RVg Berlin 1878 (German Rowing Club)

Rudervereinigung Berlin 1878

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• Spindlersfelder RV 1878
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• RC "Germania" 1883
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Source:
If source is not given explicitely, all information is available from Festschrift "125 Jahre Rudervereinigung Berlin von 1878 e.V.", Berlin 2003

Rudervereinigung Berlin 1878

current flag since 1962

Name: Rudervereinigung Berlin von 1878 e.V.
Located in: Berlin
Established: 12 September 1878
Description of flag:
It is a white flag divided by two horizontal red stripes. Between the stripes are, from hoist to fly, a blue, a red and a black annulet, horizontally concatenated.
Source: Rudersportalmanach 1977
For further information click: club website.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Dec 2008

Predecessors:

Spindlersfelder RV 1878

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Dec 2008

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Jan 2026

Name: Spindlersfelder Ruderverein 1878
Located in: Berlin
Established: 12 September 1878
Description of flag:
The flag was divided per chevron, pointing to the hoist into black (see left image above) or blue (see right image above) and white. On the black(blue) is a white inscription "Sp.R." over "V." over "1878". On the white chevron is a black/blue one also pointing to the hoist. Spindlersfelder Ruderverein 1878 was the oldest predecessor of nowadays club.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Dec 2008

BRC Sturmvogel

3:5, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Dec 2008

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Name: Berliner Ruderclub Sturmvogel
Located in: Berlin
Established: on 15 March 1890 as Privat R-C Sturmvogel and renamed in 1891
Description of flag:
It is a white flag divided by two horizontal red stripes. Between the stripes in the centre of flag is a red disc. The flag has a white squarish canton, fimbriated black containing a black "S" superimposing a slightly bigger black see (left image above) or red (right image above) "T".
Source: flag chart of Berliner RC 1901
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Dec 2008

These both clubs merged in 1929, forming the current club.

Spindlersfelder RV Sturmvogel

Name: Spindlersfelder Ruderverein Sturmvogel e.V. gegr. 1878
Located in: Berlin
Description of flag:
It is a white flag divided by a horizontal red stripe in the lower half and a horizontal blue stripe in the upper half. Between the stripes are, from hoist to fly, a blue and a red annulet, horizontally concatenated.
Source: flag chart of Berliner RC 1901
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Dec 2008

BRC Sport 1883

Name: Berliner Ruderclub Sport v.1883
Located in: Berlin
Established: 14 August 1883
Description of flag:
It was white flag with a flyend divided by two horizontal blue lines. Between the lines was a blue 6-point star with a white disc in its centre, which was slightly shifted to the fly. At the hoist there was about 1/3 of total width separated by a vertical blue line. The upper half of this part showed in a white field, fimbriated blue, a blue inscription "B.R.C." over "18S83". The "S" had double size. The lower half was a four times four chess board of blue and white squares.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Dec 2008

RC Sport

RC Sport was the predecessor of BRC Sport 1883.
Description of flag:
The flag was white with a light green centred 6-point star between two light green horizontal stripes.
Source: flag chart of Berliner RC 1901
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Jan 2026

RC "Germania" 1883

BRC Borussia

Name: Berliner Ruderclub Borussia
Located in: Berlin
Established: 23 February 1885
Description of flag:
It was a white flag divided by two horizontal black stripes. Between the stripes in the centre of flag was a black 6-point star. The flag had a white canton, fimbriated black, with a black serifed capital "B".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Dec 2008

Both clubs merged a little bit later ion 20 February 1890, forming the new club Berliner Ruder-Club Sport-Borussia

BRC Sport-Borussia

Name: Berliner Ruder-Club Sport-Borussia
Located in: Berlin
Etablished:
Description of flag:
The flag was the same like that one of "Borussia" but the "B" was replaced by the chess board of "Sport" but this time black and white.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Dec 2008

Finally Spindlerfelder Ruderverein Sturmvogel gegr.1878 and Berliner Ruder-Club Sport-Borussia merged in 1962, forming the new Ruderverein Berlin von 1878 eV.
The blue stripe of the former was replaced by a red one; and a black annulet, symbolizing the latter was added to the blue and red ones of the former.

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