TSV 1860 Rosenheim

Football club infobox
clubname = TSV 1860 Rosenheim


fullname = Turn- und Sportverein 1860Rosenheim e.V.
nickname =
founded = 1860
ground = "TSV-Stadion - Sportanlage an der Jahnstraße"
capacity = 6000
chairman = Adolf Dinglreiter
manager = Manfred Burghartswieser
league = Landesliga Bayern-Süd (V)
season = 2007-08
position = 8th
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TSV 1860 Rosenheim is a German football from the town of Rosenheim, Bavaria. The roots of the association are in the establishment on 20 October 1860 of the gymnastics club and community fire brigade "Freiwillige Turnerfeuerwehr Rosenheim".

Apart from football, the club offers eleven different sports, from basketball to triathlon.

History

From 1860 to 1914

The history of "TSV" goes back to before 1860 when young men trained in gymnastics in the courtyard of "Weinwirt Fortner", then a popular wine bar in Rosenheim. On 20 October 1860 the local gymnasts organized themselves as "Freiwillige Turnerfeuerwehr Rosenheim", a sports association and volunteer fire brigade. In 1865, the club took up sports education at the local primary school until 1868 when the city of Rosenheim provided a designated area on the "Kaiser-Ellmaierstraße" for the club's gymnasts to train. In 1870, the club had 35 members, of whom 24 served in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71). Four club members lost their lives in the conflict.

In 1873, the voluntary fire brigade and the gymnastics club split into two separate entities with the gymnasts becoming the "Turnverein Rosenheim". The 40 member strong club became a registered sporting association in 1893. In 1895, they purchased a property on "Wittelsbacherstraße" to built a sports hall and sports ground. By the turn of the century in 1900, the "TV Rosenheim" had over 200 members.

From 1914 to 1945

During World War I, club members again served in the armed forces with 40 of their number not returning from the battlefield. Despite these loses, the club formed a football department in 1919, with Georg Bayer as its first chairman. In these first years, the footballers moved home ground regularly until, in 1923, the ground at "Jahnstraße" became their permanent home.

Apart from the footballers, the club saw enlargement in many fields in those post-war years, forming a track & field and a swimming department as well.

In 1924, a separation of gymnastics and football clubs took place in across of Germany, as ordered by the "Deutscher Turnerbund" (German Gymnastics Federation). The footballers of the "TVR" became independent under the name of "Spiel und Sportvereinigung Rosenheim". The "TVR" continued to grow and in 1933 the footballers re-joind their parent club. A new sports centrum was built, the "Sportanlage an der Jahnstraße", at the footballers home ground. The new homeground was inaugurated in a match versus the club's name sake, "TSV 1860 München", which ended in a surprising 4-3 victory for the locals in front of 3,000 spectators.

The Second World War again saw many of the club's members called to military service. Of the 170 that went, 60 did not return. The club suffered further when a 1944 air strike on Rosenheim virtually destroyed the sports ground and club house. Another air strike in April 1945 destroyed the tennis courts. Rosenheim was regarded as part of the "Alpenfestung" (Alpine Fortress) by the Allies and was also located on a major rail and road intersection.

After 1945

The American occupation forces in Bavaria dissolved all sports clubs after the end of the war in 1945 and Rosenheim was no exception. A local sports club however quickly formed, uniting all of Rosenheims associations in the "ASV Rosenheim" in 1945. The "ASV" quickly initiated a rebuilding program and in 1946 and 1947 the sports grounds on "Jahnstraße" and the tennis grounds on "Wittelsbacherstraße" were rebuilt under the direction of August Rothmann and Hannes Heinritzi. The "ASV" spent two seasons in the "Landesliga Bayern", then the second tier of the German league system. A second place in 1946-47 was followed by a ninth the seson after and relegation due to the reduction of the number of "Landesligas". The installations on "Jahnstraße" were finally reopened in 1948. With the liberalization of laws by the occupying forces, the "ASV" was permitted to return to its original name and the "TSV 1860 Rosenheim" was reborn in 1950.

The club formed a basketball department in 1960 and constructed a designated sports field for its players in the same year. Also, the clubs home at "Jahnstraße" was overhauled that year. In the year of the one hundreds anniversary, the football department archived its greatest success so far, promotion to the Amateurliga Bayern (III), the highest football league in the state. The club however only lasted one season in this league, finishing 14th and being relegated back to the "2nd Amateurliga". From 1963, the club spend most of its time in the Landesliga Bayern-Süd (IV), where it became something of a fixture, having spent more seasons on this level then any other club in any of the three Bavarian "Landesligas". As of 2007, the club leads the all time table for the "Landesliga Süd" by an incredible 400 points, ahead of second placed FC Gundelfingen [ [http://www.fcgundelfingen.de/Fussball/Historie/EW-LATA.pdf Overall table of the Landesliga Süd 1963-2007] , source: FC Gundelfingen accessed: 2008-04-17] .

