Benno Weiterer, cap number 12, winds up for a shot in the yellow Hellas cap, water spraying around him.

Hildesheim swimming club since 1899

Head above water.

Water polo from Hildesheim, from under-10s to the first team. And swimming lessons for kids from the first stroke to gold. For more than 125 years, with room for everyone who loves the water.

Water polo trial Kids swimming

Why water polo

Above you see the head. Below, everything works.

Since everyone only shows their head above the water, water polo is a sport for everyone: women or men, small or tall, heavyweight or lightweight. Tough, but not brutal. The water protects the joints and works every muscle from head to toe.

Above the waterHead up, ball in hand, eyes on goal. Quick swimmers, strong attackers and creative minds are all needed.

Below the waterLegs that never stop. This is where the power for the throw, the hold and the lift comes from. And the confidence you need outside the pool as well.

Teams and training times

Three ways into the pool

Which cap is yours?

Three U12 boys laughing at the poolside, each holding a yellow Hellas ball.

Kids and youthStart with our U10/U12 team. Hellas is known well beyond Hildesheim for developing talent.Teams

A girl with goggles on her forehead laughing in the water.

Learn to swimFrom first badge to gold. Step by step, stroke by stroke.Courses

The sponsor board at the clubhouse with many white company plates on dark wood.

CompaniesWatch, join in, support. Team events, advertising space and a place on the clubhouse board.Get involved

125 years on

A school for talent.

Almost 40 years ago Hellas specialised in competitive water polo. For all the ambition, togetherness comes first. Members describe it as close-knit and family-friendly.

1899 foundedHildesheim’s first swimming club, first training on 16 May 1899.

3× German U19 champions1983, 1992, 2010

10 seasons in the top flightbetween 1987 and 2008

2025 the doubleLeague title and cup, 22:10 in the final

Überraschungserfolg

First team, league · 31.08.2026

12:71.2:32.5:13.1:24.4:1

Match report in German. Die erste Mannschaft kommt in der Oberliga immer besser ins Rollen. Nach dem Erfolg über Cuxhaven folgte nun ein überraschender 12:7 (2:3, 5:1, 1:2, 4:1) Sieg gegen die SpVg Laatzen II. Vor allem die Abwehr um Torwart Marcel Wiegand und dem in diesem Spiel als Defensiv-Strategen fungierenden Ilja Immermann zeigte sich enorm verbessert und aufmerksam, so hielt man die beiden ehemaligen Bundesligaspieler Tobias Müller und Jens Möller bei zusammen nur drei Treffern. Im Angriff konnten vor allem Laurin Göhres und Max Becker mit jeweils drei Toren überzeugen. Am Beckenrand wurde der etatmässige Trainer Heiko Ropers durch Dirk Schütze vertreten, der dem Spiel von aussen wertvolle Impulse geben konnte.

All match reports

The first team with the cup, December 2025. — The 2025 double: league champions in September, cup winners in December with 22:10 at RSV Hannover.

Lotti Mühe swimming in the 1920s, black and white photo. — Lotti Mühe, world records in 1927 and Olympic bronze in Amsterdam 1928.

History

125 years, played in four quarters.

From the founding letter of 1899 to Olympic silver in 1912, world champion Walter Kusch, three national youth titles and the 2025 double.

Read the history

Thank you

The board at the clubhouse.

81 fields show the companies that support the club and above all the U18 squad in the national league. Without them, competitive sport would hardly be possible.

HELLAS 1899

Sparkasse Hildesheim Goslar PeineBank

apotheke im medicinumPharmacy

Hanomag Lohnhärterei GruppeGroup of companies

Jim + JimmyFitness studio

CalixFinancial services

Salge GlasGlazier

Helios Klinikum HildesheimHospital

Death by PizzaRestaurant

All sponsors and offers

Head above water.Head above water.

Above you see the head. Below, everything works.Above you see the head. Below, everything works.