History
A look into the history of the club
Honorary Members Board
Dr. Frank Becker († 2024)
Werner Heiche
Bernd Kipping
Football: On 29 April 1920, the football department was founded under the name"Football Association Regis (FVR)", founded as a subdivision of the gymnastics club. This club has its roots in the 19th century, having been founded in 1862.
25 men attended the founding meeting and were the first members of the FVR.
Dr. Fritz Fröhlich was unanimously elected as the first chairman; Karl Müller was elected as vice chairman, Arno Müller as treasurer, and Otto Welsch as secretary.
The first men’s team was formed, which the youth followed with enthusiasm.
In the first few weeks, they trained on the small pitch near the waterworks; after negotiations with the city, the so-called Schützenwiese was made available to us as a sports field.
The membership of the Regis Football Association grew week by week; four men's teams were formed. But it wasn't just the men who led the green and white colors to victory; the youth, especially the boys, also did so. Dr. Fritz Fröhlich's vision was: "He who has the youth, has the future!" Today, we know exactly how valuable this act was! The boys grew into the first men's team and reestablished the FVR's glory.
Even in its founding year, the club boasted a strong boys' and boys' division. One youth team and four boys' teams competed enthusiastically for the "green and white" colors. Willy Landmann was captain of the first boys' team; Erwin Welsch was captain of the second boys' team.
Thus, the FVR grew from year to year and was respected and feared in our region (Leipzig, Altenburg). The name FVR had a positive resonance. Dr. Fritz Fröhlich was the club's leader. On August 1, 1922, the FVR separated from the Regiser Turnverein and now stood on its own two feet. Political troublemakers brought quarrels and strife into the FVR. On February 25, 1923, Dr. Fritz Fröhlich resigned from his position. Karl Müller then took over as head of our FVR. Under his leadership, after a long period of weakness, the FVR's heyday began. Under Karl Müller's leadership, a sporting success began that is perhaps only enjoyed by a few provincial clubs.
The 10th anniversary celebration (May 1930) was a complete success! The FVR received a very special honor at this celebration. The representative of the Northwest Saxony region, Mr. Martin (Leipzig), presented our two members, honorary member Dr. Fritz Fröhlich and club leader Karl Müller, with the silver medal for their many years of tireless service to the German sports movement.Gau Badge of HonorThe FVR itself honored its first chairman, Karl Müller, for his services by awarding him honorary membership. Furthermore, 18 members were presented with the club's badge of honor for 10 years of loyal membership: Karl Müller, Dr. Fritz Fröhlich, Kurt Kröber, Kurt Arnold, Horst Hönig, Willy Krumsdorf, Willy Landmann, Hans Patzschke, Hugo Bellmann, Rudi Kirsch, Otto Krumsdorf, Otto Miehe, Arthur Törpel, Herbert Gißner, Alfred Kattner, Kurt Neftler, Erwin Welsch, and Arthur Pfau.
Handball:
1862: Founding of the Regiser Gymnastics Club
1919: Gymnastics club receives sports fields: Regis on Deutzener Straße behind the Kippe. Breitingen near Herrenhölzchen.
1920: Political merger of Regis and Breitingen.
1928: Inauguration of the gymnasium (today the "Schulstraße" gymnasium).
1928: The handball division was founded within the Regis Gymnastics Club under the leadership of schoolteacher Paul Döge (1st and 2nd men's teams, women's team, and youth team). The teams played in brown shorts and gray-blue jerseys with brown collars. Opponents included teams from Borna, Frohburg, and Meuselwitz, among others. Away games were traveled by bike. 1st team: Erich Kraus, Fritz Unger, Willi Rätz, Artur Große, Rudolf Sieland, Heinz Weber, Willi Kipping, Hans Hönig, Erich Mann, Florus Günther, goalkeeper Heinz Pohlmann.
2nd team: Erwin Dietze, Josef Jockisch, Rudolf Köhler, Max Teichmann, Alfred Pohlers, Kurt Nötzold, Rudolf Pohlers, Max Günther, Alfred Kipping
The game was played on the sports field in Deutzener Straße behind the former high dump.
1945: The handball team was reorganized under Helmut Höber (Herbert and Walter Jahn, Graichen, Werner Kretzschmar, Alfred Hälsich, Alfred and Willi Kipping, Artur Große, Heinz Sturm, Walter Haugk, Wolfgang Thieme, and Rolf Ketzschmar). The main initiator of the team's development was Helmut Höber, who was an outstanding section leader and put his personal life aside during these difficult years.
