The Rutronik Stars Keltern are the

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department of the club

FC Nöttingen FC Nöttingen is a German association football club from the Nöttingen district of Remchingen, Baden-Württemberg. The footballers are part of a sports club of more than 500 members that also has departments for table tennis and an unusual sp ...

Remchingen Remchingen () is a municipality in the Enz district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, situated on the river Pfinz, 14 km southeast of Karlsruhe, and 12 km northwest of Pforzheim. History Older history * 1st millennium BC: Celtic ...

, Germany. The game is played in the neighboring municipality of

Keltern Keltren is a municipality in the district of Enz in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. History The oldest documentary records for the constituent towns of Keltern are from 827 or 830 for Dietenhausen, 919 for Ellmendingen, sometime in the 11th centu ...

, and the venue for the home games is the sports hall in the Speiterlinghalle.

History

The club was founded in Keltern in 1981. In 2012 the team was taken over by FC Nöttingen. At that time the name Grüner Stern Keltern was still used. In the 2015 season Keltern became champions in the 2nd women's basketball league group south and was promoted to the 1st women's basketball league. With this rise, the name was changed to Rutronik Stars Keltern. The club has been financially supported by the Rutronik company since its promotion. Rutronik is a sponsor of several sports clubs in the

Enzkreis Enzkreis is a Districts of Germany, ''Landkreis'' (district) in the northwest of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Karlsruhe (district), Karlsruhe, Heilbronn (district), Heilbronn, Ludwigsburg (district), ...

and in

Pforzheim Pforzheim () is a city of over 125,000 inhabitants in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, in the southwest of Germany. It is known for its jewelry and watch-making industry, and as such has gained the nickname "Goldstadt" ("Golden City") ...

. In 2018 and 2021, Keltern won the German championship title, each time coached by Christian Hergenröther. In

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and

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they took part in the

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. In 2016 they reached the round of 16.

Successes

* German Champion: 2018, 2021 *

participations: 2016, 2018, 2021 *

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winner: 2021

Notable players

* Veronika Remenárová

References

External links

Official website
(German) {{Coordinate, NS=48.926430352147285, EW=8.572865547469478, region=DE Women's basketball teams in Germany Remchingen Basketball teams established in 1981 1981 establishments in Germany FC Nöttingen