The
Turnerbund Sachsenroß von 1891 was founded in a suburb of Hanover in 1891. The
Arbeitersportverein List von 1893 followed two years later. Another ancestor of the club,
Freie Turnerschaft Hannover, Abtlg. Buchholz was the first to offer football, but the football department left the club in 1923 to form an independent football club, since known as
OSV Hannover. In 1924 the footballers of
List, now renamed to
Freie Turnerschaft Hannover, Abtlg. List, also formed an independent club named
Freie Sportvereinigung Wacker. Many members of
Wacker joined the sports club of the local waterworks and in 1933 that club was renamed to
Fortuna von 1933. After
World War II 74 former members of Wacker, Fortuna, and Buchholz founded the
TSV Fortuna von 1946. When the local authorities moved
Turnerbund Sachsenroß from their former residence at Clausewitzstraße to Wietzegraben Fortuna and Sachsenroß became neighbours. The city also wanted to support the local sports and thus planned to build larger sports facilities. A prerequisite was that
Sachsenross and
Fortuna would merge to form a joint club.
TSV Fortuna/Sachsenroß von 1891 e.V. was thus founded in 1971. == Football ==