According to the records of Herbert and Walter Jahn, the first men's team had already played 12 friendly matches after the war in 1945, all of which were won with a total goal difference of 213:53.
1946: Formation of the municipal sports organization -> this becomes the Democratic Sports Movement with the company sports community Aufbau Regis-Breitingen.
1946: The first men's handball team was promoted to the Leipzig City League. Enormous efforts were required to secure the travel arrangements. Opponents at the time included teams from Sellerhausen, Mockau, Taucha, Gohlis-Nord, Lindenau, and Lok Mitte Leipzig.
1948: The first men's team played at the district level. It was a great advantage that most of the handball players were available again immediately after the end of the war. It's worth noting that the first team remained undefeated in all league and friendly matches for two years, thus ensuring promotion to higher divisions (district league/state league).
1949-1951: The first men's team was promoted to the Leipzig Regional League and managed to stay there for three years.
During this time, Aufbau Regis-Breitingen was renamed the company sports club "Aktivist".
1951: The Regiser team became the state champions of the "Aktivist" sports association in Central Germany and became Saxony champions. They lost the state championship match against Aktivist Weißwasser (then Saxony-Anhalt) on July 15 in Bitterfeld.
1951: Promotion to the new Leipzig district league.
1956: Promotion of the first men's team to the Leipzig district league (Wolfgang Zetzsche, Heinz Kretzschmar, Lutz Rössel, Herbert Jahn, Henry Kretzschmar, Roland Kottwitz, Werner Stopfkuchen, Günter Dannenberg, Walter Haugk, Lothar Claus, Rudolph Jockisch, Roland Wirth, Karl Ermler, manager: Helmut Höber, coach: Hand Wendlandt)
1965: Sunday, October 17: 14:8 against Motor West Leipzig, promotion to the district league (field handball) after 5 years of absence (Karl-Heinz Kaufmann, Gerhard Zschille, Eberhard Herold, Ralf Schuhknecht, Roland Kottwitz, Dieter Göschel, Manfred Reinhold, Dieter Lorenz, Rolf Schiller, Bernd Krebs, Wolfgang Zetzsche, Hanno Riedel, Claus Herfurth, Oswald Schlesinger, coach: Herbert Jahn)
1965: The men's B-youth team participated in the GDR Championships in Magdeburg (including Jürgen Lachky, goalkeeper Sterz, Wolfgang Herold, Frank Kluge, Günter Fahr, Harald Kretzschmar, Gerhard Pfeiffer, Eckhard Schob, Klaus Heinicke, coach: Herbert Jahn, supervisor: Gerhard Zschille). After winning the district championship (against Sportclub Leipzig) and successfully completing the intermediate round, they only lost by one goal in the final round of the last four in Magdeburg to eventual GDR champions Dynamo Berlin. This 4th-place finish at the GDR Championships is one of the greatest successes in Regis handball history.
1966/67: District champion in indoor handball (Gerhard Zschille, Manfred Reinhold, Rolf Schiller, Ronald Jahn, Ulrich Bols, Hanno Riedel, Bernd Krebs)
1967: September 10, 1967 – trip of the 1st and 2nd teams to Prague, games against Spartak Modrany (1st) and Dukla Ruzyne (2nd) were clearly won.
1969: Tournament victory of the 1st men in March 1969 in Pegau ("Golden Shoe")
1969: Promotion of the A-Youth team to the district league (Gerhard Heppner, Klaus Hofmann, Thomas Kratzsch, Roland Ulm, Rainer Zetzsche, Fritz Fahr, Jürgen Frauendorf, Bernd Pagalies, Karl-Heinz Schwarz, coach: Bernd Krebs)
1969: Children’s and Youth Spartakiad held in Regis-Breitingen, 3x gold for activist Regis-Breitingen
1970: Men's first division promoted to the district league in the DHfK-Halle Leipzig (Gerhard Zschille, Wolfgang Herold, Hanno Riedel, Gerd Hunger, Klaus Heinicke, Bernd Krebs, Ronald Jahn, Helmut Haugk, Bernd Frommhold, Manfred Reinhold, coaches: Herbert Jahn, Dietmar Göschel)
1970: April 30 – May 2: The first team travels to Poland. They win and lose against Lechia Dzierzoniow.
1970: The district league for large field handball was discontinued. The first men's team played until the final matchday and was not relegated.
