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Hellas Titania (German Rowing Club)

Rudervereinigung "Hellas Titania" Berlin

Last modified: 2014-06-28 by klaus-michael schneider
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[RV Hellas-Titania (RC, Germany)] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Dec 2008 See also:

Rudervereinigung Hellas-Titania-Berlin

Name: Rudervereinigung Hellas-Titania-Berlin e.V. 1883
Located in: Berlin
Established: 8 August 1883
Description of flag:
It is a yellow flag, divided by a red cotized off-centred cross. The centre of cross is superimposed by a white shield six times divided sinister bendy into red and white with a red fimbriation.
Source:Rudersportalmanach 1977
For further information click: club's website.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Dec 2008

blade of Hellas-Titania-Berlin

[RV Hellas-Titania blade (RC, Germany)] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Dec 2008
Description of blade:
It is a yellow blade divided by a red rectangle, which is divided by two white pallets. The whole looks like a part of a crossbar of the current flag.
Source: club's website
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Dec 2008

Club's predecessors:

Club "Hellas"

[Club Hellas (RC, Germany)] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Dec 2008

Name: Club "Hellas"
Located in: Berlin
Established: 1880
Description of flag:
It was a white flag divided two times by horizontal red lines with a red disc between the lines in the centre of flag.
Source: "25 Jahre Geschichte des Berliner Ruder-Vereins von 1876", Berlin 1901, flag chart
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Dec 2008

RC "Ariadne"

[RC Ariadne (RC, Germany)] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Dec 2008

Name: Ruder-Club "Ariadne"
Located in: Berlin
Established: 1882
Description of flag:
It was a five stripes flag with horizontal alternating red and white stripes starting with a red one. The flag had a squarish white canton, fimbriated red and divided by a red saltire with red inscriptions in every quarter: "R"(hoist), "C"(top), "A"(fly) and "82"(bottom).
Source: "25 Jahre Geschichte des Berliner Ruder-Vereins von 1876", Berlin 1901, flag chart
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Dec 2008

"Ariadne" was united with Club "Hellas" on 3 August 1883, and five days later a new club was established. This was birthday of nowadays club.

BRC "Hellas"

[BRC Hellas (RC, Germany)] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Dec 2008

Name: Berliner Ruder-Club "Hellas"
Located in: Berlin
Established: 8 August 1883
Description of flag:
It was a five stripes flag with horizontal alternating red and white stripes starting with a red one. The flag had a squarish white canton, fimbriated red with a red capital serifed "H".
Source: "25 Jahre Geschichte des Berliner Ruder-Vereins von 1876", Berlin 1901, flag chart
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Dec 2008

Friedrichshagener RV 1892

Name: Friedrichshagener Ruderverein 1892 e.V.
Located in: Berlin
Established: 1892 The members of this club joined "Hellas-Titania" in the 60ies of the 20th century. More details about the history of this former club can be found here.

Friedrichshagener RV 1892 flag#1
[Friedrichshagener RV 1892 #1 (RC, Germany)] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Dec 2008
It was a white flag divided by a blue saltire with black serifed inscriptions in every quarter: "F"(top), "R"(hoist), "V"(fly) and "1892"(bottom).
Source: this website
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Dec 2008

Friedrichshagener RV 1892 flag#2
[Friedrichshagener RV 1892 #2 (RC, Germany)] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Dec 2008
It was a white flag divided by a blue saltire with blue serifed inscriptions in every quarter: "F"(top), "R"(hoist), "V"(fly) and "1892"(bottom).
Source: Festschrift: "Hellas-Titania, 1883-1983 - 100 Jahre Rudergeschichte", Berlin 1983
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Dec 2008

Rudervereinigung "Jahn"

[Rvgg Jahn (RC, Germany)] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Dec 2008

Name: Rudervereinigung "Jahn" 1887 e.V.
Located in: Berlin
Established: 1887
Description of flag:
It was a white flag divided by a blue centred cross, which was fimbriated red and white. In the centre of the flag was a white disc surmounted blue, also fimbriated red and white. In the disc was a blue hexagon with concave sides, divided by a white sinister bendlet. In the lower fly is a blue inscription "1887" and in the upper hoist are four red cross shaped "F"s, being the logo of German athletics association with the meaning: "fresh, faithful, happy, free"(German: frisch, fromm, fröhlich, frei).
Source: Festschrift: "Hellas-Titania, 1883-1983 - 100 Jahre Rudergeschichte", Berlin 1983
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Dec 2008

