Weissenfelser Handballverein '91 e.V. (a.k.a. WHV '91) is a German women's

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

club from Weissenfels. It was founded in 1991, following the

reunification of Germany German reunification (german: link=no, Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a united and fully sovereign state, which took place between 2 May 1989 and 15 March 1991. The day of 3 October 1990 when the Ge ...

, from the fusion of local clubs BSG Fortschritt Weißenfels and ASG Vorwärts Weißenfels, and it currently plays in the Saxony-Anhalt regional category. SC Fortschritt Weißenfels, from 1961 named BSG Fortschritt Weißenfels, was one of the leading teams in the early stages in the

DDR-Oberliga The DDR-Oberliga (English: ''East German Premier League'' or ''GDR Premier League'') was the top-level association football league in East Germany. Overview Following World War II, separate sports competitions emerged in the occupied eastern ...

winning six championships between 1955 and 1964. In 1963 it became the first team to represent

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in the

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, reaching the competition's semifinals.Results
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Titles

* East German Championship ** 1955, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964

References

External links

Official website
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