Braunschweiger MTV von 1847, commonly known as MTV Braunschweig, is a German

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based in

Braunschweig Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( ; from Low German , local dialect: ) is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the ...

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ...

History

MTV Braunschweig was founded as a

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club in 1847 and is the second oldest sports club in Lower Saxony.Geschichte des Braunschweiger Männer-Turnvereins von 1847 e.V. (in German)
/ref> Like many clubs within the German ''Turner'' movement, MTV Braunschweig was initially committed to the national unification of Germany and the goals of the

German revolution of 1848 German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

. Originally only open to men, women were allowed to join the club first in 1888. Today MTV is a

multi-sports club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

with departments for

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

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basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

team handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a Handball goalkeeper, goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands ...

swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, such as saltwater or freshwater environments, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Swimmers achieve locomotion by coordinating limb and body movements to achieve hydrody ...

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, and others. MTV Braunschweig has been successful in German sports, with the club's athletes having won over 50 national championships in various sports.

Athletics

MTV's athletes compete, together with athletes from other Braunschweig-based clubs such as

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. They compete in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier o ...

, under the name ''LG Braunschweig''.

Team handball

MTV's team handball team has traditionally been among the club's most successful. In 1987 MTV was promoted to the 2. Handball-Bundesliga, the second tier of professional handball in Germany. The stint was a short one, and MTV was relegated again in 1989. After several years in the lower regional divisions, the club was promoted to the 3. Handball-Liga (III) in 2016.

Football

MTV's football team was most successful during the years directly after

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. In 1945 the former first division side Leu Braunschweig was merged into the club. Between 1949 and 1954 MTV Braunschweig then played in the

Amateuroberliga Niedersachsen The Oberliga Niedersachsen (), sometimes referred to as ''Niedersachsenliga'' (Lower Saxony league), is the fifth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Lower Saxony (). Since 1994, the league was s ...

, the second tier of football in Germany at the time. The merger was dissolved in 1954, and the refounded club ''SC Leu Braunschweig'' took MTV's place in the league. Since then MTV's football team has mostly played in the lower tiers of regional amateur football.

Honours

* Landesliga Niedersachsen, Staffel Braunschweig (II): **Champions (1): 1948

Basketball

In 1978 the club's basketball section entered into a cooperation with

FT Braunschweig Freie Turnerschaft Braunschweig, commonly known as Freie Turner, FT Braunschweig or simply FTB, is a German association football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. History The club was founded as a worker's sports club on 2 ...

to form SG Braunschweig, the predecessor of

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team

Basketball Löwen Braunschweig Basketball Löwen Braunschweig () is a basketball club based in Braunschweig, Germany. The club currently plays in the Basketball Bundesliga, the top tier of German basketball. The club's home arena is Volkswagen Halle. Founded in 2001 as Metabox ...

Honours

* BBL-Pokal : **Runners-up 1990–91

Notable members

* Fritz Bleiweiß, Olympic racewalker * Michael Green, Olympic field hockey player * Wolfgang Grobe, footballer, youth player at MTV * Karen Haude, field hockey player *

August Hermann Friedrich August Wilhelm Theodor Hermann (14 September 1835 – 20 February 1906) was a German physical education instructor. He, along with Konrad Koch, introduced the game of association football to Germany from England in 1874. He is known ...

, physical education pioneer *

René Herms René Herms (17 July 1982 – 9 January 2009) was a German middle-distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres. Herms was born in Dohna, Bezirk Dresden, East Germany. He won the silver medal in 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2000 World Junior ...

, Olympic middle-distance runner * Ludwig Lachner, former German international footballer,

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at MTV * Hans-Günther Lehmann, Olympic swimmer * Edmund Malecki, former German international footballer, player and player-manager at MTV * Jürgen Moll, footballer, youth player at MTV * Volker Mudrow, German international handballer *

Melanie Paschke Melanie Paschke (born 29 June 1970 in Braunschweig) is a retired German sprinter, who specialised in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay. Career Her personal best time in the 100 m is 11.04 seconds, achieved in June 1995 in Bre ...

, Olympic sprinter * Walter Ramme, Olympic swimmer *

Alfred Schwarzmann Alfred Schwarzmann (22 March 1912 – 11 March 2000) was a German Olympic gymnast. He won three gold and two bronze medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and another silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics. During World War II, Schwarzmann serve ...

, Olympic gymnast *

Fate Tola Fate Tola Geleto (born 22 October 1987) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in marathon races. She represented Ethiopia at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships The World Athletics Road Running Championships is a biennial inter ...

, long-distance runner * Luminita Zaituc, Olympic long-distance runnerEhemalige Laufteam-Größen (in German)
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References

External links

Official website
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MTV MTV (an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television television channel, channel and the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on ...

Sports clubs and teams established in 1847 1847 establishments in the German Confederation 19th-century establishments in the Duchy of Brunswick Organisations based in Braunschweig