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Kreisliga Hessen
The Kreisliga Hessen (English: ''District league Hesse'') was the highest association football league in parts of the German state of Hesse (''Rheinhessen'') and parts of the Bavarian region of Palatinate as well as the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau from 1919 to 1923. The league was disbanded with the introduction of the Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar in 1923. While the league carries the name Kreisliga Hessen it did not cover anywhere near the whole area of what is now the federal state of Hesse. Its main body lay in what is now Rhineland-Palatinate, together with the Wiesbaden area of the state of Hesse. Overview Predecessor From 1907, four regional leagues were formed within the structure of the Southern German football championship, in a move to improve the organisation of football in Southern Germany, these being: * Ostkreis-Liga, ''covering Bavaria'' * Nordkreis-Liga, ''covering Hesse'' * Südkreis-Liga, ''covering Württemberg, Baden and Alsace'' * Westkreis-Liga, ''co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ostkreis-Liga
The Kreisliga Bayern (English: ''District league Bavaria'') was the highest association football league in the German Kingdom of Bavaria and, later, the state of Bavaria from 1909 to 1923. The league was disbanded with the introduction of the Bezirksliga Bayern in 1923. Overview 1907 to 1914 The league was formed in a move to improve the organisation of football in Southern Germany in the early 1900s. Within the structure of the Southern German football championship, four regional leagues were gradually established from 1907, these being: * Ostkreis-Liga, ''covering Bavaria'' * Nordkreis-Liga, ''covering Hesse'' * Südkreis-Liga, ''covering Württemberg, Baden and Alsace'' * Westkreis-Liga, ''covering the Palatinate, Lorraine and the southern Rhine Province'' In 1909, a first ''Ostkreis-Liga'' (English: ''Eastern District League'') was established, consisting of only four clubs and playing a home-and-away season, these clubs being: * Bayern Munich * 1. FC Nürnberg * MTV 1879 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kreisliga Saar
The Kreisliga Saar (English: ''District league Saar'') was the highest association football league in the Territory of the Saar Basin, governed by a League of Nations mandate, and parts of the Bavarian region of Palatinate and the Prussian Rhine Province from 1919 to 1923. The league was disbanded with the introduction of the Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar in 1923. The league was named after the Saar River. Overview Predecessor From 1907, four regional leagues were formed within the structure of the Southern German football championship, in a move to improve the organisation of football in Southern Germany, these being: * Ostkreis-Liga, ''covering Bavaria'' * Nordkreis-Liga, ''covering Hesse'' * Südkreis-Liga, ''covering Württemberg, Baden and Alsace'' * Westkreis-Liga, ''covering the Palatinate, Lorraine and the southern Rhine Province'' In 1908, a first Westkreis-Liga (English: ''Western District League'') was established. With the outbreak of the First World War, league foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kreisliga Pfalz
The Kreisliga Pfalz (English: ''District league Palatinate'') was the highest association football league in the Bavarian region of Palatinate from 1919 to 1923. The league was disbanded with the introduction of the Bezirksliga Rhein in 1923. Overview Predecessor From 1907, four regional leagues were formed within the structure of the Southern German football championship, in a move to improve the organisation of football in Southern Germany, these being: * Ostkreis-Liga, ''covering Bavaria'' * Nordkreis-Liga, ''covering Hesse'' * Südkreis-Liga, ''covering Württemberg, Baden and Alsace'' * Westkreis-Liga, ''covering the Palatinate, Lorraine and the southern Rhine Province'' In 1908, a first Westkreis-Liga (English: ''Western District League'') was established. With the outbreak of the First World War, league football came to a halt and, during the war, games were only played on a limited level. Post-First World War With the collapse of the German Empire in 1918, no Westkreis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kreisliga Odenwald
The Kreisliga Odenwald (English: ''District league Odenwald'') was the highest association football league in the northern part of the German state of Baden and the southern part of the state of Hesse from 1919 to 1923. The league was disbanded with the introduction of the Bezirksliga Rhein in 1923. The league was named after the Odenwald, a forest in the border region of Hesse and Baden. Overview Predecessor From 1907, four regional leagues were formed within the structure of the Southern German football championship, in a move to improve the organisation of football in Southern Germany, these being: * Ostkreis-Liga, ''covering Bavaria'' * Nordkreis-Liga, ''covering Hesse'' * Südkreis-Liga, ''covering Württemberg, Baden and Alsace'' * Westkreis-Liga, ''covering the Palatinate, Lorraine and the southern Rhine Province'' In 1908, a first Westkreis-Liga (English: ''Western District League'') was established. With the outbreak of the First World War, league football came to a ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kreisliga Nordmain
