RG "Hansa" 1872

Rudergesellschaft "Hansa" von 1872, Hamburg

Last modified: 2026-02-06 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Introduction
• Flag
• Blade
• Hamburger RV
• RC Fidelio 1872
• RC Kosmos 1874

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Source:
If source is not given explicitely, all information is available from the flag chart of : Rudersportalmanach 1977.

RG Hansa

Name: Ruder-Gesellschaft "Hansa" e.V.
Located in: Hamburg
Established: 15 August 1872
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2006

Introduction

The cureent club is a result of a few mergers of former clubs. In 1888 the small rowing clubs Fidelio and Fortuna, both established in 1872, merged an formed the Hamburger Ruder-Verein. The rowing club Kosmos, established 1874 joined the latter in 1920 and the Ruder-Gesellschaft "Hansa" e.V. was born.
For further information click: club webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2006

Flag

Description of flag:
It is a quarterly divided blue and white flag. In the centre of the flag is a red shield containing a white Hamburg castle. The shield has a blue and white bordure counterchanged to basic colours of sheet.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2006

Blade

Description of blade:
The blue blade is divided by a white sinister bendy line, which is cotized red only at its top edge.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Dec 2008

Hamburger RV

Description of flag:
The flag was more or less the current flag of RG Hansa, but in the upper hoist corner were white initials "HR" (1st line) and "V" (2nd line). The club was established, when the small rowing clubs Fidelio and Fortuna, both established in 1872, merged in 1888. Red was representing Fortuna, blue Fidelio. The flags of both clubs are unknown.
Source: Der Rudersport (weekly); edition II/46/12 November 1913.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 June 2014

RC "Fidelio" 1872

The flag was red with a white bordure and white inscription "FIDELIO" (1st line) and "1872" (2nd line).
Source: club webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Jan 2026

RC Kosmos 1874

The blue flag was divided by two pairs of white horizontal stripes. In the centre of the flag was the logo of the club: In the centre a targe divided per fess into blue over white, superimposing two white oars crossed per saltire. The shield was crested by a pelican feeding its offsprings. At the top of the whole was some kind of mural crown.
Source: club webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 June 2014

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