Heilbronner Segelsport-Club e.V.

History

In late summer 1974, the Heilbronner Stimme newspaper reported that a reservoir was being built at the foot of the Löwenstein hills near Breitenau to prevent Sulm flooding and serve local recreation. This prompted sailors Uli Wehner and Horst Sommer to place an advert to find like-minded people. They met at the Inselhotel and decided on 22 January 1975 to hold a founding meeting for a sailing club. Sixteen sailors founded the Heilbronner Segelsport-Club, HeiSC for short. Flooding in the late 1960s and 1970s had shaped the region; Lake Breitenau was created as the central Sulm flood retention basin and, with up to 38 hectares of water, is the largest lake in the Stuttgart administrative district. In 1973, construction signs announced the Neckar barrage at Lauffen – another reason to found the club. Until Breitenau was fully usable, the upper Neckar pool at Lauffen, about 130 metres wide and roughly 5 kilometres long, temporarily served as the sailing area; cabin cruisers remain based there today. All sections now sail together: open dinghies on Lake Breitenau, cabin cruisers on the Neckar and larger yachts on Lake Constance and at sea. Regatta sailors, cruising sailors and leisure sailors have joined, and HeiSC has grown to around 220 members. The club is a member of the German Sailing Association (DSV registration BW098) and registered at Heilbronn district court under VR 1097. Home waters are Lake Breitenau for dinghies and the Lauffen Neckar barrage for cabin cruisers. Over the decades the fleet grew with Optimists, Laser Vagos, ILCA boats, Schwertzugvogel and Varianta 18; the youth section trains newcomers from Optimist level to regatta sailing. In 2025 the club celebrated its 50th anniversary. As host of the 2025 Baden-Württemberg Special Olympics state games on Lake Breitenau, HeiSC received the „Segeln im Ländle“ promotion award from the Baden-Württemberg sailing association.

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