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# German Rowing Clubs in Bremen

## Bremische Ruderclubs

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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Apr 2006
pennant of the Deutscher Ruderverband (DRV, German Rowing Association)

- RV "Hansa"
- Bremer RC "Hansa"

- Ruderverein Brema von 1883
- Oberweser RV Bremen

- Bremer RV von 1882

- Bremer RV von 1882 - pennant
- Bremer DRC 1930
- Verein Bremer Ruderinnen 1930

- Bremer Sport Club Abt.Rudern

- BSC pennant (since 2008)
- Post-Sportverein Bremen(1929-2007)

- Vegesacker Ruderverein
- Verein Wassersport e.V. Vegesack
- Bremerhavener RV 1889

See also:

- Rowing Clubs in Germany
- Germany

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

## RV "Hansa"

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Mar 2026

Name: Ruder-Verein "Hansa"
Located in: Bremen
Established: 26 July 1902
Dissolved: prior to 1906
The blue flag was parted by a white saltire with white inscriptions on every quarter as follows: "B"(top), "R"(hoist), "V"(fly) and "HANSA"(bottom). On centre were the lesser arms of Bremen and in the white canton was a red cross patty (Hanseatic cross).
Source: Wassersport Almanach (year book) 1906, p.249
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Mar 2026

## Bremer RC "Hansa"

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 May 2006

Name: Bremer Ruder-Club "Hansa" (1879/1883) e.V.
Located in: Bremen
Established: 1 May 1883
The flag is white with a red centred cross and black capital letters "B"(upper hoist), "R"(upper fly), "C" (lower hoist) and "H" (lower fly). The centre of the cross is superimposed by a red-edged white shield with a red Bremen key (coat of arms of Bremen inverted) crossed with a red oar.
For further information click: club website.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 May 2006

### Ruderverein Brema von 1883

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Jan 2021

The flag was a horizontal red-white bicolour. The white canton was charged with a white disc in a red 8-point star and displaying a red Bremen key (coat of arms of Bremen inverted).
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Jan 2021

### Oberweser RV Bremen

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Dec 2025

Name: Oberweser Ruderverein Bremen
Located in: Bremen
Established: unknown
Dissolved: unknown
The flag was white parted by a red saltire. On centre was a white shield with red edges and charged with a red key of Bremen superimposed by a red oar in bend sinister, black inscriptions "O" (upper hoist), "R" (upper flat), "V" (lower hoist) and "B" (lower fly). It was a predecessor of Bremer RC Hansa and had the same flag with different letters.
Source: Wassersport (weekly) 1891, no.10, p.109
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Dec 2025

## Bremer Ruderverein von 1882

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 May 2006

Name: Bremer Ruderverein von 1882 e.V.
Located in: Bremen
Established: 25 November 1882
It is a 8-stripe version of the flag of the city of Bremen with a blue canton with the white inscription "B.R.V."1st row) "v. 1882" (2nd row, a bit smaller).

### Bremer Ruderverein von 1882 - pennant

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Jan 2021

The pennant is white with a rec bordure and a Hanseatic cross, i.e. a red cross patty at hoist.
Source: club website
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 May 2006 / 18 Jan 2021

### Bremer DRC 1930

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Jan 2021

Name: Bremer Damen Ruder Club von 193
Located in: Bremen
Established: 1930

The flag was white, alongside hoist and top were two 5-stripes Bremen streamers, the chequered parts overlapping one another. In lower fly was a black serifed inscription: "DRC" (1st line, bigger) "1930" (2nd line). The club joined Bremer Ruderverein von 1882 after WW2.
Sources: this webpage and BRV 1882 history page
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Jan 2021

## Verein Bremer Ruderinnen von 1930

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Jan 2026

Name: Verein Bremer Ruderinnen von 1930
Located in: Bremen
Renamed: 12 January 1938
The club was the successor of Bremer DRC 1930. The flag was that one of its predecessor but different black inscription "VBR"
Source: Wassersport (weekly) 1938, no.6, p.106
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Jan 2026

## Bremer Sport Club Abt.Rudern

Name: Bremer Sport Club -Abteilung Rudern
Located in: Bremen
Established: 28 June 1929
The club was established as Post-Sportverein Bremen. When German mail withdraw its sponsoring, the club renamed itself on 1 January 2008.
For further information click: club's website.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2011

### BSC pennant (since 2008)

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Jan 2007

It is a yellow pennant, divided by a narrow horizontal dark blue line. The logo of the club is shifted to the hoist. The logo is a yellow circle cotized blue with a dark blue inscription "BSC" (sinister-bendy formation), the "S" is superimposing a dark blue key.
Source: Rudersportalmanach 1977
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2011

### Post-Sportverein Bremen(1929-2007)

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 May 2006
Description of flag:

It is a flag divided by saltire into white and blue.. In the centre of the flag is the logo. It is the same like that one of "BSC" but having a "PSB" instead, and the figures are black.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 May 2006

## Vegesacker Ruderverein

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 May 2006

Name: Vegesacker Ruderverein e.V.
Located in: Bremen-Vegesack
Established: 15 December 1900
It is a white flag with a black centred cotized cross and a blue canton with a white cross patty. This flag is inspired by the imperial German naval flag. The cross is taken from the arms of Bremen's borough of Vegesack.
For further information click: club website.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 May 2006

## Verein Wassersport e.V. Vegesack

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Jan 2021
Located in: Bremen-Vegesack

>Established: 5 February 1893
The club has a rowing and a sailing department as well. The pennant is blue with a white bordure and the white cross patty from the arms of Bremen's borough of Vegesack shifted to hoist.
Source: club website
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Jan 2021

## Bremerhavener RV 1889

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Apr 2011

Name: Bremerhavener Ruderverein von 1889 e.V.
Located in: Bremerhaven
Established: 1 Juni 1889
It is a white flag with a red stripe at top and bottom edges. In the centre is a coat of arm. A white key in a red field (Bremen) and a white chief with a red cross patty. The shield is topped by a yellow mural crown with three torrets. The upper red stripe has a white canton with a black inscription "BRV"(1st line) and "1889"(2nd line, smaller).
The flag of Hanseatische Hochseefischerei AG, an Oetker company established in 1929, has nearly the same flag but without canton.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Apr 2011

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