Schützengesellschaft Baden 1560

About Schützengesellschaft Baden 1560

The Schützengesellschaft Baden 1560 is a sport shooting club at Braitnerstraße 63 in Baden. Members shoot with air rifles and air pistols at ten metres, and also with the crossbow. The club calls itself the oldest club in Baden; the year 1560 is in its name. The shooting range is also the district main shooting range of the 3rd Bezirksschützenbund.

Try shooting

Training takes place on Mondays and Wednesdays from 17:30 to 19:30, but not during the school holidays. According to the club, guests are welcome at these times, beginners as well as experienced shooters.

• Guests: 5 euros, including a loan rifle and ammunition
• Disciplines according to the result lists: air rifle, air pistol, small bore, crossbow and youth competitions
• Equipment: 10 electronic Meyton systems, 13 Rika pulley target systems and 2 crossbow ranges

Events throughout the year

Besides training there are evenings with their own programme: a Halloween shoot in autumn, a Krampus shoot before St Nicholas (Nikolo), plus carnival (Fasching), an open day and dates in the Ferienspiel holiday programme during the semester and summer holidays. Current dates are on the club's website.

History

According to the commemorative publication for the 450th anniversary, the club was re-founded in 1956 and moved into the shooting range on Braitnerstraße in 1971. According to the publication, the Austrian Schützenbund was also founded in Baden in 1879. The club's shooters regularly take part in state and national championships, in 2024 for example winning a state title in air rifle in the junior category.

Contact

Braitnerstraße 63, 2500 Baden. Enquiries by e-mail to sgbaden1560@gmail.com. The head shooting master (Oberschützenmeister) is Stefan Kotal.

Automatically translated from German.

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