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Die Geschichte des SV Germania 04 Weingarten
Die Gründerjahre
On April 26, 1904, the son of a Weingarten teacher and later Reich Sports Director Heinrich Brunner founded the "Martial Arts Club Germania" with a few friends in the hall of the "Rößle" inn. When the young strength training club soon founded a football department, it changed its name to “Sportverein Germania”. The sporting successes were not long in coming. At the World Championships in Düsseldorf on June 6, 1910, Fritz Kärcher (weight class up to 85 kg/Greco-Roman) became runner-up and was able to bring the silver medal to Weingarten again eleven years later at the European Championships in Offenbach in the class up to 82.5 kg.
Another sporting highlight was Andreas Dumrauf's qualification for the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912. In Stockholm, 171 athletes from 18 countries wrestled in five weight classes - in the class up to 67.5 kg, Dumrauf ultimately took 28th place.
After the First World War, Hermann Schwaiger and Andreas Dumrauf took over the club's training and their efforts soon paid off: at the German Championships in the Greco-Roman style in Mannheim in 1924, W. Link (middleweight) and Wilhelm Holzmüller (light heavyweight) took second place ) 3rd place each. At the German Championships in Cologne in 1926, O. Dietz secured the title of runner-up in the lightweight category.
In 1930 the first team won the South German team championship.
Heinrich Bacher (welterweight) also played an important role nationally and took part in the elimination bouts for the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1932. Until 1939, the Germania relay was one of the strongest teams in the Baden-Palatinate region. During these years, the “Kärcherhalle” was filled to the last seat by an enthusiastic audience.
The club's successful streak was interrupted again by the Second World War. In 1946, wrestling activities were resumed as the “heavy athletics department” of the 1880 Weingarten gymnastics and sports club. In 1954 the department became independent again under its traditional name “Sportverein Germania 04 Weingarten”.
The 60s - the SVG builds its Germaniahalle
In 1961, D. Knebel took third place in the German A-Youth Championship (freestyle) in the class up to 73 kg in Ketsch. At the German Junior Championships (Greco-Roman) in 1963, Gottfried Hanuschka achieved second place in the light heavyweight division.
Another sporting highlight was Andreas Dumrauf's qualification for the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912. In Stockholm, 171 athletes from 18 countries wrestled in five weight classes - in the class up to 67.5 kg, Dumrauf ultimately took 28th place.
In 1964, construction began on the "Germania Hall", which was inaugurated after three years of construction and where the home of SV Germania is still located today. At the German A Youth Championships in Burghausen (Greco-Roman) in 1965, W. Betz came in the up to 62 kg class. 3rd place. At the German A Youth Championships in Bruchsal in freestyle, Manfred Enderle became runner-up in the class up to 56 kg.
The 70s
In the 1970s, the SVG fought in the North Baden State League and was able to gain a good reputation in Baden. In 1973, Rolf Schetterer took third place in the German School Championships (Greco-Roman) in the over 56 kg class in Urloffen and the following year he became German School Champion in free style in Salzgitter. At the German Senior Championships (Greco-Roman) in Karlsruhe in 1973, Gottfried Hanuschka took third place in the super heavyweight division.
The 80s
Reiner Kunzmann initially celebrated great success as an active wrestler and later as a coach for SVG in the 80s and 90s.
Andreas Reichert, who was runner-up at the German A-Youth Championships in Kehlheim in 1985 (Greco-Roman) in the class up to 87 kg, and Rainer Schubert - German A-Youth runner-up in the class up to 48 kg (freestyle) in Gütersloh in 1987 - also did so It is clear that SV Germania produced some talent.
Die 90er Jahre - Aufstieg in die 2. Bundesliga
1994 gelang der 1. Mannschaft des SV Germania der Aufstieg in die 2. Bundesliga Südwest, wo man fünf Jahre lang immer oben mitmischen konnte (3x Vizemeister, 2x Dritter). Bei den Deutschen Meisterschaften im Freistil 1996 wurde Stanislaw Kaczmarek Deutscher Meister in der Klasse bis 52 kg.
Der bis dahin erfolgreichste Ringer in Diensten des SV Germania Weingarten ist aber ohne jeden Zweifel Mhkitar Manukjan aus Kasachstan, der 1997 nach Weingarten kam, sich 1998 und 1999 den Weltmeistertitel sichern konnte und auf der Weltrangliste viele Jahre auf Platz 1 stand.
1999 schaffte der SVG mit dem Aufstieg in die 1. Bundesliga seinen bis dahin größten sportlichen Erfolg.
Turgut Altintas trug in der Saison 1999 mit dazu bei, dass der SVG erstmals in seiner Geschichte erstklassig ringt.
Das neue Millennium - Weingarten erstmals in der Endrunde
Nach zwei Jahren Bundesliga mit dem Ziel Klassenerhalt erreichten die Germanen im Jahr 2002 erstmals der Einzug in die Endrunde um die deutsche Mannschaftsmeisterschaft. Leider musste man sich hier bereits im Viertelfinale dem 1. Luckenwalder SC geschlagen geben. In den beiden darauffolgenden Jahren verpasste der SVG als Tabellenfünfter der Südstaffel den Sprung in die Play-Offs jeweils nur ganz knapp. In der Saison 2005/2006 gelang es der "Walzbach-Staffel" unter der Regie von Trainer Frank Heinzelbecker dagegen erneut, sich für die Endrunde der Ringerbundesliga zu qualifizieren. Endstation war wieder das Viertelfinale, in dem man sich der RWG Mömbris-Königshofen beugen musste.
