TuS Heeslingen is a German association football club

Football in Germany

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 from the town of Heeslingen

Heeslingen

Heeslingen is a municipality in the district of Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has 4788 inhabitants.Heeslingen belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy of Bremen, which was first ruled in personal union by the Swedish...

, Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

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. The footballers are part of a larger sports club that has departments for aerobics

Aerobics

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, athletics, badminton

Badminton

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, bowling

Bowling

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, gymnastics, Pilates

Pilates

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, table tennis

Table tennis

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, and volleyball.

History

The roots of the association go back to the 1906 founding of MTV Heeslingen. On 2 February 1946 this club merged with Sportverein Viktoria Heeslingen to form present-day Turn- und Sportverein Heeslingen. The team played as an unheralded local side before breaking into the Verbandsliga Ost Niedesachsen (V) in 1994. The 2006–07 season was one the most successful for the club as they won promotion to the Oberliga Nord (IV).

Current squad