Leher Turnerschaft is a German

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club from the Lehe district of

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in the state of

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. Founded in 1898, it plays in the

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in the fifth tier of the

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. The origins of the club are in the establishment of the worker's sportclub ''Arbeiter-Turnverein Frei Heil Lehe'' which was later renamed ''Freie Turnerschaft Lehe und Umgebung''. In 1911, ''SpVgg Leherheide'' split off and would later become ''SFL Bremerhaven''. The football department of ''TS Lehe'' followed, becoming independent in 1913 as ''Freie Sportvereinigung Lehe''. As a worker's club, ''FSV Lehe'' was part of the Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbund (ATSB or Workers' Gymnastics and Sports Federation), a national German sports organization active between 1893 and 1933. The ATSB actively promoted leftist political views built around class struggle and nationalism. The

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regime regarded worker's and faith-based clubs as politically undesirable and this led to the disbanding of clubs of this type in 1933. ''FSV'' avoided dissolution by abandoning the ATSB and reorganizing as ''Leher Turnerschaft''. They later (1943–45) played alongside '' Bremerhaven 93'' as the wartime side (Kriegspielgemeinschaft) ''KSG Bremerhaven''. In 2016–17, the team won the

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for the first time, defeating

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9–8 on penalties after a goalless draw in the final on 25 May. In doing so, the team qualified for the

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for the first time. In the

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on 12 August 2017, they hosted

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team

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's Nordsee-Stadion and lost 5–0.

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