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

## Deutsche Ruderclubs (r)

Last modified: 2026-04-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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pennant of the Deutscher Ruderverband (DRV, German Rowing Association)

- SSV Planeta Radebeul
- RC Undine (Radolfzell)
- RC Jeßnitz (Raguhn-Jeßnitz)
- RC Raguhn (Raguhn-Jeßnitz)
- RC Rastatt
- Rathenower RC Wiking

- Rathenower RK Wiking pre WW1 Flag

- Rathenower RC
- RC Union (Rathenow)
- Ratzeburger RC

- Notes
- Flags
- Blade

- Reeser RV 1905
- Reinfelder RGm
- RG Remagen
- WSV Schifferclub Neckarrems (Remseck)
- Rendsburger Primaner RC von 1880
- Rendsburger RV
- RHTC Rheine
- RC Rheinfelden Baden
- RV Rheinsberg 1910
- Ribnitzer SV 1919 (Ribnitz-Damgarten)
- Riesa
- WSV Rinteln
- WS Rodenkirchen
- RSC Rosenheim
- Roßlauer RG
- RC Roßleben
- Rüsselsheimer RK

See also:

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

Information about rowing clubs in Rostock is available here.

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

## SSV "Planeta" Radebeul

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Name: Spiel- und Sportverein "Planeta" Radebeul e.V.
Located in: Radebeul (near Dresden)
Established: 4 December 1919
The white flag is divided by a green saltire. In the centre is the local coat of arms enveloped by a white shield cotized red with a black inscription "RADEBEUL" upon the chief.
Source: DRV flag chart
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 May

## RC "Undine"

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 May 2006

Name: Ruderclub "Undine" e.V. Radolfzell
Located in: Radolfzell/Lake Constance (Baden-Württemberg)
Established: 28 July 1920
It is a white flag divided by a black centred cross. In the centre of the flag is a black disc with a white "U". The canton is a horizontal red over white over yellow tricolour.
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 May 2006

## RC Jeßnitz

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Jan 2026

Name: Ruderclub Jeßnitz
Located in: Raguhn-Jeßnitz
Established: unknown
Dissolved: unknown
It was a 13-stripes flag horizontally divided by alternating red and blue stripes. On centre was a white star with blue inscription "R.C."(1st line) "J"(2nd line).
Source: Wassersport (weekly) 1934, no.38, p.898
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Jan 2026

## RC Raguhn

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Jan 2026

Name: Ruder-Club Raguhn E.V.
Located in: Raguhn-Jeßnitz
Established: unknown
Dissolved: unknown
The flag was white with simplified municipal arms on centre, displaying a crowned bear on a wall between two towers. On upper hoist was a red 6-point star with bordures inside, on lower fly was black 6-point star with bordures inside.
Source: Wassersport (weekly) 1908, no.50, p.740
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Jan 2026

## RC Rastatt

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Apr 2011

Name: Ruder-Club Rastatt 1898 e.V.
Located in: Rastatt (Baden-WÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¼rttemberg)
Established: 3 July 1898
The white flag has a yellow stripe at the top- and bottom edge. The white field is divided by a red centred cross. In its upperhoist quarter is a ensemble of an upright anchor superimposed by two crosse oars and surrounded by an inscription "RCR 1898". In the lower fly quarter is a red spur wheel with a yellow dot in its centre.
For further information click:club webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Apr 2011

## Rathenower RC Wiking

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Name: Rathenower Ruder-Club Wiking e.V.
Located in: Rathenow (Havelland county)
Established: 3 October 1903
It is a white flag divided by an off-centred, red cross cotized white and black. In the upper hoist quarter is a red griffin's head armed golden(=yellow) and flanked by three blue 6-point stars.
Source: DRV flag chart
For further information click:club webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Apr 2011

### Rathenower RK Wiking pre WW1 Flag

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 June 2014

The white flag was divided by a black, off-centred cross. In the upper hoist quarter was a black 5-point star. In the upper fly quarter was a black inscription "R.R.C." and in the lower fly quarter was a black inscription "Wiking". Source: Der Rudersport (weekly); edition II/49/3 December 1913
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 June 2014

## Rathenower RC

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 June 2014 Name: Rathenower Ruder-Club e.V.
Located in: Rathenow (Havelland)
Established: unknown
Dissolved: unknown
The white flag was divided by two black, narrow stripes. Between the stripes was a red eagle, the symbol of Brandenburg.
Source: Der Rudersport (weekly); edition II/5/29 January 1913
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 June 2014

## RC "Union"

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Name: Ruder-Club "Union" e.V.
Located in: Rathenow
Established: 1 September 1909
Dissolved: prior to 1914
It was a white flag with black-white-red horizontal tricolour on canton with black inscription "R.C.U." on the white stripe. On lower fly corner was a black cross patty.
Source: Wassersport Almanach (year book) 1914, p.400
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Mar 2026

