The following is a glimpse into our almost one hundred years of turbulent association history. We continue to research tirelessly and will add to what we bring to light.
11.03.2026
General Meeting
At the Annual General Meeting on 11 March 2026, the actions of the current Executive Board were ratified. Markus Krabel as First Chairman and Prof Dr Karl Kiening as Second Chairman were re-elected by the members. Ulrich Meinberg was newly elected to the Executive Board as Managing Director.
15.05.2024
New offer: Iaido
We are pleased to be able to offer Iaido with immediate effect.
21.03.2024
General Meeting
At the Annual General Meeting on 21 March 2024, the actions of the current Board of Directors were approved and they were re-elected: Markus Krabel and Prof Dr Karl Kiening as First and Second Chairmen and Mario Schreer as Managing Director.
02.11.2023
New offer: ZEN meditation
The PSV is launching its new ZEN meditation programme in our dojo.
01.04.2023
Move to the new Budo Dojo
We are moving. After a long wait, the time has finally come. The first training session will take place on 02.04.
End of 2022
Moving in?
The budo groups will finally move into their long-awaited very own dojo in Heidelberg's Südstadt. Or will they?"
2022
New Board elected
New board members are elected at the Annual General Meeting on 21.03.2022: Markus Krabel and Prof. Dr. Karl Kiening as First and Second Chairman and Mario Schreer as Club Manager.
2022
The deserving board passes on its offices
After more than 20 years, the long-time chairman Dieter Schäfer and managing director Peter Metz resign from their positions and hand over their responsibility to the new management of the association. Their many years of effort to secure a permanent home for the Budo groups will soon bear fruit.
2022
Independent Aikido group
The aikido group breaks away from the judo department and establishes its own division in the PSV.
2021
Extraction from the dojo at TSG
After more than 40 years the Budo groups have to leave the dojo in the TSG 78 Heidelberg in Heidelberg-Neuenheim.
An own dojo in the Heidelberg Südstadt is in prospect, but until completion the groups have to be satisfied with different alternative quarters.
Requirement to finally vacate the hall at TSG 78 by the end of 2021 -> time-consuming search for a new hall begins.
April: A large part of the karate department splits and leaves the PSV
May: Information about our future training programme in the F&U hall from
August 2022 -> time-consuming search for training facilities for the period between moving out of TSG 78 and moving into the new hall begins
September: The first training sessions are allowed to take place again (in each training session again, among other things: Proof of vaccination, ventilation, disinfection, maximum occupancy, list of participants, no change of partner, minimum distance)
The number of members is rising sharply, particularly in the children's training programme
End of 2021: Move out of our dojo. The training centres of the Budo departments are mainly located at SRH Wieblingen (Ju-Jutsu, Karate), ESV Heidelberg (Karate), TSG Dossenheim (Aikido)
2020
Volleyball
The volleyball group joins the PSV.
2020
PSV Corona Chronicle
Corona has us firmly under control. Severely restricted training under constantly changing guidelines (in every training session, among other things: Proof of vaccination, ventilation, disinfection, maximum occupancy, list of participants, no change of partners, minimum distance).
March to June: Training ban due to the Corona Ordinance, some training programmes only online.
End of April: Announcement that the Haus des Sports cannot be realised
July to September: Very limited training (as before, but without partner contact)
October to August 2021: Training ban again, some training offers online again.
Despite a greatly reduced training programme, only very few people left.
2014
2003
Kyūdō
Foundation of the Kyūdō Group, motivated by great interest following events organised as part of the "Kumamoto Week of Encounters" in 2000.
1998
75th anniversary of PSV
At the 75th anniversary celebrations, the club presents itself as a "modern multi-discipline club with a wide range of sports for everyone".
Children's and youth programmes, violence prevention and "embedding the police in the population" form the focus of the club's work.
See the 75th anniversary brochure (German)
1996
Jōdō
The Jōdō group joins the PSV
1990s
Handball on the rise
Handball celebrates a big comeback after numerous players from the HSC Heidelberg change clubs.
1973
Resumption of shooting
Shooting operations were resumed at the Rod and Gun Club in Oftersheim under department head Robert Kaiser. At the same time the registration in the Badischer Schützenverband took place.
1970s
Growing association
Membership grows steadily, from 880 members (1977) to 1080 (1982). Only about a quarter of the athletes are still police officers.
In the judo department, the era of "Herbert Braun" goes down in club annals - the department has almost 400 active members and moves up to the national league.
Karate also finds more and more popularity and members.
1969
Tennis
The newly founded tennis division moves to St. Ilgen.
1968
Judo and Karate Dojo
Judo and Karate are the only divisions to finally have a place of their own: the first dojo is built in the tennis hall of TSG 78 Heidelberg in Heidelberg-Neuenheim.
All the other groups remain scattered over a variety of sports facilities.
1965
Target shooting
Founding of the shooting department in March 1965. The first department head was the police volunteer Lüddecke. Already after 3 years, the operation had to be discontinued again due to a loss of members.
1960s
New departments, clubhouse
The handball players play in the I. Division, the motor sportsmen organize rallies, the swimmers devote themselves to the training of lifeguards.
Different departments - in the meantime even a chess department - flourish, but do not last. Two things cause problems again and again: the lack of a clubhouse and the lack of young talent.
1955
Motor sports
Founding of a motor sports department for motorcycles and cars.
1950s
Strong departments
Fistball dominates in terms of numbers and performance until the middle of the decade, but from 1955 the judokas take over as the strongest section.
1948
Chess
From September 1948 to December 1968 there was a chess department in the PSV. The most successful years were between 1949 and 1951 when the team was promoted to the Bezirksklasse B.
1948
Resuscitation
The "veterans" of the PSV of 1923 revive their club, but with a twist: new divisions such as women's gymnastics, bowling, judo and karate open the club up to the public and to popular sport.
1936
New establishment of departments
Numerous other divisions are founded in the first few years: handball, fistball, swimming, shooting, table tennis and ring tennis, canoeing and motor sports - even a choir! The handball and fistball players are particularly successful at this time.
There is even a singing group! Especially the handball and fistball players are successful at this time.
1932
Table tennis
Table tennis was played in PSV from 1932 to 1936. After the war, the game was resumed in 1948. The department was one of the strongest at the time and was instrumental in the reestablishment.
1924
Swimming and rescue
In 1924 the swimming and rescue department was founded. The swimmers of the PSV were present at all swimming festivals in the area. The concentration was in the training and promotion of lifeguards.
The concentration was in the training and promotion of lifeguards.
1923
Foundation
The police officers of the Badische Schutzmannschaften found their own police sports club. To complement official sports, they mostly practice track and field athletics.
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