DJK Würzburg

DJK Würzburg
DJK Würzburg
Founded	16 September 1920; 103 years ago
Location	Würzburg, Germany
Website	www.djk-wuerzburg-basketball.de
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Deutsche Jugendkraft Würzburg, commonly known as DJK Würzburg, is a German

sports club. It is most known for its basketball section, which in the past had a professional team. Its most known former player is Dirk Nowitzki

.

Currently, the sports club contains around 3,000 amateur players.

History

The DJK Sport Association was founded on September 16, 1920 in Würzburg. Due to the geographic location of its home office, the DJK soon founded a local club in Würzburg. However, the different athletic departments found themselves divided among various Catholic clubs. During the

Third Reich, all Nazi Germany DJK affiliates were banned by the government. After World War II

, the DJK consolidated all of its local departments into DJK Würzburg. Today the club has over 3000 members, including a variety of non-Catholic members.

The club's top women's

Handball-Bundesliga Frauen

, the top flight of women's handball in Germany, from 1976 to 1985, during the 1987–88 season and from 1993 to 1995.

The club's basketball department gained fame in the 1990s as both the men's and women's teams qualified for the top German

NBA

.

In 2005, the club resigned its spot in the BBL and the club stopped competing.