## Ratzeburger RC

### Notes

Name: Ratzeburger Ruderclub e.V.
Located in: Ratzeburg
Established: 24 February 1953
Ratzeburger RC, led by professor Karl Adam, was worldfamous in the 1950ies and 60ies for its unbeatable "Ratzeburger Achter".
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Oct 2007

### Flags

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The current flag (see left image above) is white with a black cotized Scandinavian cross. In the canton is a coat of arms showing a three towered red castle, two towers embattled while the central tower has a blue roof. A blue man is opening the blue gate. The shield is topped by a red mural crown made. In the lower fly are black serifed capital letters "RRC".
The former flag (see right image above) was white parted by blue Scandinavian cross cotized white-black with the arms of current flag on canton, but in black and white only. In the lower fly were black serifed capital letters "RRC".
Source: "Ratzeburger Ruderclub e.V. 1959" (year book, inside cover)
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Dec 2008 / 1 Mar 2026

### Blade

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Dec 2008

It is a dark blue blade with a shaft of the same colour.
Source: club webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Dec 2008

## Reeser RV 1905

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Apr 2011

Name: Reeser Ruderverein 1905 e.V.
Located in: Rees (Wesel county)
Established: 1 July 1905
The flag is divided per saltire into white (hoist and fly) and blue (top and bottom). In the centre are white capitals "RR" over "V" in a red oval.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Apr 2011

## Reinfelder RGm

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Nov 2007

Name: Reinfelder Rudergemeinschaft e.V.
Located in: Reinfeld
Established: 5 July 1963
It is a plain white flag with two green sinister bendy lines in the upper hoist and green capital letters "RRG" in the lower fly.
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Nov 2007

## RG Remagen

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Name: Rudergesellschaft e.V. Remagen
Located in: Remagen (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Established: 13 April 1922
It is a triangular pennant. The flag is divided into four congruent triangles, a black one at the upper hoist and a green one at the lower hoist, both pointing to the fly. The other ones are white together forming a diamond with the black inscription "R.G.R.".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 May 2006

## WSV Schifferclub Neckarrems (Remseck)

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Mar 2014

Name: Wassersportverein Schifferclub Neckarrems e.V.
Located in: Neckarrems (Ludwigsburg county)
Established: 1912
It is pennant horizontally divided into blue over white and superimposed by two crossed fish and a star above, elements probably taken from the local coat of arms.
Source: DRV flag chart
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2011

## Rendsburger Primaner RC von 1880

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Name: Rendsburger Primaner Ruder Club von 1880
Located in: Rendsburg
Established: 28 May 1880
The flag remained basically the same, it is a red-white horizontal bicolour with the arms of Schleswig-Holstein in its centre (with current arms see left image above, with old arms see right image above). Only the arms of Schleswig-Holstein changed through the years. "Primaner" is an old name for pupils being in the two classes having the oldest pupils only on grammar schools. The classes were named Unterprima and Oberprima (literally the lower first and the upper first).
Sources:club webpage and "75 Jahre Rendsburger Primaner Ruder-Club, Rendsburg 1955", cover

### Blade

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Ivan Sache, 18 Jan 2021

The blade is white with a red 5-point star, rotated 20Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â° anticlockwise.
Sources:club webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider,16 Jan 2021

## Rendsburger RV

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Nov 2007

Name: Rendsburger Ruderverein e.V.
Located in: Rendsburg
Established: 26 September 1910
It is red over white over blue horizontal tricolour. The colours are those of Schleswig-Holstein. The whole is superimposed by a bendy white line with a red upper edge and a blue lower edge. Within that line are blue dotted serifed capitals from upper hoist to lower fly "R.R.V.".
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Nov 2007

## RHTC Rheine

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Name: Ruder- und Hockey- und Tanzsport-Club Rheine von 1901 e.V., Ruderabteilung
Located in: Rheine/Westfalen
Established: 11 June 1901 as Ruder- und Hockey-Club Rheine von 1901 e.V.
It is a plain white flag with a blue renaissence shield topped by a yellow coronet in its centre. In the shield is the coat of arms of the city of Rheine, in a yellow field a red bar superimposed by three yellow 6-point-stars.
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 May 2006

## RC Rheinfelden Baden

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Apr 2011

Name: Ruderclub Rheinfelden Baden e.V.
Located in: Rheinfelden/Rhein
Established: 29 April 1921
The green flag has red stripes at the top- and bottom edge. Shifted to the hoist is a black inscription "RCR"(1st line) "1921"(2nd line) in italics. In the fly is a white 5-point star.
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Apr 2011

