Tennis Association Niederrhein

Tennis Association Niederrhein e. V.
Founded	1947
president	Dietloff von Arnim
societies	462 (2013)
Members	103,451 (2013)
Association headquarters	eat
Homepage	http://www.tvn-tennis.de/

The Tennis Association Niederrhein (TVN) is the umbrella organization of the tennis clubs in the Lower Rhine region and is a member of the German Tennis Federation .

The TVN operates a tennis center in Essen, which has one of the largest tennis facilities in Germany with 12 outdoor (sand) and 16 indoor courts .

history

The TVN was founded in April 1947 and is now based in Essen . However, the association was not registered at the Düsseldorf District Court until June 1955 . At this point in time, the association had already grown to 126 clubs.

Tennis districts

The Niederrhein Tennis Association is divided into five tennis districts.

• District 1: Left Lower Rhine (includes Kleve , Krefeld , Mönchengladbach , Moers , Viersen and Neuss )
• District 2: Right Lower Rhine (includes, among others, Duisburg )
• District 3: Düsseldorf (includes, among others, Düsseldorf , Ratingen )
• District 4: Bergisch Land (includes, among others, Langenfeld, Opladen, Monheim, Burscheid, Hilden, Gruiten, Velbert, Heiligenhaus, Remscheid and Wuppertal )
• District 5: Essen / Bottrop (includes Mülheim , Essen, Bottrop )

TVN membership numbers

year Members societies 1948 9,000 53 1955 126 1977 97.285 337 1978 106,880 367 1979 113.182 384 1980 120.286 404 1981 128,212 426 1983 138,860 467 1984 141,533 482 1985 142,850 492 1986 152.103 493 1987 152,808 499 1988 153.143 502 1989 158,970 507 1990 162,882 515 1991 166.457 521 1992 168,702 524 1993 169,597 524 1994 168,872 529 1995 164,882 526 1996 160,804 522 1997 155,807 521

year Members societies 1998 150.274 520 1999 144.505 517 2000 140.886 516 2001 136,665 512 2002 130.504 513 2003 125,661 507 2004 122.908 505 2005 118,687 499 2006 115.209 495 2007 111,664 488 2008 110.356 484 2009 110.024 479 2010 109,475 472 2011 107,893 467 2012 105.401 466 2013 103.451 462 2014 101,282 450 2015 95,341 442 2016 94,542 436 2017 93,542 435

President

year	Surname
1947-1949	W. Fölsch
1950-1952	Jost Henkel
1952-1967	Eduard H. Dörrenberg
1967-1972	Wolfgang Huber
1972-1985	Haymo Büscher
1985-1988	Armin Wilke
1989-2009	Gerhard Nölle
2009-2015	Ulrich Bunkowitz
since 2015	Dietloff von Arnim

Honorary President

• Gerhard Nölle †

Web links

• Official homepage on tvn-tennis.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Internet site tennis center Essen
2. ^ Website of the Linker Niederrhein district
3. ↑ Website of the District of Rechter Niederrhein
4. ^ Website of the Düsseldorf district
5. ^ Website of the Bergisch Land district
6. ^ Website of the Essen / Bottrop district