article_snippet: Franz Jacobi und die Wiege des BVB
article_snippet: " ("Born at the Borsigsquare: Franz Jacobi and the cradle of BVB") that tells Franz Jacobi und story.
article_snippet: When Jacobi started making the film I was aware of Jacobi story but not so deeply," Dortmund fan Quambusch says of a film inspired by a similar crowdfunding project dreamed up by Fortuna Dusseldorf supporters in 2012.
article_snippet: It's also a love story, It has everything you need,Dortmund fan Quambusch adds, referring to Jacobi having originally dragged Jacobi friends to the city as Jacobi was in love with the pub owner's daughter, who Jacobi would later go on to marry.
article_snippet: Dortmund president from 1910 to 1923, Jacobi laid the foundations of a club which prides itself on harboring a real sense of involvement and belonging for itself supporters.
article_snippet: Permitted to stay at home in Germany during World War I as Jacobi was the oldest son of The Borussia Family and Jacobi father had died, Jacobi wrote postcards to those club members who were away fighting, while also helping to take care of those club members who were away fighting wives and children.
article_snippet: Heinrich Unger, Dortmund's maiden president and Jacobi's best friend, was one of those fighting, and Heinrich Unger would go on to write what turned out to be the club's first ever song during Heinrich Unger time in the trenches -- part of the club's first ever song is still included in one of Dortmund's official anthems, "Wir Halten Fest Und Treu Zusammen" ("We are standing together").
article_snippet: With Dortmund dangerously close to bankruptcy just a decade ago, fans came together to do all fans could for fans club, while as well as donating to fund the new film, supporters also contributed old photographs to help shed light on Jacobi's story.
article_snippet: That sentiment most likely applied to Jacobi himself, whose body today lies buried in Dortmund following the club's decision to move it into the area after originally being located 300 kilometers away in Salzgitter.
article_snippet: Franz Jacobi and the cradle of BVB is released in German cinemas and on DVD on March 15 .
highlights_snippet: New film about one of Borussia Dortmund's founders, Franz Jacobi, set for release .
  