Vienna Rowing Club Danube Federation

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The Wiener Ruder Club Donaubund (WRC Donaubund) is an Austrian rowing club based in Vienna . The Danube Federation was a pioneer in matters of women's rights . Founded three weeks after the proclamation of the Republic of Austria, it continues to focus on competitive sports and recreational rowing today .

history

The club was founded in 1878 as the 1st Viennese ladies and gentlemen rowing company "Donaubund" . During the First World War, activities ceased. On December 18, 1918, the club was re-established under its current name as the first rowing club in what is now the Republic of Austria.

In the WRC, women were allowed to row long before they were officially given the right to vote . On January 12th, 1919 an article appeared in the Allgemeine Sport-Zeitung in Vienna: “These days a new rowing club has been launched in Vienna. Its founder and board member is Otto Engelberger's eldest son. (…) This summer, ladies rowing also found its way into the Old Danube; three teams of four have already been trained under the direction of director Engelberger. (...) At the moment he [the association] has 16 female and 12 male members. (…) “ The WRC was the only rowing club in Austria that led a women's team after the First World War.

successes

  • 1974–1977 Elisabeth Smetana - national champion title in women 4x
  • 1979 Austrian championship title in the junior single
  • 1981 State championship in the Lgw two-man without
  • In 2002 Monika Felizeter won the national championship title in the women's single
  • 2003 Nora Labes - Austrian student championship bronze medal in single, Austrian junior women championship silver medal in single, Viennese national champion in single
  • 2005 Viennese national champion in Lgw M 1x Alex Scherschnev
  • 2006 the most successful season in club history to date with over 100 victories; 3 Austrian Masters championship title, Matthias Jaksch - Viennese national champion in junior single

accident

On June 21, 2007, there was a tragic accident. A 20-ton tree supported the clubhouse during storms and killed a woman. The house was badly damaged. The members tried to rebuild.

literature

  • Friedrich Stangl: History of the Austrian rowing sport 1850-1914 . Vienna, Univ., Seminar paper, 1941.
  • Gernot Hauska: History of the Austrian rowing sport from 1914–1938 . Vienna, Univ., Hausarb., 1965.
  • Arabella Schipper-Döchl: woman in the boat! - the woman in Viennese rowing, with a historical outline of Viennese rowing . CA Generali, Vienna 1997. At the same time: Vienna, Univ., Dipl.-Arb., 1996 under the title: Arabella Döchl, The emancipation of women in sport using the example of rowing in Vienna .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ rowing. Ladies rowing in Vienna. In: Allgemeine Sport-Zeitung , Issue No. 2, XL. Year, January 12, 1919, p. 37, top right.
  2. ↑ Ernst Bruckmüller, Hannes Strohmeyer (ed.): Gymnastics and sport in the history of Austria . Writings of the Institute for Austrian Studies, Volume 60. ÖBV, Pädagogischer Verlag, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-215-12884-5 , p. 148.
  3. ↑ Rowing club struggles with storm consequences . In: wien.orf.at , November 26, 2007, accessed on September 27, 2010.
  4. ↑ (...) Mrs. von Baum slain . In: oesterreich.orf.at , June 22, 2007, accessed on September 27, 2010.
  5. ↑ (...) New clubhouse is being built . In: wien.orf.at , May 4, 2008, accessed on September 27, 2010.
  6. ↑ Permalink Austrian Library Association .
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Coordinates: 48 ° 13 ′ 9.1 ″  N , 16 ° 25 ′ 57.4 ″  E