History of Schützenverein 1954 Reinheim e.V. On the 9th of October 1954 twenty-five persons interested in the shooting sport assembled in the inn "Zur alten Post" in Reinheim and founded the shooting sports club "Schützenverein 1954 Reinheim e.V." Thirteen of the persons present at that time joined the organization immediately. They elected Ludwig Held as their 1st chairman. Until the completion of the air rifle stands in the aforementioned inn which became the home of the club, the shooting training took place in the courtyard of the house of the club member Seibold in the Heinrichstraße. Actually this foundation was a re-foundation. A document, which is in the hands of the club since a short time proves that a "Privileged Shooting Club Reinheim" was founded 1863 already. Unfortunately, until now it could not be determined by the club yet how long this Reinheimer shooting club existed. Investigations are still made, however.

Privilegierte Schützengesellschaft 1888

 

The newly founded club took part in friendship fights at first and 1955/1956 participated for the first time in real competitions with other teams. Because of the fast increasing number of members and consequently in the increased training requirement the available locations were not sufficient. The organization changed therefore already in fall 1957 the inn of the club and moved into a new pub, the inn called "Zum Schützenhof" where better training facilities where available, and of course the name here was fitting a lot better.

Since the interest in the small caliber shooting was growing in between as well, the members of the club decided to build an own club home with fitting training possibilities.

The city of Reinheim made a suitable area available for the club free of charge in a place called "Schaubach", below the "Windlücke". The start of the construction was done at the 11th of October 1959. The clubhouse was build only with the help of the club members, and was equipped with four 50 m small caliber-shooting ranges. The inauguration took place at September 1st, 1962. The number the member continued to increase fast and several teams soon took part in the disciplines of air rifle, air pistol and small caliber gun at the annual competitions.

The clubhouse was extended by six 25m of sports pistol ranges in 1965 to offer interested members the necessary training possibilities also in this discipline. At that time, they discussed already the possibility to transfer the air powered weapon stands into the clubhouse. This failed, however, due to the missing power and water connections, the missing sanitary installation and the terrible access way. Under these conditions it seemed unreasonable to carry out air powered rifle competitions, which almost exclusively took place in the evenings in this clubhouse.

The club had to change once more the pub of the club in the fall 1969. For approx. five years the air rifle and air gun training took place in the inn "Volkshaus" now. After this the offer of the inn "Zur Spitze" was accepted gratefully to use the old unused stables for the shooting exercise. The old stables were renovated and made ready by the club from 1973 until summer 1974. Unfortunately the lease was not continued any more in 1988, so the further development of the clubhouse was under discussion once more because all efforts to find another suitable place failed. In the meeting of the members the extensive project was finally decided on.

The clubhouse was extended by 14 meters again almost exclusively done with the help of the members from April 1988 till November 1989. A generous room with eight air pressure shooting ranges is available now which can be used also for social purposes as well. The clubhouse was provided with power and water supply, with modern toilet installations and a heating was installed. The town of Reinheim constructed the access road as well, an asphalt road now, which can be safely used in every weather condition.

The considerable financial resources used for the construction and extensions have been really worth the effort for the club, viewing it from today's view. Apart from the good training possibilities, which are now available in the clubhouse, the complete area experienced a considerable value increase and the club is now able to organize much larger events as well without problems.

For instance the local club shooting event, where many other clubs are invited, We call this the "Ortsvereinsschießen", and it has become a regular event for many local clubs. Our club believes that this event contributes at lot to demonstrate the shooting sport to the local people close by and eventually make them interested.

A three-day muzzle-loading shooting event is organized. This event as well has become very popular with all muzzle-loading shooting enthusiasts.

 

Chairmen of the "Schützenvereins 1954 Reinheim"
of Okt.     1954 -	till May     1965	Ludwig Held	10 1/2 years
of May     1965 -	till March  1973	Helmut Göbel	8 years
of March  1973 -	till March  1985	Paul Vierheller	12 yaers
of March  1985 -	till April    1998	Winfried Emich	13 years
of April    1998 -	till March  2003	Robert Linke	5 years
of March  2003 -	to this day	Mathias, Amann	7 years
		age SV 1954:	55 years

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