Potsdamer RC Germania (German rowing club)

Potsdamer Ruder-Club Germania e.V. (PRCG)

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• Current Flag
• Blade
• Historical Topics
• BRC Germania (1885 - 1961)
• BRC Batavia (1907 - 1927)
• Potsdamer RC
• Potsdamer RC (1883 - 1945)
• Potsdamer RC (1950 - 1961)
• Potsdamer RG (1911-1940)
• BRV Allemannia (1890 - 1981)

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• List of German Rowing Clubs

Source:
If source is not given explicitely, all information is available from Festschrift "100 Jahre Potsdamer Ruder-Club, Germania", Berlin 1983. Special thanks to Corinna Blanckmeister, member of the board of PRCG, who gave me a lot of extra information.

Current Flag

Name: Potsdamer Ruder-Club Germania e.V. (PRCG)
Located in: Berlin
Established: 25 March 1961
First established: 6 November 1883 as Potsdamer Ruder-Club
Re-established from 1947 - 1950 as Ruder-Club Havel
For further information click: club's website.
Source: Rudersportalmanach 1977
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Jun 2011

Description of flag:
white flag is divided by two horizontal red stripes. In its centre is a modified coat oa arms of the city of Potsdam. A red sinister-facing eagle armed and tongued black is placed onto a yellow field. The shield is topped by a white mural crown masoned black. The flag has a black cotized canton containing a white capital "G".
It is more or less the first flag of former PRC. The canton added is taken from the flag of BRC "Germania".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Jun 2011

Blade

Description of blade:
It is a white blade. In the lower half is a red device shaped like the blade of a scythe pointing to the shaft.
Klaus-Michael Schneider,

Historical Topics

Potsdamer Ruder Club became a member o German Rowing Federation (DRV) in 1887 and was the first entry in the newly established club registry of the city of Potsdam in 1900. It was a rowing club for males only. Til today several other rowing clubs merged with or joined the PRCG.
After WWII the club was banned by allied occupation government like any sports club in Germany.
The members tried to re-establish the club in 1947 as "Wannseer Ruder-Club", it was also planned as a new home for the members of former rowing club "Vineta" (also located in Potsdam). Due to difficulties a 2nd constituent meeting took place in the same year. As "Ruder-Club Havel" the club got a licence of the allied government.
In 1950 the club got permission to bear again its proper name "Potsdamer Ruder-Club".
After WWII a close cooperation with BRC 'Germania' had been established, which was intensified in 1960. In 1961 the PRC and 'Germania' merged forming the new club "Potsdamer Ruder-Club-Germania".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Jun 2011

Former Clubs, which merged with or joined the PRCG:

BRC Germania (1885 - 1961)

Name: Berliner Ruder-Club 'Germania'
Located in: Berlin
Established: 27 May 1885

BRC 'Germania' was established, when the three ephemeral BRCs of 'Titania', 'Teutonia' and 'Phönix', all established in 1885, had merged in the same year. Those three clubs have nothing to do with the existing club ,Phönix', 'Teutonia' (today RU Arkona) and 'Titania' in Charlottenburg (today Rvg. Hellas-Titania), which all had been established later.

Description of flag:
The flag is divided by a black centred cotized cross. The lower hoist and upper fly quarters are white, the lower fly quarter is red, the upper hoist quarter is black containing a white capital "G".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Jun 2011

BRC Batavia (1907 - 1927)

Name: Berliner Ruder-Club 'Batavia'
Located in: Berlin
Established: 1907
The club joined BRC 'Germania' in 1927.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Jun 2011

Description of flag:
It is a black flag divided by ten white rays of a sun. His centre is placed into the upper hoist corner containing a black capital "B".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Jun 2011

Potsdamer RC

Name: Potsdamer Ruder-Club
Located in: Potsdam
Established: 6 November 1883

Potsdamer RC (1883 - 1945)

Description of flag:
It was like the current flag but without canton.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Jun 2011

Potsdamer RC (1950 - 1961)

Description of flag:
It was like the first flag but the red stripes had been replaced by light blue ones, taken from the flag of 'Vineta'. The reason was that both clubs planned to merge.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Jun 2011

Potsdamer RG (1911-1940)

Name: Potsdamer Ruder Gesellschaft
Located in: Potsdam
Established: 1911(?)
The club joined the PRC in 1940.

Description of flag: It was a 7-stripes flag with white and black alternating horizontal stripes. The flag had a white bordure and a black canton containing a red sinister facing eagle. PRG was a mixed rowing club.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Jun 2011

BRV Allemannia (1890 - 1981)

Name: Berliner Ruder-Verein ‚Allemannia' e.V.
Located in: Berlin
Established: 9 October 1890
Source: Rudersportalmanach 1977

The club was established by former pupils of /Leibniz-Gymnasium/ (an A-level school). The club was associated with PRC as an independent group keeping its proper flag since 1954 and finally joined PRCG in 1981. All members of the club had a double membership (in BRVA and PRC/PRCG) since 1954.

Description of flag: It is a white divided by two narrow black horizontal stripes, one in the upper half, the other in the lower half, and a black 6-point-star in the centre of the flag.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Jun 2011

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