The German Hockey Federation (german: Deutscher Hockey-Bund or DHB) is the national governing body for field (and indoor) hockey in Germany. It was founded in 1909 in
Bonn
The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr r ...
. It is situated in
Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach (, li, Jlabbach ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine, halfway between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border.
Geography Municipal subdivisions
Since 2009, the territory of Mönchengladbac ...
and had 66,145 members on 1 January 2006.
The body is built by the club which are organised in subdivisions on the level of the
''Bundesländer''. The association itself is member of the DOSB (
Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund
The German Olympic Sports Confederation (german: Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund or DOSB) was founded on 20 May 2006 by a merger of the ''Deutscher Sportbund'' (DSB), and the ''Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland'' (NOK) which dates ...
), the
EHF and the
FIH. It is responsible for the German national hockey teams and is the administrator of the
Men's Bundesliga and
Women's Bundesliga
History
The German Hockey Federation was founded on 31 December 1909
in
Bonn
The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr r ...
as part of an international hockey week in Bonn by a number of clubs founded from 1901 onwards.
Kurt Doerry
Kurt Wilhelm Doerry (24 September 1874 – 4 January 1947) was a German track and field athlete. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and the 1900 Summer Olympics held in Paris.
Doerry was 21 years old when he competed at the ...
was elected the first President.
See also
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Germany men's national field hockey team
The Germany men's national field hockey team is one of the most successful sides in the world, winning gold at the Summer Olympics four times (including once as West Germany), the Hockey World Cup twice, the EuroHockey Nations Championship eight ...
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Germany women's national field hockey team
The Germany women's national field hockey team has represented the unified Germany since 1991.
The team won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, by defeating the Netherlands in the final.
Tournament records
Team Curr ...
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Men's Bundesliga
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Women's Bundesliga
References
* http://www.wdr.de/themen/kultur/stichtag/2004/01/25.jhtml
* http://www.deutscher-hockey-bund.de/VVI-web/Adressbuch/Club-Liste.asp
* http://www.deutscher-hockey-bund.de/VVI-web/Adressbuch/Statistik-Mitglieder.asp
External links
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Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
Hockey
Hockey is a term used to denote a family of various types of both summer and winter team sports which originated on either an outdoor field, sheet of ice, or dry floor such as in a gymnasium. While these sports vary in specific rules, numbers o ...
Field hockey in Germany
Sports organizations established in 1909
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