The club itself meanwhile formed a bobsleigh department, reflecting the fact of Rosenheims geographical position between the lowlands and the mountains.

The club renovated its stadium and reopened it on 8 September 1969 with a game against FC Bayern München who just won its second German championship this year. By 1970, the club had almost 1200 members but the football department found itself dropping to the "Bezirksliga" for two seasons, returning to the "Landesliga" in 1972. A new club home was built in 1972 and the town also saw the Olympic flame carried through Rosenheim by the clubs athletes for the 1972 Summer Olympics. Six members of the club took part in the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, all in the bobsled competition. The 1980 Winter Olympics saw two members of the "TSV" compete.

In 1976, the "TSV" managed for a second time to win promotion to the "Bayernliga", this time holding out for six seasons in the highest Bavarian league. A tenth place in 1979 remains the best ever result for the club. A grandstand was built on the northern side of the stadium in 1978, on the strength of "Bayernliga" membership.

In 1982, the football team was relegated back to the "Landesliga". A year later, the under-19's side of the club gained promotion to the "Bayernliga", competing with clubs like "Bayern München" and "TSV 1860 München" in this league. The clubs basketball department archived similar success in 1994, gaining entry in the "Oberliga Bayern".

The year 1995 saw the third promotion of the clubs senior football team to the "Bayernliga". again, they only lasted one year, bounced back straight away to find themselves relegated from the league once more in 1998. Since then, the "TSV 1860" has remained in its, almost, permanent home "Landesliga". Relegation pain was eased by the fact that the team reached the second round of the German cup (DFB Pokal) in 1999-2000, going out to FC St. Pauli 1-2 at home, after the club won the Bavarian cup and once more qualified for the national cup competition, financially a major success for a small amateur site like the "TSV 1860".

In 1999, a merger with local rival "SB/DJK Rosenheim" was discussed but failed. Instead, the stadium at "Jahnstraße" was once more renovated and in 2001 an astro turf field was installed next to the ice hockey stadium.

As of 2007-08, the clubs footballers still play in the "Landesliga" and the "TSV 1860 Rosenheim" offers eleven different sports, as diverse as fencing and triathlon.

The club is part of a youth development program with the "FC Bayern München", one of eleven clubs to currently do so. Bastian Schweinsteiger is currently the most well known player from the club, playing for the "FC Bayern" and the German national team. Both its under-19 and under-17 side play in the "Bayernliga" in the 2007-08 season.

The reserve side of the football team plays in the "Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Ost", which it was promoted to in 2002.

Since 1994, the club's main sponsor is the local company "Kathrein", with a sponsorship contract until 2010 [ [http://www.kathrein.de/en/press/cont/texte2007/pi0764.htm Kathrein website] ] .

Honours

* Bayerischer Toto-Pokal winner: 1999
* Landesliga Bayern-Süd (IV-V) champions: 1976, 1995, 1997
* Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Ost (V) champions: 1972

TSV 1860 Rosenheim seasons (from 1963)

|:Source: [http://www.basketball-bund.net/ Official website of the German basketball federation]

Club members at the Olympics

Six members of the club took part in the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, those were [ [http://www.bsd-portal.de/html/c.1185.htm German bobsled association] retrieved: 19 April 2008] :
* Georg Heibl, 2-men bobsled, "finished 5th in the competition"
* Fritz Ohlwärter, 2-men bobsled, "finished 5th in the competition"
* Richard Horner, 4-men bobsled, "finished 5th in the competition"
* Hans Morant, 4-men bobsled, "finished 5th in the competition"
* Hans Wagner, 4-men bobsled, "finished 5th in the competition"
* Siegi Radandt, 4-men bobsled, "finished 5th in the competition"

Two members of the club took part in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, those were:
* Hans Wagner, bobsled, "finished 7th in the competition"
* Walter Barfuß, 4-men bobsled, "finished 7th in the competition"

ources

* [http://www.tsv1860-ro.de/vereinschronik_tsv-1860.pdf Vereinschronik - History of the TSV 1860 Rosenheim (in German)]
* [http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv] historical German domestic league tables (in German)

External links

* [http://www.tsv1860ro-fussball.de/ Official homepage of the football club "TSV 1860 Rosenheim"]
* [http://www.tsv1860-ro.de/index.php?section=Verein Website of the sports club "TSV 1860 Rosenheim"]

References