1972: Promotion of the 1st men's team to the Leipzig District League - Indoor Handball (with Chemie Böhlen) (Gerhard Zschille, Jürgen Lachky, Helm and Hanno Riedel, Bernd Krebs, Wolfgang Herold, Gerhard Pfeifer, H. Kretzschmar, Ronald Jahn, Bernd Frommhold, Klaus Heinicke, Eckhard Schob, Coach: Manfred Reinhold)
1972: Men's "Black Diamond" Cup victory.
1972: The male B-youth team was promoted to the district league.
1973: 3rd place 1st men in the district league, promotion of the 2nd men to the district class, promotion of the A-students to the district league.
1974: April 30th – May 4th: 1st men's team travels to Poland, losing to the Polish first division team (14:21) and winning against LSZ Mechanik Tarnow (18:13).
1978: Promotion of the A-youth team to the district league.
1979-1989: Years of ups and downs for Regiser handball with problems in the area of management.
1990: June 22nd-24th - 1st trip to the "West" Participation in the 5th Feuchtwangen handball tournament of the Regiser men still as a GDR team - series winner on the first day - 4th place at the end, Andre Guckenberger becomes best goalkeeper.
1991: The newly founded SV Regis-Breitingen becomes district champion in Borna, visits the twin town Spaichingen in Baden-Württemberg.
1991: September 21st: Return visit of TV Spaichingen to Regis-Breitingen.
1991/92: Formation of the Altenburg / Borna district league (Thuringia / Saxony). Participation of SV Regis-Breitingen in the league (3rd place).
1993: District champion – promotion to the Leipzig district league.
1994: Relegation to the 1st district league Thuringia-East.
1995: Promotion to the 2nd Leipzig District League.
1996: Relegation to the 1st district league.
2001: September 28th: Inauguration of the two-field sports hall in the Dr. Fritz Fröhlich Stadium.
2003: Vice district champion after 2 playoff games against Aufbau Altenburg (therefore missing out on possible promotion).
2003: May 17th - Handball Day in the new sports hall on the occasion of: "75 years of handball in Regis-Breitingen".
2007: Our U19 team almost reached the Saxony Championship. They missed out on a place in a thrilling tournament against teams like MoGoNo Leipzig, Waldheim, and SC Leipzig's second team. Due to injuries and a lack of players, they finished in sixth place.
Athletics: The founding of the Regis Gymnastics Club in 1862 marked the beginning of a broad and successful career. In addition to the Regis Gymnastics Club, a similar club was formed in Breitingen in 1895. There were shooting, bowling, cycling, and a football club. Athletics played a special role in these activities, and Regis-Breitingen became known through them. On the one hand, outstanding athletes such as Fritz Fröhlich, Willy Nötzold, Werner Krumsdorf, Gerhard Eisert, and, after the war, Hans-Heinz Fröhlich, Günter Lorenz, and Siegfried Dähne, achieved outstanding results. On the other hand, there were the excellently organized athletics competitions, in which numerous top German athletes participated. The outstanding development of Regis athletics from 1920 to 1961 was primarily thanks to one man: Dr. Fritz Fröhlich. A successful athlete, soccer player, and hockey player himself, he opened his medical practice in Regis-Breitingen in 1924 after successfully completing his medical studies. Just one year later, he contracted polio and was paralyzed in both legs. Despite the severe impairments – he could only move from place to place with assistance – he threw himself into his work as a doctor. From then on, Dr. Fröhlich found balance and fulfillment in his work in sports. He felt comfortable among his fellow athletes and continually drew new strength. The work of this extraordinary personality is portrayed in the book, as is the almost seamless development of athletics from 1920 to 1961 in Regis-Breitingen and beyond. Numerous competition reports also feature many results from athletes from Borna and the entire region. Special events such as the opening of the Otto Buchwitz Stadium, the Rudolf Harbig Stadium, and the sports hall at Breiten Teich are commemorated. We are very grateful to our sports friend Bernd Kipping, who, as someone who began his athletics career under Dr. Fröhlich's wing in 1961 and then shaped it for many decades, agreed in 2011 to write the history of Regis athletics. Through painstaking, meticulous work, he succeeded in preserving a part of sports history from oblivion and preserving it for posterity. We would like to thank Bernd Kipping for taking on this extensive and complex task pro bono.
