FSV Bergshausen is a German association football club from the village of Bergshausen in the municipality of

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History

The club was established 6 August 1899 as the gymnastics club ''Turngemeinde Bergshausen''. It was renamed ''Turn- und Sportgemeinde Bergshausen'' in 1919 with the introduction of a football department. ''TSG'' was a worker's club and as a result was banned as being politically unacceptable in 1933 under the

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regime. The footballers were able to carry on as an independent side they were disbanded at the end of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

by occupying Allied authorities. The club was reestablished on 13 October 1945 as ''Freie Sportvereinigung Bergshausen''. They played the next several decades as a lower tier local club before enjoying their best campaigns in the late 1970s and early 1980s.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ''FSV'' advanced out of the

Landesliga Hessen The Hessenliga (until 2008 ''Oberliga Hessen'') is the highest football league in the state of Hesse and the Hessian football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German football league system. ...

Nord (IV) in 1978 to become part of the Amateuroberliga Hessen (III). In their first two seasons there the team earned consecutive fourth-place finishes, before crashing to a 19th-place finish in 1982. The 1982–83 Landesliga season also ended in relegation. ''FSV'' recovered and returned to fourth-tier play in 1984–85 and earned a 3rd-place result, but voluntarily withdrew for financial reasons. In 2000, discussions with ''Sportgemeinde Dennhausen-Dörnhagen'' led to the formation of ''SG Fuldabrück'' which brought together the football departments of the two groups to help deal with a shortage of players. ''SG Dennhausen-Dörnhagen'' is a working partnership of the independent clubs ''FSV 1895 Dennhausen'' and ''FSV 1899 Dörnhagen''. For a time ''FSV Bergshausen'' partnered with ''SG Dennhausen-Dörnhagen'' to field a combined football side. Each of the three clubs involved still has youth football programs. Nowadays the club plays independently again in the tier eight Kreisoberliga after gaining promotion by winning in 2018 a title in the tier nine Kreisliga A.

References

External links

Official team site – FSV BergshausenDas deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Bergshausen, FSV Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Hesse Association football clubs established in 1919 Sports clubs and teams established in 1899 1899 establishments in Germany Kassel (district) Sport in Kassel (region)