## RV Rheinsberg 1910

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Name: Ruderverein Rheinsberg 1910 e.V.
Located in: Rheinsberg (Brandenburg)
Established: 23 February 1910
The current flag (see left image above) is a vertical blue-white-blue triband, the white stripe slightly broader with a silver oval containing the club´s logo in its centre. In the oval is a black rowing boat with crew and the name of the club surrounding the boat.
The former flag (see right image above) was white with a blue stripe alongside the hoist and two blue connected throughout triangles at fly. Shifted to hoist on the white part are th city arms in blue and white (eagle with quartered inescutcheon on breast) under a blue inscription "RV RHeinsberg".
Sources: DRV flag chart and Rudersport Almanach 2004, p.242
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Apr 2011

## Ribnitzer SV 1919

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Name: Ribnitzer Sportverein 1919 e.V.
Located in: Ribnitz-Damgarten (Nordvorpommern county)
Established: 1 January 1919
It is a vertcal blue - white bicolour. In ist centre is a blue shield containing a white griffin and an embowed inscription "RIBNITZER"(above) and "SV 1919"(below). he shield is superimposing a pair of brownish.gry crossed oars.
Source: DRV flag chart
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2011

## RC Riesa

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Jan 2026

Name: Ruder-Club Riesa
Located in: Riesa
Established: unknown
Dissolved: unknown
The flag was white. The canton was a blue-white-red horizontal tricolour. On upper fly was red(!) 5-point star.
Source: Wassersport (weekly) 1890, no.19, p.201
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Jan 2026

## WSV Rinteln

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Name: Wasser-Sport-Verein Rinteln e.V.
Located in: Rinteln (Schaumburg county)
Established: 1 April 1962
It is a white flag divided by a blue saltire. There are blue capitals "W"(top), "S"(bottom) and "V"(fly). The white canton is separarted by blue lines. It has half of total height. It contains the coat of arms of former county of Grafschaft Schaumburg. The city of Rinteln was its capital.
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Apr 2011

## WS Rodenkirchen

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Name: Wassersport Rodenkirchen e.V.
Located in: Rodenkirchen (nowadays: Köln)
Established: unknown
Dissolved: unknown
The flag was white parted by a red saltire. On centre on a white disc fimbriated red was a red inscription "RW".
Source: Wassersport (weekly) 1935, no.7, p.104
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Jan 2026

## RSC Rosenheim

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Apr 2011

Name: Rudersport-Club Rosenheim e.V.
Located in: Rosenheim (Bavaria)
Established: 2004
It is a red-white-red horizontal triband, the white stripe is slightly broader. In the white stripe is a black inscription "Rudersport-Club"(1st line) "Rosenheim"(2nd line, thinner) ; below is a white heraldic rose over crossed grey oars.
Source:
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Apr 2011

## RC Roßleben

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Name: Ruderclub Roßleben e.V.
Located in: Roßleben
Established: 1 January 1959
It is a red-white-red horizontal triband with black inscriptions "R"(upper and lower hoist) and "C"(upper fly). On centre on a white shield a black anchor with rope and black inscription "ROSSLEBEN"(alongside dexter base) and "A.D. UNSTRUT"(alongside sinister base).
Source: DRV flag chart
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Feb 2026

## Rüdersdorfer RV Kalkberge

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Name: Rüdersdorfer Ruderverein Kalkberge e.V.
Located in: Rüdersdorf, a municipality of Märkisch Oderland County, around 30km east of the centre of Berlin.
Established: 10 March 1914 as Jugendruderverein Kalkberge, a club for young males
Renamed: 1918 to Ruderverein Kalkberge (RVK) as a club exclusively for males
department for females established: 1935
downgraded to a section in the framework of BSG "Glück Auf", a multi sports club based on the local cement plant: 1945
Re-established 1990 as Rüdersdorfer Ruderverein Kalkberge e.V.
Sources: club history page and "Chronik des Rüdersdorfer Rudersportes 1914 - 1989"

### Flag of RVK reported 1927

It was the flag pattern of the Young Germany Federation( Jungdeutschland Bund) (see left image above). In canton however were black hammer and mallet in saltire, the symbol of mining, all in a white square.

### Current Flag

The white flag (see right image above) was parted by three blue wavy lines, over all on a white bend sinister fimbriated blue was a blue inscription "RRVK".
Source: "Chronik des Rüdersdorfer Rudersportes 1914 - 1989"
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Mar 2026

## Rüsselsheimer RK

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Name: Rüsselsheimer Ruderklub 08 e.V.
Located in: Rüsselsheim/Main (Hessen)
Established: 25 July 1908
It is a white flag divided by a red saltire. In the centre of the field is a red-edged shield with a red man-trap (term according to German heraldry, a man-trap consists of a number one connected with its reflected image, is here taken from the coat of arms of the city of Rüsselsheim) and two red 5-point-stars. The canton is a horizontal red over white over red triband. The white stripe has three black capital letters "RRK".
As far as I know RRK was one of the best German rugby clubs, but Germany is not really a Rugby nation.
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 May 2006

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