Bowling: With the construction of the sports stadium in 1962, a two-lane bowling alley was also inaugurated. This marked the beginning of a new era in the then-revived sport of bowling in Regis. Up to four men's and two women's teams competed competitively. The first men's team achieved promotion to the district league for the first time in the 1960s, and the women's team soon followed suit, still competing at the district level today.
In 1972, the new four-lane facility was inaugurated to meet the higher demands of competitive sports. This facility was equipped with automatic setup systems in 1981, which, although no longer comply with German regulations, are still fully functional.
This facility offered excellent bowling. Highlights of the 1970s and 1980s included the Arthur Becker Tournaments, featuring outstanding teams such as Carl Zeiss Jena, with the then East German individual champion Horst Bräutigam, who still holds the lane record with 988 pins over 200 throws.
At one point, 124 members of the bowling department participated in the beautiful sport of bowling in a women's team, two men's teams, and eight recreational clubs. Since August 1994, there has also been a junior group with 10 boys and two girls, who trained under the guidance of Sportfreunde Pilz and Bittag. The first success came at the "Leipziger Land" Children's and Youth Sports Games in Zwenkau, where they won the team competition in the Youth B category and placed 1st to 3rd in the individual competition.
At the beginning of 2020, 10 female and 17 male sports friends were still participating in active competitive sports, and they were also the pillars of the bowling department when it came to maintaining the value of our bowling alley.
2023: The board and council of the Regis-Breitingen Sports Club (Regis-Breitingen eV) decide to close the bowling alley effective January 1, 2024. This decision was formally passed unanimously by the club council, which consists of the board and the department heads, at the end of September. The decision was communicated to the department members on the evening of November 15, 2023. The main reason is the sports club's financial situation since the beginning of the energy crisis. The bowling alley building is heated with gas, which has caused the club's operating costs to rise sharply. The building must be heated continuously during the cold season to prevent further damage to the bowling alley. These heating costs burden the club annually in the five-figure range. Last year, this amount was covered through a cooperation with the city administration, which reimbursed the club for the additional gas costs. We were very grateful for this opportunity, but it is not a sustainable solution for the future. Furthermore, the building is in urgent need of renovation. A large portion of the heat is therefore not retained in the building for very long due to the lack of insulation. The city of Regis-Breitingen, with its poor financial situation, cannot carry out the necessary renovation. The track facility is also severely damaged. Two of the four lanes have been closed for several years. The two remaining lanes also already have serious defects. It will be difficult for the Regis-Breitingen Sports Club to remedy these defects financially. This is particularly important given that the future of the bowling department is questionable due to the very high average age. There are no new recruits, also because bowling is no longer a trendy sport these days. With 35 athletes, about half of whom are only supporting members, the bowling department is the smallest in the SVR. Its membership has fallen by about 20% in the past two years. This is primarily due to age-related reasons. There has been no active competitive team since this year because several players from the active team left the club and joined other clubs, among others. The board regrets this step, but sees the future of the entire club in jeopardy. We must do everything in our power to avert insolvency for the entire club, which now has almost 350 members, in order to ensure a successful future for sports in Regis-Breitingen. We regret the misguided direction of state and federal policy, which is making life very difficult for sports clubs in Saxony, Germany, and hope for more support for amateur sports and the clubs themselves. Having to make such a decision is particularly bitter given that bowling at the Regis-Breitingen Sports Club has a seventy-year tradition that is now coming to an end.
Do gymnastics: On September 6, 1862, the Regis Gymnastics Club was founded by the then church teacher and cantor Johann Gottfried Kleber. 34 men, mainly farmers and craftsmen, were the first members. Kleber led the club until 1879. Until the turn of the century, there were frequent changes at the club's leadership. Club members were subject to strict regulations. Those who violated them were fined or even expelled altogether. In 1985, the Breitingen Gymnastics Club was founded. Until the beginning of the 20th century, only men were allowed to become members. The focus was on national gymnastics according to the principles of GutsMuths and Jahn. From its founding until the end of the 19th century, the Regis Gymnastics Club developed slowly, fluctuating around 50 members. When the young teacher and cantor Richard Kluge took over the chairmanship in 1901, the club experienced rapid growth. The club flourished, and within a few years, membership had doubled. After this era had ended, the board, led by Thomas Weiser and Marvin Timmler, announced the founding of a new gymnastics department within the SVR in November 2023. Due to a dispute within SV Einheit Borna, approximately 50 members transferred to our SV Regis-Breitingen. This department comprised approximately 90 members in 2025, almost exclusively children.