The Kreisliga Nordmain (English: ''District league North Main'') was the highest association football league in parts of the German state of Hesse and the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau from 1919 to 1923. The league was disbanded with the introduction of the Bezirksliga Main in 1923. The league is named after the river Main, which flows through Frankfurt am Main and reaches the Rhine near Mainz. The league was formed from clubs from the northern side of the river. With a club from Aschaffenburg, it also included a team from the Bavaria. Overview Predecessor From 1907, four regional leagues were formed within the structure of the Southern German football championship, in a move to improve the organisation of football in Southern Germany, these being: * Ostkreis-Liga, ''covering Bavaria'' * Nordkreis-Liga, ''covering Hesse'' * Südkreis-Liga, ''covering Württemberg, Baden and Alsace'' * Westkreis-Liga, ''covering the Palatinate, Lorraine and the southern Rhine Province'' In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kreisliga Nordbayern
The Kreisliga Bayern (English: ''District league Bavaria'') was the highest association football league in the German Kingdom of Bavaria and, later, the state of Bavaria from 1909 to 1923. The league was disbanded with the introduction of the Bezirksliga Bayern in 1923. Overview 1907 to 1914 The league was formed in a move to improve the organisation of football in Southern Germany in the early 1900s. Within the structure of the Southern German football championship, four regional leagues were gradually established from 1907, these being: * Ostkreis-Liga, ''covering Bavaria'' * Nordkreis-Liga, ''covering Hesse'' * Südkreis-Liga, ''covering Württemberg, Baden and Alsace'' * Westkreis-Liga, ''covering the Palatinate, Lorraine and the southern Rhine Province'' In 1909, a first ''Ostkreis-Liga'' (English: ''Eastern District League'') was established, consisting of only four clubs and playing a home-and-away season, these clubs being: * Bayern Munich * 1. FC Nürnberg * MTV 1879 Mà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorraine (province)
The Duchy of Lorraine (french: Lorraine ; german: Lothringen ), originally Upper Lorraine, was a duchy now included in the larger present-day region of Lorraine in northeastern France. Its capital was Nancy. It was founded in 959 following the division of Lotharingia into two separate duchies: Upper and Lower Lorraine, the westernmost parts of the Holy Roman Empire. The Lower duchy was quickly dismantled, while Upper Lorraine came to be known as simply the Duchy of Lorraine. The Duchy of Lorraine was coveted and briefly occupied by the dukes of Burgundy and the kings of France. In 1737, the duchy was given to Stanisław Leszczyński, the former king of Poland, who had lost his throne as a result of the War of the Polish Succession, with the understanding that it would fall to the French crown on his death. When Stanisław died on 23 February 1766, Lorraine was annexed by France and reorganized as a province. History Lotharingia Lorraine's predecessor, Lotharingia, was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alsace
Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsà ss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had a population of 1,898,533. Alsatian culture is characterized by a blend of Germanic and French influences. Until 1871, Alsace included the area now known as the Territoire de Belfort, which formed its southernmost part. From 1982 to 2016, Alsace was the smallest administrative ''région'' in metropolitan France, consisting of the Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin departments. Territorial reform passed by the French Parliament in 2014 resulted in the merger of the Alsace administrative region with Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine to form Grand Est. On 1 January 2021, the departments of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin merged into the new European Collectivity of Alsace but remained part of the region Grand Est. Alsatian is an Alemannic dialect closely related ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Empire
The German Empire (),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people. The term literally denotes an empire – particularly a hereditary empire led by an emperor, although has been used in German to denote the Roman Empire because it had a weak hereditary tradition. In the case of the German Empire, the official name was , which is properly translated as "German Empire" because the official position of head of state in the constitution of the German Empire was officially a "presidency" of a confederation of German states led by the King of Prussia who would assume "the title of German Emperor" as referring to the German people, but was not emperor of Germany as in an emperor of a state. –The German Empire" ''Harper's New Monthly Magazine''. vol. 63, issue 376, pp. 591–603; here p. 593. also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich, as well as simply Germany, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting occurring throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease. Millions more died in genocides within the Ottoman Empire and in the 1918 influenza pandemic, which was exacerbated by the movement of combatants during the war. Prior to 1914, the European great powers were divided between the Triple Entente (comprising France, Russia, and Britain) and the Triple Alliance (containing Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy). Tensions in the Balkans came to a head on 28 June 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
