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Akademischer Ruderverein Kiel

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Akademischer Ruderverein Kiel

Name: Akademischer Ruderverein Kiel
Located in: Kiel
Established: 10th February 1897.
Description of flag: It is a white flag with a purple cotized centred cross and and a purple Zirkel of the fraternity in the canton.
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, 21 May 2006