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

## Deutsche Ruderclubs (g)

Last modified: 2026-04-04 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: nordharz rv | gießener rg | hassia rc | rhenania germersheim | hilda rc | geesthacht rg | geisenheim wsv | gelsenkirchener rv | hellas wsv | grenzach rc | grimma rc | grimma rv |
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Apr 2006
pennant of the Deutscher Ruderverband (DRV, German Rowing Association)

- RGr Geesthacht
- WSV Geisenheim

- Rheingauer RV Geisenheim 1912

- RV Gelsenkirchen
- Genthiner RC
- RV Rhenania (Germersheim)
- Gießener RG
- Gießener RC Hassia
- WSV Hellas (Gießen)
- RVg Nordharz (Goslar)
- RR ATV Greifswald
- Greifswalder RC Hilda

- Greifswalder RK 1892
- KRC Hilda

- RC Grenzach

- flag reported 1977
- flag reported 2010

- RC Grimma
- Grimmaer RV

See also:

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

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

## RGr Geesthacht

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Apr 2011

Name: Rudergruppe Geesthacht von 1912 e.V.
Located in: Geesthacht (near Hamburg)
Established: 1 October 1912
The flag is divided per saltire into red (hoist and fly) and white (top and bottom). In the centre is a black inscription "RRG v. 1912" in a white oval fimbriated black.
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Apr 2011

## WSV Geisenheim

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 May 2011

Name: Wassersportverein Geisenheim 1912 e.V.
Located in: Geisenheim / Rhein
Established: 12 November 1912
The blue flag is divided by white lines into an equilateral triangle at the hoist and two trapeziums (like flag of Czechia). Where the three fields meet is a white circle containing white letters. "WS (higher)G".
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 May 2011

### Rheingauer RV Geisenheim 1912

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Jan 2026

Name: Rheingauer Ruderverein Geisenheim 1912 E.V.
Located in: Geisenheim / Rhein
Established: 1912
Dissolved: unknown
The flag was white parted by a blue saltire with blue inscriptions as follows: "R"(hoist), "RV"(top), "G"(fly) and "1912"(bottom).
Source: Wassersport (weekly) 1928, no.4, p.59
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Jan 2026

## RV Gelsenkirchen

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Apr 2011

Name: Ruderverein Gelsenkirchen e.V.
Located in: Gelsenkirchen
Established: 20 November 1920
It is a white flag divided by black wedges cotized white green. In the centre is a slightly modified coat of arms of the city of Gelsenkirchen. The background of the 3rd quarter here is simply white. There are black capitals in the quarters as follows: "R" (hoist), "V" (top) and "G" (fly).
Source: flag chart
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Apr 2011

## Genthiner RC

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Jan 2026

Name: Genthiner Ruder-Club e.V.
Located in: Genthin (Jerichower Land)
Established: unknown
Dissolved: unknown
The flag was white parted by two blue horizontal stripes. On blue canton was a white inscription "GRC" with bigger "R".
Source: Wassersport (weekly) 1926, no.43, p.1181
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Jan 2026

## RV "Rhenania"

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 15 June 2014

Name: Ruderverein "Rhenania" e.V.
Located in: Germersheim (Rhineland Palatinate)
Established: 15 April 1903
It is a pennant horizontally divided into white and blue. Shifted to the hoist is a circle made of alternating blue and white segments. Within the circle is a yellow eagle in a blue shield flanked by blue inscriptions "E.V."(top), "RH."(hoist), "G."(fly) and "1910"(NB!?!). In the upper hoist corner is a blue 4-point star.
Source: flag chart
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Apr 2011

## Gießener RG

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Oct 2007

Name: Gießener Rudergesellschaft 1877 e.V.
Located in: Gießen
Established: 20 January 1877
It is a red over black over red tricolour. In the black stripe are white serifed dotted capital letters "G.R.G.". The flag has a white canton containing a bendy black anchor between a black "18" and a black "77".
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Oct 2007

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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider,11 Feb 2026

The former flag was a red-white-red horizontal triband with white canton charged with a black anchor in bend. On the white stripe is a black Gothic inscription "G.R.G.".
Source: Wassersport (weekly) 1888, no.16, p.172
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Feb 2026

