MTV Braunschweig explained
Clubname: | MTV Braunschweig |
Founded: | 1847 |
Fullname: | Braunschweiger Männer-Turnverein von 1847 |
League: | 3. Handball-Liga (III) |
Season: | 2015–16 |
Position: | 1st (Oberliga, promoted) |
Colour1: | Red |
Colour2: | Black |
Colour3: | White |
Braunschweiger MTV von 1847, commonly known as MTV Braunschweig, is a German sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony.
History
MTV Braunschweig was founded as a gymnastics club in 1847 and is the second oldest sports club in Lower Saxony.[1] Like many clubs within the German Turner movement,[2] MTV Braunschweig was initially committed to the national unification of Germany and the goals of the German revolution of 1848.[3]
Originally only open to men, women were allowed to join the club first in 1888. Today MTV is a multi-sports club with departments for association football, athletics, basketball, field hockey, team handball, swimming, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, and others. MTV Braunschweig has been successful in German sports, with the club's athletes having won over 50 national championships in various sports.[4]
Athletics
MTV's athletes compete, together with athletes from other Braunschweig-based clubs such as Eintracht Braunschweig, under the name LG Braunschweig.
Team handball
MTV's team handball team has traditionally been among the club's most successful. In 1987 MTV was promoted to the 2. Handball-Bundesliga, the second tier of professional handball in Germany.[5] The stint was a short one, and MTV was relegated again in 1989.[6] After several years in the lower regional divisions, the club was promoted to the 3. Handball-Liga (III) in 2016.
Football
MTV's football team was most successful during the years directly after World War II. In 1945 the former first division side Leu Braunschweig was merged into the club. Between 1949 and 1954 MTV Braunschweig then played in the Amateuroberliga Niedersachsen, the second tier of football in Germany at the time. The merger was dissolved in 1954,[7] and the refounded club SC Leu Braunschweig took MTV's place in the league. Since then MTV's football team has mostly played in the lower tiers of regional amateur football.
Honours
Basketball
In 1978 the club's basketball section entered into a cooperation with FT Braunschweig to form SG Braunschweig, the predecessor of Basketball Bundesliga team Basketball Löwen Braunschweig.[8]
Honours
Notable members
- Fritz Bleiweiß, Olympic racewalker[9]
- Michael Green, Olympic field hockey player[10]
- Wolfgang Grobe, footballer, youth player at MTV[11]
- Karen Haude, field hockey player[12]
- August Hermann, physical education pioneer
- René Herms, Olympic middle-distance runner
- Ludwig Lachner, former German international footballer, player-manager at MTV[13]
- Hans-Günther Lehmann, Olympic swimmer[14]
- Edmund Malecki, former German international footballer, player and player-manager at MTV[15]
- Jürgen Moll, footballer, youth player at MTV[16]
- Volker Mudrow, German international handballer[17]
- Melanie Paschke, Olympic sprinter[18]
- Walter Ramme, Olympic swimmer[19]
- Alfred Schwarzmann, Olympic gymnast[20]
- Fate Tola, long-distance runner[21]
- Luminita Zaituc, Olympic long-distance runner[22]
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.mtv-bs.de/de/ueber-uns/organisation/geschichte Geschichte des Braunschweiger Männer-Turnvereins von 1847 e.V. (in German)
- Web site: The German Turnverein. Claire E. Nolte. Encyclopedia of 1848 Revolutions. 8 August 2015.
- Klaus Erich Pollmann (2000): Das Herzogtum im Kaiserreich (1871–1914), in Horst-Rüdiger Jarck / Gerhard Schildt (eds.), Die Braunschweigische Landesgeschichte. Jahrtausendrückblick einer Region, Braunschweig: Appelhans Verlag, p. 851. .
- Book: Hoffmeister, Kurt . Meister und Medaillen. Braunschweigs Olympiasieger, Welt-, Europa-, Deutsche Meister 1946–1986 . 1986 . German . Stadtbibliothek Braunschweig . 63.
- Web site: 1987–1988 2. Bundesliga Nord final table . 2012-08-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140319145400/http://www.scharffenberg.com/harchiv/index.php?id=152 . 2014-03-19 . dead .
- http://www.scharffenberg.com/harchiv/index.php?id=153 1988–1989 2. Bundesliga Nord final table
- Book: Hoffmeister, Kurt . Zeitreise durch die Braunschweiger Sportgeschichte: 180 Jahre Turnen und Sport in Braunschweig . 2010 . German . 86.
- http://www.sg-braunschweig.de/wordpress/?page_id=7 Der Verein (in German) at sg-braunschweig.de
- Web site: Leichtathletik – Deutsche Meisterschaften (50km Gehen – Herren) . sport-komplett.de . german . 15 June 2012.
- Web site: Welthockey-Spieler 2002: Dr. Michael Green . deutscher-hockey-bund.de . German . 14 May 2015.
- http://www.helmstedter-nachrichten.de/sport/regionalsport/helmstedt/wolfgang-grobe-einfach-nur-herrlich-ehrlich-id695767.html Wolfgang Grobe – einfach nur herrlich ehrlich (in German)
- Web site: Hall of Fame / Ehrenportal . nish.de . German . 7 August 2015.
- Book: Horst . Bläsig . Alex . Leppert . Ein Roter Löwe auf der Brust – Die Geschichte von Eintracht Braunschweig . 2010 . German . Die Werkstatt . 380.
- Book: Hoffmeister, Kurt . Meister und Medaillen. Braunschweigs Olympiasieger, Welt-, Europa-, Deutsche Meister 1946–1986 . 1986 . German . Stadtbibliothek Braunschweig . 15.
- http://www.wormatia.de/archiv/spieler-datenbank/spieler-steckbrief.html?spielerid=841 Player profile at wormatia.de (in German)
- https://archive.today/20130211223130/http://www.remember-blaugelb.de/docs/day.php?C2YPt=bW9uYXRfbnI9MTEmYW1wO3RhZ19ucj0xNg==&G73icH=bW9uYXRfbnI9MTEmYW1wO3RhZ19ucj0xNg==&PHPSESSID=3sq2h9pavvf5u0q11a5dfrqm70 Short biography of Moll (in German)
- Web site: Interview with Volker Mudrow (in German) . 2013-01-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050222000709/http://www.subway.de/magazin/2003/08handball.shtml . 2005-02-22 . dead .
- http://www.leichtathletik-braunschweig.de/mtv/wir.html Leichtathletik im MTV Braunschweig (in German)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200417221837/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/walter-ramme-1.html Profile at sports-reference.com
- Book: Hoffmeister, Kurt . Meister und Medaillen. Braunschweigs Olympiasieger, Welt-, Europa-, Deutsche Meister 1946–1986 . 1986 . German . Stadtbibliothek Braunschweig . 10.
- News: Berndt . Ute . 5 November 2015 . Über Braunschweig nach Rio . German . . 30.
- http://www.laufteam-braunschweig.net/#!ehemalige/c163r Ehemalige Laufteam-Größen (in German)