FSV Optik Rathenow club merged with Turnverein Vater Jahn Rathenow to create VfL Rathenow and was renamed BSG Verkehr Rathenow in 1948.
In the 1930s this club merged with Turnverein Vater Jahn Rathenow to create VfL Rathenow, which went on to play second division football in Berlin-Brandenburg. This was renamed BSG Verkehr Rathenow in 1948. 