## Gießener RC Hassia

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Name: Gießener Ruderclub "Hassia" 1906 e.V.
Located in: Gießen
Established: 23 August 1906
Flag #1 (see left imageabove) is a horizontal 4-stripes flag with alternating red and white stripes starting with a red one. The flag has a white canton divided by a thin black saltire with black capital letters "G"(top), "R"(hoist), "C"(fly) and "H"(bottom).
The flag #2 (see right imageabove) is nearly the same like #1, but the inscriptions in the canton are "G"(top), "R"(hoist), "H"(fly) and "1906"(bottom).
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Oct 2007

## WSV "Hellas"

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Oct 2007

Name: Wassersportverein "Hellas" 1920 e.V.
Located in: Gießen
Established: 26 September 1920
It is a white flag with blue edges at three sides except the hoist. The flag has a white canton with yellow edges divided by a yellow saltire. In its quarters are yellow capital letters "W" (hoist), "V" (top), "H" (fly) and "G" (bottom). In the lower fly is a blue 4-point star with fimbriated yellow with a yellow cross, connecting the opposite inner points of the star.
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Oct 2007

## RVg "Nordharz"

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Oct 2007

Name: Ruderer-Vereinigung "Nordharz" e.V., Goslar
Located in: Goslar
Established: 2 September 1955
It is a white flag with a cotised green centred cross. In the canton are green capital letters "RVN".
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Oct 2007

## Greifswalder RC "Hilda"

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, Apr 2011

Name: Greifswalder Ruderclub "Hilda" 1892 e.V.
Located in: Greifswald (West Pomerania)
Established: 22 June 1892
The flag is divided per saltire into blue (hoist and fly) and white (top and bottom). In its centre is a modified local coat of arms, the trunc of the tree being brown and the foreclaws of the red griffin being yellow. The shield is surrounded by black inscriptions "G" (top), "R" (hoist), "C" (fly) and "Hilda" (bottom between inverted commas).
Source: flag chart
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2011

### Club´s Predecessors

### Greifswalder RK 1892

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Dec 2025

Name: Greifswalder Ruderklub von 1892
Located in: Greifswald (West Pomerania)
Established: 1892
Dissolved: unknown
The flag was parted per saltire of white and blue with city arms of Greifswald on centre.
Source: Wassersport (weekly) 1931, no.28, p.629
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Dec 2025

### KRC "Hilda"

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Jan 2026

Name: Kaufmännischer RC "Hilda" zu Greifswald
Located in: Greifswald (West Pomerania)
Established: unknown
Dissolved: unknown
The flag was parted per saltire of blue and white, superimposed by two black oars in saltire. Over all was the canting griffin with branches in B/W from the city arms. There were additional black inscriptions on any quarter as follows: "R."(hoist), "K."(top), "C."(fly) and "HILDA."(bottom).
Source: Wassersport (weekly) 1896, no.36, p.453
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Jan 2026

## RC Grenzach

Name: Ruderclub Grenzach e.V.
Located in: Grenzach-Wyhlen (Baden-Württemberg)
Established: 9 February 1955 as Wassersportverein Grenzach, renamed 1961
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 May 2011

### flag reported 1977 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Eugene Ipavec, 17 May 2011

It is a 10-stripes flag divided by alternating horizontal white and black stripes. The flag has a white canton containing a red 6-point star flanked by probably red capitals "WV" (top) "SG" (fly, vertical). Although the club had been renamed already in 1961 this flag, obviously belonging to the predeccesor is displayed within source.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 May 2011

### flag reported 2010 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 May 2011

The white flag is divided per bend sinister by a black stripe. At the fly side are four black wavy lines, at the hoist side black inscriptions: "RCG" and "1955" (below, smaller).
Source: flag chart
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 May 2011

## RC Grimma

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 June 2014

Name: Ruder-Club Grimma e.V.
Located in: Grimma
Established: 9 April 1902
Dissolved: unknown
Description of flag:
The blue flag was divided by an off-centred, yellow cross, fimbriated red (probably, because the blue fimbriation in source wouldn't make sense). In the hoist quarters are yellow initials as follows: "RC" (above) and "G" (below).
Source: Der Rudersport (weekly); edition II/6/5 February 1913
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 June 2014"

## Grimmaer RV

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider,

Name: Grimmaer Ruderverein e.V.
Located in: Grimma
Established: 9 May 1995
Description of flag:
The flag (as the blade) is divided per bend into green over yellow
For further information click: club's webpage
Source: club´s facebook account
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 June 2014

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