MTV Wolfenbüttel was a basketball club based in

Wolfenbüttel Wolfenbüttel (; nds, Wulfenbüddel) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, the administrative capital of Wolfenbüttel District. It is best known as the location of the internationally renowned Herzog August Library and for having the largest ...

, Germany. The basketball club established in 1956 within the multi-sports club

MTV Wolfenbüttel MTV Wolfenbüttel is a German association football and sports club based in Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony. History MTV Wolfenbüttel (1848–1945) MTV Wolfenbüttel was founded as a gymnastics club in 1848. A football section was founded in ...

(''Männerturnverein Wolfenbüttel'' / in

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: ''Men's gymnastics club Wolfenbüttel''). In 2002, the clubs license was passed to Wolfenbüttel Dukes, and, in July 2008 to today's club as Herzöge Wolfenbüttel. In 2012 Herzöge Wolfenbüttel merged with MTV Wolfenbüttel again. In 2015, MTV Herzöge Wolfenbüttel entered into a cooperation with SG Braunschweig. Starting with the 2015–16

ProB The ProB is the third-tier level league of professional club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 24 teams, separated into a Northern and a Southern Division. Officially, the ProB is part of the '' 2. Basketball Bundesliga'', which con ...

season, both clubs will field a joined team which will play in Wolfenbüttel and serve as a

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to Basketball Bundesliga club Basketball Löwen Braunschweig.Kooperation mit Basketball Löwen und SG Braunschweig
(in German), accessed: 22 May 2015.

Honours

German Cup The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considere ...

* Winners (2): 1971–72, 1981–82

Notable coaches

* Mihai Albu

References

External links

Offizielle Vereinsseite (www.herzoege-wolfenbuettel.de)

Homepage 2. BBL (www.diejungeliga.de)
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