FC Fidelitas Karlsruhe was an early German association football club, founded in 1895 in the city of

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...

, now in

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

but then in the Grand Duchy of Baden. The term Fidelitas in the club's name results from the Karlsruhe coat of arms which it is part of. ''Fidelitas'' was one of eight founding members of the

Southern German Football Association The Southern German Football Association (german: Süddeutscher Fussball-Verband), the ''SFV'', is one of five regional organisations of the German Football Association, the ''DFB'', and covers the states of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria and Hesse. ...

on 17 October 1897. The club soon after disappeared from the Karlsruhe football scene and most likely folded.Sonnabend in Karlsruhe: Süddeutschland-Norddeutschland im Fußball
''

Hamburger Abendblatt The ''Hamburger Abendblatt'' (English: ''Hamburg Evening Newspaper'') is a German daily newspaper in Hamburg. The paper focuses on news in Hamburg and area, and produces regional supplements with news from Norderstedt, Ahrensburg, Harburg, and P ...

'', published: 1957, accessed: 7 April 2015

References

Sources

* ''100 Jahre Süddeutscher Fussball-Verband - SFV'', publisher: Vindelica Verlag, published: 1996 {{DEFAULTSORT:Karlsruhe, Fidelitas Defunct football clubs in Germany Defunct football clubs in Baden-Württemberg Sport in Karlsruhe Association football clubs established in 1895 1895 establishments in Germany