Deutscher Hockey Bund
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The Deutscher Hockey-Bund is the national governing body for field (and indoor) hockey in Germany. It was founded in 1909 in Bonn
. It is situated in Mönchengladbach
and had 66,145 members on January 1, 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 EHF
and the FIH
. It is responsible for the German national hockey teams.
Bonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
. It is situated in Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach , formerly known as Münchengladbach, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine half way between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border....
and had 66,145 members on January 1, 2006. The body is built by the club which are organised in subdivisions on the level of the Bundesländer
States of Germany
Germany is made up of sixteen which are partly sovereign constituent states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Land literally translates as "country", and constitutionally speaking, they are constituent countries...
. The association itself is member of the DOSB (Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund
Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund
Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund was founded on 20 May 2006 by a merger of the Deutscher Sportbund , and the Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland which dates back to 1895, the year it was founded and recognized as NOC by the IOC.Seated in Frankfurt , it represents 89,000...
), the EHF
European Hockey Federation
The European Hockey Federation is an European sports federation for field hockey, based in Dublin, Ireland. It is the umbrella organisation for all European national federations and organises the Euro Hockey League...
and the FIH
International Hockey Federation
The International Field Hockey Federation is the global governing body of field hockey...
. It is responsible for the German national hockey teams.
See also
- Germany national field hockey teamGermany national field hockey teamThe Germany national field hockey team represents Germany in international field hockey. The team have won the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Mönchengladbach, Germany...
-Germany's national men team - Germany women's national field hockey teamGermany women's national field hockey teamThe Germany women's national field hockey team represents the unified Germany since 1991 in the international field hockey competitions. The team, coached for three years by Markus Weise , made history when it surprisingly won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, by...