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# RVg "Bille" (German Rowing Club)

## Rudervereinigung "Bille" von 1896 e.V.

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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2006

- RV Bille

- Flag
- Blade
- 1st Flag

- Bille RC Palmyra 1896

## RV Bille

Name: Rudervereinigung "Bille" von 1896 e.V.
Located in: Hamburg-Rothenburgsort
Established: 1 January 1896, actually much later in 1965
For further information click:club webpage.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2006

### Flag

It is a red over white or blue flag divided per bend sinister. In the white stripe are dotted blue capital letters: "R.V.B."
The Bille is a small river flowing into the River Elbe in Hamburg city.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 01 Jan 2007

### Blade

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Dec 2008

The blade has the same pattern as the flag but without the blue inscription on the white.
Source: own photo 2006
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Dec 2008

## 1st Flag

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Apr 2026

It was basically the current flag, but the ascending white stripe was broader and not so steep. The inscription was golden and horizontal "RV BILLE".
Source: Festschrift: "125 Jahre Rudervereinigung Bille von 1896", p.125
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Apr 2026

## Bille RC "Palmyra" 1896

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Feb 2026

Name: Bille Ruderclub "Palmyra" 1896 e.V.
Located in: Hamburg-Rothenburgsort
Established: 1898 as Bille Ruderclub "Palmyra"
Dissolved: 1965 by a merger
The members of this rowing club, a predecessor of current RVg "Bille", had been sailors of a namesake ship. The club merged with RC Teutonia, (established on 21 March 1896). The former had a flag, the latter an own boat but no flag. The flag was quartered of celestial blue and white. On upper hoist quarter was a yellow inscription "BRCP" ordered 1:2:1. The club merged with Bille RC Cocurrent in 1965. The name of the new club was RVg "Bille".
Source: "125 Jahre Rudervereinigung Bille von 1896 (Vereinschronik 1896-2021)", pp.7, 118
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Feb 2026

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