SV Allenstein
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SV Allenstein was a German football club
from what was the city of Allenstein, East Prussia
in Germany and is today Olsztyn
, Poland
. The club was established 11 May 1910 as Sportverein Allenstein as the successor to Fußballklub 1907 Allenstein.
, as a middling side. SV remained qualified for play in the Gauliga when it was reorganized into a single division in 1939. The team played the 1939–40 season alongside Viktoria Allenstein
as the combined side Sportgemeinde Allenstein. They resumed their identity as an independent side the following year, but slipped from first division play until returning for the final Gauliga Ostpreußen campaign in 1943–44.
SV also had departments for fistball
and athletics; they were Ostpreußen fistball champions in 1912 and the club was home to shotputter Emil Hirschfeld
who took part in the 1928 and 1932 Olympic Games. SV disappeared with the end of World War II in 1945 when the city of Allenstein and parts of East Prussia became part of Poland.
Football in Germany
Association football is the most popular sport in Germany. The German Football Association is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members organized in over 26,000 football clubs. There is a league system, with the 1. and 2. Bundesliga on top, and the winner of the first...
from what was the city of Allenstein, East Prussia
East Prussia
East Prussia is the main part of the region of Prussia along the southeastern Baltic Coast from the 13th century to the end of World War II in May 1945. From 1772–1829 and 1878–1945, the Province of East Prussia was part of the German state of Prussia. The capital city was Königsberg.East Prussia...
in Germany and is today Olsztyn
Olsztyn
Olsztyn is a city in northeastern Poland, on the Łyna River. Olsztyn has been the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship since 1999. It was previously in the Olsztyn Voivodeship...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. The club was established 11 May 1910 as Sportverein Allenstein as the successor to Fußballklub 1907 Allenstein.
History
SV played in the regional top-flight Baltenverband in its first three years of existence before it slipped into lower level local play. In 1935 the club re-emerged in the Gauliga Allenstein, a sub-division of the regional first division Gauliga OstpreußenGauliga Ostpreußen
The Gauliga Ostpreußen was the highest football league in the Prussian province of East Prussia and the Free City of Danzig from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the Gau East Prussia the Prussian province...
, as a middling side. SV remained qualified for play in the Gauliga when it was reorganized into a single division in 1939. The team played the 1939–40 season alongside Viktoria Allenstein
Viktoria Allenstein
Viktoria Allenstein was a German football club from what was the city of Allenstein, East Prussia in Germany and is today Olsztyn, Poland. The club was established in 1916 and played as a lower tier local side making only a single season appearance in the top flight regional Baltenverband in...
as the combined side Sportgemeinde Allenstein. They resumed their identity as an independent side the following year, but slipped from first division play until returning for the final Gauliga Ostpreußen campaign in 1943–44.
SV also had departments for fistball
Fistball
Fistball is a sport which is of European origin and is similar to volleyball in that player tries to hit a ball over a net.-History:The earliest known written mention of the game is by Roman Emperor Gordian III and dates to the year 240. Rules for an Italian version of fistball were recorded by...
and athletics; they were Ostpreußen fistball champions in 1912 and the club was home to shotputter Emil Hirschfeld
Emil Hirschfeld
Emil Hirschfeld was a German athlete who mainly competed in the shot put.He was born in Danzig and died in East Berlin....
who took part in the 1928 and 1932 Olympic Games. SV disappeared with the end of World War II in 1945 when the city of Allenstein and parts of East Prussia became part of Poland.