FC Hansa Rostock is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from the former East Germany after German reunification and have made several appearances in the top-flight Bundesliga. With 21,416 club members, the club is one of the largest sports clubs in Germany.
A match between SC Empor Rostock and SC Dynamo Berlin at the Ostseestadion in 1957.
The January 1990 squad
Rostock officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock, is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, close to the border with Pomerania. With around 210,000 inhabitants, it is the third-largest city on the German Baltic coast after Kiel and Lübeck, the eighth-largest city in the area of former East Germany, as well as the 39th-largest city of Germany. Rostock was the largest coastal and most important port city in East Germany.
Image: 2018 Petrikirche Rostock
Image: Rostock nördl Altstadt mit der Marienkirche
Image: Petrikirche in Rostock IMG 1681
Image: Hafen panoramio Georg Denda (1)