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ATV Liegnitz
ATV Liegnitz was a German association football club from what was then the city of Liegnitz, Lower Silesia in Germany, but is today Legnica, Poland. The origins of the club were in the establishment of the gymnastics club ''Alter Turnverein Liegnitz'' in 1852, which formed a football department in July 1896. __TOC__ History The footballers played in the Südostdeutscher Fußballverband (Southeast German Football Association) and made regular appearances in the playoffs into the early 1920s. They were unable to advance past the semifinals in three tries from 1907 to 1909 and were quickly eliminated in the early qualification round in each of the following two seasons. ''ATV'' enjoyed its greatest success in 1912 when they beat '' Preußen Görlitz'' 2:0 in qualifying and then advanced on a bye to the Südost final where they defeated ''Germania Breslau'' 5:1. That title win put the team into the national playoffs where they were eliminated in the quarterfinals by ''SpVgg Lei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SV Leignitz
SV, Sv, sv, etc. may refer to: Places and language * El Salvador, ISO 3166-1 country code SV * South Vietnam, an extinct state * Svalbard, Norway, FIPS country code SV * Swedish language, ISO 639-1 language code sv * Silicon Valley, a region in northern California noted for high tech and social media companies (e.g., Apple Inc., Google, Facebook) Science and technology * Sensitivity priority, or Sv (for "sensitivity value"), a camera setting * Sievert, symbol Sv, a unit of ionizing radiation dose * Starting variable, or initialization vector, in cryptography * Stroke volume, in cardiovascular physiology * .sv, a filename extension of SystemVerilog files * .sv, the Internet country code top-level domain for El Salvador * Svedberg unit, symbol S or Sv, a non-metric unit for sedimentation coefficient * Sverdrup, symbol Sv, a non-SI unit of flow Sport * Save (baseball), abbreviated SV * ''Sportverein'' ('sports club'), for example Hamburger SV * Save percentage, SV%, a statistic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football In Germany
Football (or "soccer") is the most popular sport in Germany. The German Football Association (german: Deutscher Fußball-Bund, link=no or ) is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members (roughly eight percent of the population) organized in over 31,000 football clubs. There is a league system, with the Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga and 3. Liga on top. The winner of the Bundesliga is crowned the German football champion. Additionally, there are national cup competitions, most notably the DFB-Pokal (German Cup) and DFL-Supercup (German Supercup). The Germany national football team has won four FIFA World Cups ( 1954, 1974, 1990, 2014), being the joint-second most successful nation in the tournament only surpassed by Brazil. It also holds a record (tied with Spain) three UEFA European Championships (1972, 1980, 1996), and won the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2017.. The Germany women's national football team has won two FIFA Women's World Cups ( 2003, 2007) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liegnitz
Legnica (Polish: ; german: Liegnitz, szl, Lignica, cz, Lehnice, la, Lignitium) is a city in southwestern Poland, in the central part of Lower Silesia, on the Kaczawa River (left tributary of the Oder) and the Czarna Woda. Between 1 June 1975 and 31 December 1998 Legnica was the capital of the Legnica Voivodeship. It is currently the seat of the county and since 1992 the city has been the seat of a Diocese. As of 2021, Legnica had a population of 97,300 inhabitants. The city was first referenced in chronicles dating from the year 1004, although previous settlements could be traced back to the 7th century. The name "Legnica" was mentioned in 1149 under High Duke of Poland Bolesław IV the Curly. Legnica was most likely the seat of Bolesław and it became the residence of the high dukes that ruled the Duchy of Legnica from 1248 until 1675. Legnica is a city over which the Piast dynasty reigned the longest, for about 700 years, from the time of ruler Mieszko I of Poland after the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Silesia
Lower Silesia ( pl, Dolny Śląsk; cz, Dolní Slezsko; german: Niederschlesien; szl, Dolny Ślōnsk; hsb, Delnja Šleska; dsb, Dolna Šlazyńska; Silesian German: ''Niederschläsing''; la, Silesia Inferior) is the northwestern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia; Upper Silesia is to the southeast. In the Middle Ages Lower Silesia was part of Piast-ruled Poland. It was one of the leading regions of Poland, and its capital Wrocław was one of the main cities of the Polish Kingdom. Lower Silesia emerged as a distinctive region during the fragmentation of Poland, in 1172, when the Duchies of Opole and Racibórz, considered Upper Silesia since, were formed of the eastern part of the Duchy of Silesia, and the remaining, western part was since considered Lower Silesia. During the Ostsiedlung, German settlers were invited to settle in the sparsely populated region, which until then had a Polish majority. As a result, the region became largely Germanised in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legnica
Legnica (Polish: ; german: Liegnitz, szl, Lignica, cz, Lehnice, la, Lignitium) is a city in southwestern Poland, in the central part of Lower Silesia, on the Kaczawa River (left tributary of the Oder) and the Czarna Woda (Kaczawa), Czarna Woda. Between 1 June 1975 and 31 December 1998 Legnica was the capital of the Legnica Voivodeship. It is currently the seat of the county and since 1992 the city has been the seat of a Diocese of Legnica, Diocese. As of 2021, Legnica had a population of 97,300 inhabitants. The city was first referenced in chronicles dating from the year 1004, although previous settlements could be traced back to the 7th century. The name "Legnica" was mentioned in 1149 under High Duke of Poland Bolesław IV the Curly. Legnica was most likely the seat of Bolesław and it became the residence of the high dukes that ruled the Duchy of Legnica from 1248 until 1675. Legnica is a city over which the Piast dynasty reigned the longest, for about 700 years, from the ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous member state of the European Union. Warsaw is the nation's capital and largest metropolis. Other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk, and Szczecin. Poland has a temperate transitional climate and its territory traverses the Central European Plain, extending from Baltic Sea in the north to Sudeten and Carpathian Mountains in the south. The longest Polish river is the Vistula, and Poland's highest point is Mount Rysy, situated in the Tatra mountain range of the Carpathians. The country is bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. It also shares maritime boundaries with Denmark and Sweden. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
