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# German Rowing Clubs ordered by name of location (o)

## Deutsche Ruderclubs (o)

Last modified: 2026-04-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Apr 2006
pennant of the Deutscher Ruderverband (DRV, German Rowing Association)

- RV Oberhausen
- Oldenburger RV
- PostSV Oldenburg
- RC Biggesee (Olpe)
- VWS Lehnitz (Oranienburg)
- Oranienburger WSV
- RC Oppenheim
- Osnabrücker RV
- Damen RV Osnabrück
- RV Osterholz-Scharmbeck
- TSV Otterndorf

See also:

- Rowing Clubs in Germany
- Flags of Sports Associations and Clubs (Germany)
- Germany

Information about rowing clubs in Offenbach/Main is available here.

Source:
If source is not given explicitely, all information is available from the flag chart of : Rudersportalmanach 1977.

## RV Oberhausen

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Apr 2011

Name: Ruderverein Oberhausen e.V.
Located in: Oberhausen
Established: 1 June 1923
The white flag is divided by two black horizontal lines. Between the lines is the municipal coat of arms in the version valid until 1952, i.e. 1st quarter has black background and the shield is topped by a yellowish mural crown. The arms are superimposing both stripes.
Source: flag chart
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Apr 2011

## Oldenburger RV

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 May 2006

Name: Oldenburger Ruderverein e.V.
Located in: Oldenburg i.O.
Established: 18 May 1909
It is nearly the same as the old state flag of Oldenburg. It is a blue flag with a red centred cross. There are added white dotted capital letters "O." (upper hoist), "R." (upper fly), "V." (lower hoist) and "O." (lower fly).
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 May 2006

## PostSV Oldenburg

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 May 2006

Name: Postsportverein Oldenburg e.V., Ruderabteilung
Located in: Oldenburg i.O.
Established: 1 August 1964
It is a yellow and black flag divided per bend sinister. In the upper hoist is a black horn, the logo of German mail. In the lower fly is a yellow inscription "PSO".
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 May 2006

## RC Biggesee

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Nov 2007

Name: Ruder-Club Biggesee e.V.
Located in: Olpe (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Established: 1 November 1973
It is a white flag with a red cotized off-centred cross superimposed by a shield. The shield is divided per pale. The dexter half is divided by a blue Latin cross, the sinister half by two blue barrulets. It is a simplified version of the coat of arms of Olpe county.
Source: flag chart
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Nov 2007

## RC Oppenheim

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Jan 2021

Name: Ruder-Club Oppenheim e.V.
Located in: Oppenheim (Rheinland-Pfalz)
Established: 1911
Dissolved: unknown
he white flag was parted by a blue centred cross. The upper hoist quarter was horizontally parted red-white-red with a blue inscription "RCO" in the white stripe.
For further information click:this webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Jan 2021

## VWS Lehnitz

image by Tomislav Šipek, 29 Jan 2026

Name: Verein Wassersport Lehnitz
Located in: Oranienburg
Established: unknown
Dissolved: unknown
The pennant was white fimbriated green at top- and bottom edges and charged with a black 6-point star shifted to hoist.
Source: Wassersport (weekly) 1902, no.20, p.233
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Jan 2026

## Oranienburger WSV

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Jan 2026

Name: Oranienburger Wassersport-Verein E.V.
Located in: Oranienburg
Established: unknown
Dissolved: unknown
The flag was white parted by a centred blue cross. On upper hoist quarter was a blue 6-point star, on lower fly quarter a blue inscription "O.W.V."
Source: Wassersport (weekly) 1924, no.47, p.1036
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Jan 2026

## Osnabrücker RV

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 May 2006

Name: Osnabrücker Ruderverein e.V.
Located in: Osnabrück
Established: 26 April 1913
It is a quarterly divided white and black flag. The division per pale is shifted to the hoist. In the upper hoist is a black wheel with 6 spokes from the coat of arms of the bishopric of Osnabrück. In the lower hoist is a yellow inscription "ORV".
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 May 2006

### Damen RV Osnabrück

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Rob Raeside, 8 Apr 2026

Name: Damen-Ruderverein Osnabrück
Located in: Osnabrück
Established: 3 September 1924
Dissolved: around 1936 and incorporated into Osnabrücker RV by NS-government
Members of the club had been the females in the families of the members of Osnabrücker RV (see above). They shared picnics and social life with the males and were only separated by rowing and cruising. Since 1935 there had been events with mixed crews of both clubs.
The pennant was horizontally parted of black and white. On black half at hoist was a white inscription "D.R.V.O.". On white stripe centred related to the inscription above was the black 6-spokes wheel from the Osnabrück city arms.
Source: Festschrift: "100 Jahre Osnabrücker Ruderverein", pp.41-47
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Apr 2026

## RV Osterholz-Scharmbeck

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 May 2006

Name: Ruder-Verein Osterholz-Scharmbeck von 1901 e.V.
Located in: Osterholz-Scharmbeck (Niedersachsen)
Established: 31 January 1901
It is a white flag divided by a blue saltire with black dotted letters and numbers "O." (hoist), "R.V." (top), "Sch." (fly) and "1901" (bottom).
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 May 2006

## TSV Otterndorf

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 May 2006

Name: TSV Otterndorf, Ruderabteilung
Located in: Otterndorf (Niedersachsen)
Established: 4 February 1960
It is a blue flag divided by a yellow saltire with yellow capital letters "T" (hoist), "S" (top), "V" (fly) and "O" (bottom).
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 May 2006

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