festivals. Under the 1st chairman Mayor Heinrich Winkler (1926–1939) the club went through the economic crisis, but the gymnastics could be maintained with restrictions. At the beginning of 1933 the number of members had risen to over 300, in addition to gymnastics and athletics, fistball and from 1928 handball had also been included in the club's program and the club had consolidated itself again.

In 1933 the Turnerbund lost its independence. The maxim “ fresh, pious, happy, free ” cultivated by gymnasts was replaced by National Socialist slogans during the Nazi era, and the exercises were geared towards training in the military . From 1939, Nikolaus Hanenkamp led the club through a time when many members were called up, a uniform statute was imposed on the club and the gym had to be rented to the Borgward company. Nevertheless, the gymnastics business could be maintained in a severely restricted form.

Under the chairmanship of Wilhelm Niemann, the rebuilding of the association began in 1947. In addition to the classic gymnastics exercises, athletics was promoted. In 1952, Niemann handed over the chairmanship of the club to Günther Gembusch, under whose leadership the handball department was re-established until 1957. In the following years with the club chairman Paul Büker (1957–1962), a second chairmanship of Wilhelm Niemann (1962–1970), Alwin Bergmann (1970–1974) and Nechel Nöh (1974–1981), the association changed increasingly in line with social requirements .

While artistic gymnastics as well as athletics in the gymnastics club initially reached a high level of performance, both branches came to a standstill due to higher demands and the expansion of performance centers. The development towards exercise units and sports facilities led to the establishment of the volleyball and badminton department and the introduction of courses in leisure and health sports. Judo and karate were included in the sporting offer and under the 1st chairman Lothar Krapp (1981-1989) the gymnastics club Cloppenburg exceeded the number of 1000 members. To enable the club to expand, the too small hall on Sevelter Straße was sold and a new club's own gym was built on Schulstraße from 1967 to 1968.

In 1992 the 100th anniversary of the Turnverein Cloppenburg was celebrated under the leadership of Klaus Weber (1989–2000) with a ceremony and sporting events. The club hall was expanded to include a gymnastics hall and a fitness room.

Under the leadership of Fred Stolle as 1st chairman from 2000 to 2008, the club experienced an upswing in sporting terms. The handball women sometimes played in the 2nd Bundesliga, while the women's and men's volleyball teams were promoted to the regional league. Other departments sent representatives to competitions at the national championship level. The number of 2,000 members was exceeded in 2006 and the gymnastics club is the largest club in Cloppenburg.

In 2008 Bernd Havermann took over the reins of the Cloppenburg gymnastics club. The association had 2150 members who were divided into nine departments. Under his leadership, the club's own gym was completely renovated in 2012. Three new gymnastics rooms and a seminar room were created. A total of around one million euros was spent on the modernization. An excellent basis has thus been created for the future and further development of the gymnastics club. For this reason, the new, larger office of the association has been occupied by part-time employees since 2011, who are available to members with advice and assistance.

Heinz Weßmann has been chairman of TV Cloppenburg since October 2013.

successes

Handball:

  • 1st team men: Promotion to the Regionalliga 2000
  • 1st team women: promotion and remaining in the 2nd Bundesliga 2004/05 a. 2005/06. Reaching the 3rd round in the DHB Cup
  • 1st team WjC: Promotion to the Oberliga and 1st place in the Oberliga 2016/2017

Volleyball:

  • 1st team women: reaching the third division
  • 1st team men: Reaching and remaining in the regional league

Athletics:

Current

The largest department is the fitness department; The number of members, including the health sector, is around 1,000. The most popular departments are the handball department with around 350 members and the volleyball department with around 330 members. Other departments are the badminton, judo, karate, dance and children's gymnastics department.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.tv-cloppenburg.de/der_verein/vereinsinfos/wir_ueber_uns.php