STC Görlitz
STC Görlitz was a German association football club from the city of Görlitz, Silesia (today: Saxony). The club was established as Sportclub Preußen Görlitz in 1906. __TOC__ History ''SC Preußen'' played in the top-flight regional Südostdeutscher Fußballverband (SOFV, en:Southeast German Football Association) and while they made a string of league playoff appearances from 1911 to 1914, they were unable to advance out of the opening qualifying round except in 1914 when they got as far as the semifinals where they were resoundingly trounced by '' Askania Forst'' (0:9) who were on their way to the league championship. Domestic competition was disrupted throughout Germany from 1914 to 1918 by World War I. The SOFV was most seriously affected of the country's various regional leagues and did not resume play until the 1919–20 season. In 1918, ''Preußen'' adopted the name ''Sport- und Turn-Club Görlitz'' and in 1920–21 reappeared in SOFV play. They again quickly went out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germania Breslau
SC Germania Breslau was a German association football club from the city of Breslau, Lower Silesia (today Wroclaw, Poland). The team spent several seasons in upper tier regional play in the Südostdeutscher Fußball-Verband (Southeast German Football Association) and advanced to the league playoffs in 1911 and 1912. In both appearances ''Germania'' advanced to the league final. A 2:3 loss in 1911 to ''Askania Forst Askania Forst was a German association football club in what was the city of Forst (Lausitz), Brandenburg and is today Zasieki, Poland. Established in 1901, the team earned a number of championships in the 1910s, but disappeared from top flight ...'' was annulled after protest, but the team then also lost the rematch (0:3). In the following season's final they were beaten 1:5 by '' ATV Liegnitz''.Grüne, Hardy (1996). Vom Kronprinzen bis zur Bundesliga. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag In 1913 the team merged with Preußen Breslau to form Vereinigte Breslauer Sportf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SpVgg Leipzig
SpVgg Leipzig is a German association football club from the city of Leipzig, Saxony. It was formed on 15 February 1899 as the football department of gymnastics club ''ATV Leipzig-Lindenau'' and became independent as ''Spielvereinigung Leipzig'' in 1903. Alongside ''VfB Leipzig'' and ''Dresdner SC'', ''SpVgg'' was one of the most successful pre-war sides in Saxony. __TOC__ History The club enjoyed its greatest successes in the 1910s and 1920s while competing in the regional central German league ( Verbandes Mitteldeutscher Ballspiel-Vereine) where they won the title in 1912, 1914, 1922, and 1924. They also captured the Mittledeutscher Pokal (Central German Cup) in 1931. These victories qualified the team for the national playoffs where their furthest advance was to the semi-finals in 1912 and again in 1924.Grüne, Hardy (1996). Vom Kronprinzen bis zur Bundesliga. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag In 1933, German football was reorganized by Nazi Germany into 16 top-flight regional circu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a dictatorship. Under Hitler's rule, Germany quickly became a totalitarian state where nearly all aspects of life were controlled by the government. The Third Reich, meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", alluded to the Nazi claim that Nazi Germany was the successor to the earlier Holy Roman Empire (800–1806) and German Empire (1871–1918). The Third Reich, which Hitler and the Nazis referred to as the Thousand-Year Reich, ended in May 1945 after just 12 years when the Allies defeated Germany, ending World War II in Europe. On 30 January 1933, Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, the head of gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gauliga Schlesien
The Gauliga Schlesien was the highest football league in the region of Silesia (German:''Schlesien''), which consisted of the Prussian provinces of Lower Silesia and Upper Silesia from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the Gau Silesia, later subdivided into Gau Upper Silesia and Gau Lower Silesia, replaced the Prussian provinces. After the Polish defeat in 1939, the parts of ''Upper Silesia'' awarded to Poland after the First World War were reoccupied by Nazi Germany and added to the ''Gau Oberschlesien''. From 1941, the ''Gauliga Schlesien'' was split into two separate leagues, the ''Gauliga Niederschlesien'' and the ''Gauliga Oberschlesien''. Overview Gauliga Schlesien The league was introduced by the Nazi Sports Office in 1933, after the Nazi takeover of power in Germany. It replaced the ''Oberliga'' as the highest level of play of the regional football competitions. In its first seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gauliga Niederschlesien
A Gauliga () was the highest level of play in German football from 1933 to 1945. The leagues were introduced in 1933, after the Nazi takeover of power by the National Socialist League of the Reich for Physical Exercise. Name The German word ''Gauliga'' is composed of Gau, approximately meaning county or region, and ''Liga'', or league. The plural is ''Gauligen''. While the name Gauliga is not in use in German football any more, mainly because it is attached to the Nazi past, some sports in Germany still have Gauligen, like gymnastics and faustball. Overview The Gauligen were formed in 1933 to replace the previously existing Bezirksligas in Weimar Germany. The Nazis initially introduced 16 regional Gauligen, some of them subdivided into groups. The introduction of the Gauligen was part of the ''Gleichschaltung'' process, whereby the Nazis completely revamped the domestic administration. The Gauligen were largely formed along the new Gaue, designed to replace the old German s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
