Braunschweig or Brunswick is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser. In 2016, it had a population of 250,704.
The German Football League (GFL) is an American football league in Germany and was formed in 1979. Playing rules are based on those of the American NCAA. In 1999, the league switched its name from American-Football-Bundesliga to German Football League. In terms of attendance figures, cumulative salaries paid by teams, performance in international exhibition games and competitions and ability to draw foreign talent, the GFL is arguably the strongest national league in Europe.
Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig or BTSV, is a German football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga in 1963 and won the national title in 1967. The club plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.
Heike Wedekind née Lätzsch is a former field hockey striker from Germany, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Katrin Kauschke is a former field hockey midfield player from Germany.
Irina Volkert née Kuhnt is a former field hockey player from Germany.
VfB Rot-Weiß 04 Braunschweig is a German association football club from the city of Braunschweig in Lower Saxony and is part of a larger sports club with departments for women's and youth football, gymnastics, team handball, table tennis, tennis, volleyball.
Anke Kühne is a field hockey player from Germany, who played for the German national team and won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She is married to German sculler Tobias Kühne. She has represented Germany in 181 matches.
Lauren Crandall is an American field hockey player. At the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympics, she competed for the United States women's national field hockey team in the women's event, serving as team captain in 2012 and 2016. She played for the national team from 2005 through 2016. Before joining the national team she played field hockey for Wake Forest University, winning the NCAA field hockey championship twice.
Braunschweiger MTV von 1847, commonly known as MTV Braunschweig, is a German sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony.
Rugby-Welfen Braunschweig is a German rugby union team from Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, currently playing in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga. The team is part of a larger sports club, TuRa Braunschweig, which apart from rugby also offers other sports like athletics, basketball, gymnastics and pétanque. The team is named after the House of Welf.
Friedrich August Wilhelm Theodor Hermann was a German physical education instructor. He, along with Konrad Koch, introduced the game of association football to Germany from England in 1874. He is known as the Braunschweig "Father of Physical Education." Hermann also wrote and published poetry in the Low German language.
Ingrid Bruckert, also known as Ingrid Bruckert-Redmer, is a retired German field hockey player.
Margit Meissner née Müller is a retired German field hockey player.
Gudrun Scholz née Scheller is a retired German field hockey player.
Karen Fröhlich née Haude is a retired German field hockey player.
Eva Plotek née Pagels is a retired German field hockey player.
Rudi Lüttge was a German racewalker, who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Inge Offermann is a retired German high jumper, who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Hockey- und Tennisclub Uhlenhorst e.V. Mülheim, also known as HTC Uhlenhorst Mülheim, is a German field hockey club based in Mülheim, North Rhine-Westphalia. They are one of the most successful German field hockey clubs having won nine European titles between 1988 and 1996. They have also won the most Bundesliga titles with 18.
