Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar

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Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar
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Founded 1923
Folded 1927
Replaced by

Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar

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State
Level on pyramid Level 1
Last champions FSV Mainz 05
(1926–27)

The Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar was the highest association football league in the German state of Saarland, the Rheinhessen part of the state of Hesse and parts of the Bavarian region of Palatinate and the Prussian Rhine Province from 1923 to 1927, when the league was replaced by the Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar and the Bezirksliga Main-Hessen .

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Overview

The league was formed in 1923, after a league reform which was decided upon in Darmstadt, Hesse. [1] It replaced the Kreisliga Hessen and the Kreisliga Saar as the highest leagues in the region.

Darmstadt Place in Hesse, Germany

Darmstadt is a city in the state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine-Main-Area. Darmstadt had a population of around 157,437 at the end of 2016. The Darmstadt Larger Urban Zone has 430,993 inhabitants.

Hesse State in Germany

Hesse or Hessia, officially the State of Hesse, is a federal state (Land) of the Federal Republic of Germany, with just over six million inhabitants. The state capital is Wiesbaden; the largest city is Frankfurt am Main.

Kreisliga Hessen

The Kreisliga Hessen 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.

The Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar, named after the region of Rhenish Hesse (German: Rheinhessen) and the river Saar, started out with eight teams, playing each other in a home-and-away round with the league winner advancing to the Southern German championship, which in turn was a qualification tournament for the German championship.

Rhenish Hesse

Rhenish Hesse or Rhine-Hesse is a region and a former government district (Regierungsbezirk) in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, made up of those territories west of the Upper Rhine river that from 1816 were part of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and of the People's State of Hesse until 1945. The hilly countryside is largely devoted to vineyards, comprising the Rheinhessen wine region.

Saar (river) river in France and Germany

The Saar is a river in northeastern France and western Germany, and a right tributary of the Moselle. It rises in the Vosges mountains on the border of Alsace and Lorraine and flows northwards into the Moselle near Trier. It has two headstreams, that both start near Mont Donon, the highest peak of the northern Vosges. After 246 kilometres (153 mi) the Saar flows into the Moselle at Konz (Rhineland-Palatinate) between Trier and the Luxembourg border. It has a catchment area of 7,431 square kilometres (2,869 sq mi).

Southern German football championship German association football championship

The Southern German football championship was the highest association football competition in the South of Germany, established in 1898. The competition was disbanded in 1933 with the rise of the Nazis to power.

The league modus remained unchanged for its first three seasons, 1923–24, 1924–25 and 1925-26. For its last edition however, it expanded to ten clubs. Additionally, the leagues runners-up also qualified for a "consolidation" round with the other runners-up of the southern Bezirksligas. The winner of this round was awarded the third entry spot for the south to the German finals.

In an attempt to bring all Southern German leagues to a similar system, the Bezirksligas were reorganised in 1927. For the Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar, this meant, it joined with the clubs of the Bezirksliga Rhein to form the new Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar . The clubs from the Saar region became part of the new Saar division of this league. The clubs from the Rhenish Hesse region however became part of the Hessen division of the new Bezirksliga Main-Hessen . It resulted in an even split of clubs, five going to the Main-Hessen league and the other five to the Rhein-Saar league.

Bezirksliga Rhein

The Bezirksliga Rhein was the highest association football league in the northern part of the German state of Baden and the Bavarian region of Palatinate from 1923 to 1927, when the league was replaced by the Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar.

Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar

The Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar was the highest association football league in the German state of Saarland, the Bavarian region of Palatinate and the northernmost part of Baden from 1927 to 1933. The league was disbanded with the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933.

Bezirksliga Main-Hessen

The Bezirksliga Main-Hessen was the highest association football league in the German state of Hesse and the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau from 1927 to 1933. The league was disbanded with the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933.

National success

Southern German championship

Qualified teams and their success:

German championship

Qualified teams and their success:

Founding members of the league

The league was formed from eight teams:

Borussia Neunkirchen association football club

Borussia VfB Neunkirchen is a German association football club based in Neunkirchen, Saarland. The club SC Borussia Neunkirchen was founded out of the 1907 merger of FC 1905 Borussia and SC Neunkirchen.

SV Wiesbaden is a German football club based in Wiesbaden, Hesse. The team was disbanded in 1994 as the result of financial problems, but was rebuilt and eventually returned to the Hessenliga (V). Their home games are played in the Helmut-Schön-Sportpark.

FV Biebrich is a German association football club from the town of Biebrich part of Wiesbaden, Hesse.

Winners and runners-up of the Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar

SeasonChampionsRunners-Up
1923–24 Borussia Neunkirchen SV Wiesbaden
1924–25 SV Wiesbaden FV Saarbrücken
1925–26 FV Saarbrücken FSV Mainz 05
1926–27 FSV Mainz 05 FV Saarbrücken

Placings in the Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar 1923 to 1927

Club 1924 1925 1926 1927
Borussia Neunkirchen 1 5 6 7
SV Wiesbaden 21 5 4
TG Höchst 3 6 7
FV Saarbrücken 4 21 2
1. FC Idar 5 3 3 6
SV Trier 05 6 8
FV Biebrich 7
Alemannia Worms 8 8
Wormatia Worms 4 4 3
Saar 05 Saarbrücken 7 9
FSV Mainz 05 21
SpVgg Griesheim 8
Hassia Bingen 5
Eintracht Trier 10

Source: "Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar". Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved 2008-07-27. 

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References

  1. ↑ History of the Offenburger Fußballverein Archived March 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine . (in German) Page 5, accessed: 23 July 2008

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