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 (''Männerturnverein Wolfenbüttel'' / in
English: ''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 season, both clubs will field a joined team which will play in Wolfenbüttel and serve as a
farm team
In sports, a farm team, farm system, feeder team, feeder club, or nursery club is generally a team or club whose role is to provide experience and training for young players, with an agreement that any successful players can move on to a higher ...
to
Basketball Bundesliga club
Basketball Löwen Braunschweig.
Kooperation mit Basketball Löwen und SG Braunschweig
(in German), accessed: 22 May 2015.
Honours
German Cup
* 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)
Basketball teams established in 1956
Basketball teams in Germany
1956 establishments in Germany
Wolfenbüttel
Basketball Löwen Braunschweig
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