RG "Nibelungen"

[RG Nibelungen (RC, Germany)] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Dec 2008

Name: Rudergemeinschaft "Nibelungen" e.V.
Located in: Berlin
Established: 1930
Description of flag:
It was a yellow flag divided by a red cross shifted to the hoist. In the upper hoist was a dark blue (nearly black) runic "L" letter, which was associated with the old Nordic word "lagu", being "water" or "lake"(obviously derived from "lagu").
"Nibelungen" was born, when "Berliner Ruder Club Spreehort (est. 1888) and Touren Ruder Club (est.1892) merged in 1930.
Source: Festschrift: "Hellas-Titania, 1883-1983 - 100 Jahre Rudergeschichte", Berlin 1983
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Dec 2008

BRC "Spreehort"
[BRC Spreehort (RC, Germany)] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 June 2014 Name: BRC Spreehort e.V.
Located in: Berlin-Grünau
Established: 1888
Description of flag:
The white flag was divided by two blue, horizontal lines. In the centre between the lines was a blue 6-point star. A red initial "S" was in the upper hoist corner.
Source: Der Rudersport (weekly); edition I/44/30 October 1912
Spreehort was one of the predecessors of Nibelungen, which later on merged with RVg Hellas-Titania. Spreehort merged with Touren-Ruder-Club 1892 e.V. in 1929. Its flag inspired the flag of RGm Grünau.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 June 2014

RG Touren RC Berlin
[RG Touren RC (RC, Germany)] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Dec 2008

Name: Rudergemeinschaft Touren Ruder Club Berlin
Located in: Berlin
Established: 1892
Description of flag:
The white flag is divided by four sinister bendy red stripes. The flag has a white canton with a black serifed capital "T", which is superimposed by a red fessy line.
Note:
Based on a B/W photo the colour of the "T" might be a very dark blue as well. The red colour seems to be sure, because the inescutcheon of the current flag of Hellas Titania is showing just those red sinister bendy stripes, but only three of them.
The club merged with "Berliner Ruder Club Spreehort" in 1930, forming the new rowing club RC "Nibelungen" e.V.
Source: website of rowing club Elektra Berlin, showing a B/W photo of the boat house with two flags
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Dec 2008

Variant
[RG Touren RC variant (RC, Germany)] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider,

Variant displays a white "1892" in red bar in the canton. (There exist also variants with the "T" superimposing the bar).
Source: Der Rudersport (weekly); edition II/49/3 December 1913
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 June 2014

RC "Titania" Charlottenburg

[RG Titania Charlottenburg (RC, Germany)] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Dec 2008

Name: Ruder Club "Titania" Charlottenburg e.V.
Located in: Berlin
Established: 1892
Description of flag:
It was a five stripes flag with horizontal stripes white over blue over white over yellow over white. There was a blue canton with white capital serifed letters "RCT". Though the club moved from Charlottenburg to Spandau about 1900, the club kept its name.
Source: Festschrift: "Hellas-Titania, 1883-1983 - 100 Jahre Rudergeschichte", Berlin 1983
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Dec 2008

The club merged with BRC "Hellas", which was located in East Berlin. Its members living in the western part of the city, were not allowed to enter their boat house and so "Hellas" moved to West Berlin. Both clubs were forming a new club.

RC "Hellas Titania"

[RC Hellas-Titania (RC, Germany)] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Dec 2008

Name: Ruder Club "Hellas-Titania" e.V.
Located in: Berlin
Established: 3 October 1953
Description of flag:
The flag of BRC "Hellas was modified as follows. The two upper red stripes turned to blue and yellow, the colours of "Titania" and in the canton a blue serifed capital "T" was added to the red "H" of "Hellas". The "T" was slightly deeper.
Source: Festschrift: "Hellas-Titania, 1883-1983 - 100 Jahre Rudergeschichte", Berlin 1983
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Dec 2008

"Jahn", "Nibelungen", Friedrichshagener RV 1892 and RC "Hellas-Titania" merged in 1963, forming the new club: Rudervereinigung Hellas-Titania e.V. 1883, which has the current flag.

unknown flag

[Hellas-Titania UFE (RC, Germany)] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Dec 2008
There is however another flag, which I saw on the club's website, showing the pattern of the inescutcheon of the current official flag.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Dec 2008

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