TSV Hanau
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TSV 1860 Hanau is a German association football club
from the city of Hanau
, Hesse
near Frankfurt.
, and cricket
were being popularized in continental Europe. TV Hanau then went on to establish a football-only department in 1905 which joined the SDFV (Süddeutschen Fußballverband or South German Football League) in 1912.
In 1922 TV was re-united with Turngesellschaft Hanau 1881 with the combined club taking on the name Turn- und Sportvereinigung 1860 Hanau. Just two years later the football department left to form a separate club called Sport 1860 Hanau which in turn would merge with the football club Fußball-Club Viktoria 1894 to become Spielvereinigung 1860/94 Hanau. A decade later, in 1934, the footballers re-joined TSV and the club was once again being called Turnverein Hanau.
In 1933 German football had been re-organized under the Third Reich into sixteen top-flight Gauligen. TV earned promotion to the Gauliga Hessen, Gruppe Süd in 1939 where they played for two seasons before joining the Gauliga Hessen-Nassau, which had emerged out of the split of the Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen into two divisions. The team played just one more season in the top tier before being relegated.
The club resumed its activities after the end of World War II in 1945 despite the dectruction of its facilities. In 1957 it returned to the use of the name Turn- und Sportvereinigung 1860 Hanau.
The club has grown considerably since the end of the war and continues its tradition of participation in a wide variety of sports. In addition to fielding men's, women's and youth's football teams, TSV currently has departments for athletics, badminton, bowling, gymnastics, handball, hiking, table tennis, volleyball, and other activities.
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 the city of Hanau
Hanau
Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main. Its station is a major railway junction.- Geography :...
, Hesse
Hesse
Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...
near Frankfurt.
History
The predecessor club Hanauer Tabakverein was established as a gymnastics association in 1840 but was broken up just ten years later when several of its members found themselves facing courts martial. On 9 November 1860 a new association, Turnverein der Cigarrenarbeiter Hanau was formed, which was re-named Turnverein Hanau in 1878. Three years later the club split in two with the departure of a number of its members to form Turngesellschaft Hanau 1881. Both of these clubs formed "Ballspielabteilungen", or ball play departments, in 1890 as English games such as football, rugbyRugby football
Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...
, and cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
were being popularized in continental Europe. TV Hanau then went on to establish a football-only department in 1905 which joined the SDFV (Süddeutschen Fußballverband or South German Football League) in 1912.
In 1922 TV was re-united with Turngesellschaft Hanau 1881 with the combined club taking on the name Turn- und Sportvereinigung 1860 Hanau. Just two years later the football department left to form a separate club called Sport 1860 Hanau which in turn would merge with the football club Fußball-Club Viktoria 1894 to become Spielvereinigung 1860/94 Hanau. A decade later, in 1934, the footballers re-joined TSV and the club was once again being called Turnverein Hanau.
In 1933 German football had been re-organized under the Third Reich into sixteen top-flight Gauligen. TV earned promotion to the Gauliga Hessen, Gruppe Süd in 1939 where they played for two seasons before joining the Gauliga Hessen-Nassau, which had emerged out of the split of the Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen into two divisions. The team played just one more season in the top tier before being relegated.
The club resumed its activities after the end of World War II in 1945 despite the dectruction of its facilities. In 1957 it returned to the use of the name Turn- und Sportvereinigung 1860 Hanau.
The club has grown considerably since the end of the war and continues its tradition of participation in a wide variety of sports. In addition to fielding men's, women's and youth's football teams, TSV currently has departments for athletics, badminton, bowling, gymnastics, handball, hiking, table tennis, volleyball, and other activities.
Famous players
- Rudi VöllerRudi VöllerRudolf 'Rudi' Völler is a German former international football striker, and a former manager of the German national team...
, played in the Bundesliga before going on to play for and then coach the German national side.
Team trivia
- Predecessor side Fußball-Club Viktoria 1894 Hanau was a founding memberFounding Clubs of the DFBThe DFB was formed January 28, 1900 in Leipzig. The commonly accepted number of founding clubs represented at the inaugural meeting is 86, but this number is uncertain. The vote held to establish the association was 62:22 in favour . Some delegates present represented more than one club, but may...
of the German Football AssociationGerman Football AssociationThe German Football Association is the governing body of football in Germany. A founding member of both FIFA and UEFA, the DFB organises the German football leagues, including the national league, the Bundesliga, and the men's and women's national teams. The DFB is based in Frankfurt and is...
(Deutscher Fussball Bund or German Football Association) in 1900 at LeipzigLeipzigLeipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
.
- The city of Hanau had a well-established tobacco processing industry and TSV
' s roots go back to tobacco workers sports clubs formed in the 19th century.
External links
- Official team site
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German football league tables (in German)