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ARv Westfalen (German rowing club)

Akademischer Ruderverein "Westfalen" e.V.

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 May 2006

Akademischer Ruderverein "Westfalen"

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Akademischer Ruderverein "Westfalen"

Name: Akademischer Ruderverein "Westfalen" e.V.
Located in: Münster
Established: 28th June 1891.
Description of flag: It is a white flag with 2 narrow black horizontal stripes, one in the upper half, the other in the lower half and a red shield with an uprising white horse (coat of arms of Prussian province of Westfalen) in the centre of the flag. The canton is a blue (FIAV-code B--) over white over blue (FIAV-code B) horizontal tricolour superimposed by a black Zirkel of the fraternity.
A „Zirkel" (lit.: compasses) is the logo of a fraternity. Fraternities are connections of academicians, students and pupils of high-level schools (in Germany: Gymnasium). They are usually for males only. Two types are of interset. 1) Rowing Departments of academic gymnastics federation and 2) academic rowing-fraternities. Most of them are members of ARB (Akademischer Ruderbund). The "Zirkel" is a flourished connected ensemble of the initials of the fraternity topped by a wavy line and always accompanied by an exclamation-mark. It is often displayed in the canton of an ARB-club.
Source: Rudersportalmanach 1977 [RA77]; Club's Website.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 May 2006