VfL 1860 Marburg
| Association for physical exercises 1860 Marburg | ||
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| Club data | ||
| founding | July 28, 1860 | |
| Address / contact |
VfL 1860 Marburg Leopold-Lucas-Str. 46a |
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| Club colors | Blue White | |
| Members | around 2500 | |
| Internet | ||
| Website | www.vfl1860marburg.de | |
The VfL 1860 Marburg is the oldest sports club of Marburg .
history
The Verein für Leibesübungen (VfL) Marburg was founded as a gymnastics club on July 28, 1860, making it the oldest and most traditional club in the university town of Marburg. After the club had already grown by a few departments, it was forcibly merged with the football club VfB Marburg in 1937. The resulting football division played after the Second World War until 1965 and again for two seasons in the 1980s in the highest Hessian league and reached the Hesse championship in 1959. In 1992, the football department separated from the entire club and was re-established as VfB Marburg. The former basketball department of the club split off as BC Marburg into an independent club whose first women's team currently plays in the first division and was German champions and cup winners in 2003. VfL 1860 Marburg currently has around 2500 members.
Departments
VfL 1860 Marburg currently consists of a total of twelve departments.
do gymnastics
The gymnastics department was the first to be founded in 1860. The department's offers range from children's gymnastics to physical activity for senior citizens. With around 1000 members, it is the largest of the association.
hockey
The VfL hockey department was founded in 1919 and consists of various men's, women's and youth teams. In the 2016/17 field season, the first men's team won all games in the 1st Association League and returned to the Oberliga after two years. In 2018/19 she finished second, which means that the hockey department was promoted to the 2nd Regionalliga Süd in time for the centenary of the hockey department. The first women's team was relegated from the upper league to the association league in 2017 and was able to celebrate their promotion again in 2019. In the hall, the first men's and first women's teams will compete in the major league in the 2019/20 season.
volleyball
The volleyball department consists of around 100 members and five women's, one men's and several youth teams. The first women's team currently plays the top-class. She competes in the national league. The men's team plays in the district league.
Handball
The players of the handball department of VfL 1860 Marburg play together with the handball players of TSV Cappel in the handball community (HSG) Marburg / Cappel. The first two teams (women and men) play in the regional league of the handball district of Gießen. The second women's team plays in the district league B, the second men's team in the district league C-North.
Table tennis
One of the smaller departments at VfL is the table tennis department . It consists of three men's teams and two student teams.
The first men's team made it to the regional league north.
The second men's team plays in the district league south-east.
The third men's team plays in the 2nd district class group north.
fencing
The fencing department was founded in 1911. It now consists of around 100 members. In the department it is possible to learn and train this sport in the armed forces foil and epee and to practice it as a popular sport. The Marburg City Championships, meanwhile the largest fencing tournament in Hessen, have been held since 2000. In the youth sector, the department is characterized by the multiple wins of Hessen championship titles, German runner-up titles and very good individual results at German championships.
swim
The swimming department currently has around 400 members. Training is carried out in different groups according to performance. The practice lessons take place in the Marburg indoor swimming pools Aquamar and Wehrda as well as Weißer Stein.
Health sport
The health sports department of VfL offers people with illnesses to exercise. For example, there is a group for people with heart disease.
music
The eleventh department of VfL, the music department, is a specialty for a sports club.
The "heart" of the music department is the wind orchestra with over 60 musicians - it is a concert wind orchestra that has mainly dedicated itself to modern, symphonic wind music for several years. In addition to the brass band, there is a big band with a focus on jazz and light music . In addition, the musicians repeatedly come together to form smaller ensembles with changing instrumentation, which perform on a wide variety of occasions in and around Marburg.
Education: In addition to these diverse musical activities, consistent and professional education and training is another focus of the musical work of the music department. As part of a training orchestra, young people and adults are trained in ensemble playing on wind instruments. There has been a cooperation with the Richtsberg Comprehensive School in Marburg since 2012.
badminton
Since 1972 - initially in the gymnastics department - badminton has also been offered at VfL Marburg. In 2009 the badminton department was finally made independent. Today it has over 250 members, making it one of the largest clubs in the Hessian Badminton Association. VfL 1860 Marburg currently provides three senior teams in different game classes in the Wetzlar badminton district.
successes
- Soccer: Hessian champions 1959
Well-known names
- Fritz Bouillon (1903–?), Football referee
- Klaus Zaczyk (* 1945), national soccer player, in his youth at VfL Marburg
literature
- VfL 1860 Marburg (Ed.): Time travel - 150 years of VfL 1860 Marburg . Marburg 2011.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oberhessische Presse ( memento of October 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) of March 16, 1997.
- ↑ gogol medien GmbH & Co. KG: You can play badminton in VfL Marburg every day - except Friday . In: myheimat.de . ( myheimat.de [accessed on July 3, 2017]).