SV Viktoria Preußen 07
Encyclopedia
SV Viktoria Preußen is a German association football club
based in the Eckenheim
district of Frankfurt.
and weightlifting
. A football department was formed in 1909 and became independent as Fußballvereins 1912 Eckenheim three years later. The two associations maintained good relations and, following the end of World War I in 1919, reunited as SV Viktoria 07/12 Eckenheim. The unified club went on to enjoy considerable success at the local level.
Following the rise to power of the Nazis in 1933 sport in Germany became highly politicized and clubs deemed unreliable by the regime were broken up. This was the fate of many worker's clubs including Freie Turnerschaft Nord und Kamerun, many of whose members joined Viktoria. This led to the formation of gymnastics and handball
departments in the now much larger club. After World War II occupying Allied authorities ordered the dissolution of most organizations in the country including sports and football associations. The former membership of Viktoria became part of a larger local sports organization known as Sportfreunde Eckenheim, but were soon pushing to regain their independence as a separate side. In March 1946 they formed a new union with Jahnvolk Eckenheim to create Sportgemeinde Eckenheim.
The club was re-shaped in the period following the war and on into the early 60s with new departments being created and others leaving to form separate associations. The youth football section grew steadily and was quite successful leading to the formation of Sportclub Eckenheim in 1963. SG Eckenheim in the meantime resumed its traditional identity as Viktoria 07.
The present day club was formed out of the 1965 merger of Viktoria and FC Preußen, itself created out of the worker's club of railway catering company Mitropa
in 1951. The football team competed on the local city circuit Bezirksliga Frankfurt/Mitte (IX) through the 90s before advancing to the Bezirksoberliga Frankfurt/West (VIII) in 2005, but then falling back to the Bezirksliga, which was renamed Kreisoberliga in 2008, where they played until 2009, when they earned promotion to the Gruppenliga.
Football in Germany
Association football is the most popular sport in Germany. The German Football Association is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members organized in over 26,000 football clubs. There is a league system, with the 1. and 2. Bundesliga on top, and the winner of the first...
based in the Eckenheim
Eckenheim (Frankfurt am Main)
Eckenheim is a district or Stadtteil of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was suburbanized on 1 April 1910. It is part of the Ortsbezirk Nord-Ost....
district of Frankfurt.
History
The club was founded on 6 May 1907 and was built around the sports of ringsRings (gymnastics)
The rings, also known as still rings , is an artistic gymnastics apparatus and the event that uses it. It is traditionally used only by male gymnasts, due to its extreme upper-body strength requirements...
and weightlifting
Powerlifting
Powerlifting is a strength sport. It resembles the sport of Olympic weightlifting, as both disciplines involve lifting weights in three attempts. Powerlifting evolved from a sport known as 'odd lifts' which followed the same three attempt format but used a wide variety of events akin to Strongman...
. A football department was formed in 1909 and became independent as Fußballvereins 1912 Eckenheim three years later. The two associations maintained good relations and, following the end of World War I in 1919, reunited as SV Viktoria 07/12 Eckenheim. The unified club went on to enjoy considerable success at the local level.
Following the rise to power of the Nazis in 1933 sport in Germany became highly politicized and clubs deemed unreliable by the regime were broken up. This was the fate of many worker's clubs including Freie Turnerschaft Nord und Kamerun, many of whose members joined Viktoria. This led to the formation of gymnastics and handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
departments in the now much larger club. After World War II occupying Allied authorities ordered the dissolution of most organizations in the country including sports and football associations. The former membership of Viktoria became part of a larger local sports organization known as Sportfreunde Eckenheim, but were soon pushing to regain their independence as a separate side. In March 1946 they formed a new union with Jahnvolk Eckenheim to create Sportgemeinde Eckenheim.
The club was re-shaped in the period following the war and on into the early 60s with new departments being created and others leaving to form separate associations. The youth football section grew steadily and was quite successful leading to the formation of Sportclub Eckenheim in 1963. SG Eckenheim in the meantime resumed its traditional identity as Viktoria 07.
The present day club was formed out of the 1965 merger of Viktoria and FC Preußen, itself created out of the worker's club of railway catering company Mitropa
Mitropa
Mitropa is a catering company best known for having managed sleeping and dining cars of different German railways for most of the 20th century. Since its reorganization in 2002, the company only provides stationary food services for rail and road customers. The name Mitropa is a derivative of ""...
in 1951. The football team competed on the local city circuit Bezirksliga Frankfurt/Mitte (IX) through the 90s before advancing to the Bezirksoberliga Frankfurt/West (VIII) in 2005, but then falling back to the Bezirksliga, which was renamed Kreisoberliga in 2008, where they played until 2009, when they earned promotion to the Gruppenliga.