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.
15-677: The league was formed in 1927, from the clubs of the Bezirksliga Main and the clubs of the north-eastern part of the Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar . The clubs from the Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar which did not become part of the new league were added to the new Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar instead. With the Viktoria Aschaffenburg, the league also included one club from Bavaria . The league operated from
30-788: A strength of ten clubs. With the rise of the Nazis to power, the Gauligas were introduced as the highest football leagues in Germany. In the region, the Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen replaced the Bezirksliga Main-Hessen as the highest level of play. The clubs from the Hanau and Friedberg region however were added to the new Gauliga Hessen . Qualified teams and their success: Qualified teams and their success: The 22 founding members of
45-512: The Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar to form the new Bezirksliga Main-Hessen . In practice, this meant little change for the league as the new Bezirksliga was immediately sub-divided into two independent, regional divisions. Out of the ten clubs in the league, nine went to the new Bezirksliga Main-Hessen - Main division , only the VfL Neu-Isenburg found itself grouped into the Hessen division of
60-617: The German championship . A Bezirksliga final was not played. The second and third placed team in each division qualified for another round, the Bezirksliga runners-up round, to determine one more team which would gain entry to the German finals. The leagues were reduced to ten teams in the Main division and nine in the Hessen division in the following season but remained unchanged in modus otherwise. For
75-746: The Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau from 1923 to 1927, when the league was replaced by the Bezirksliga Main-Hessen . The league was formed in 1923, after a league reform which was decided upon in Darmstadt , Hesse . It replaced the Kreisliga Nordmain and the Kreisliga Südmain as the highest leagues in the region. Apart from clubs from Hesse, with the Viktoria Aschaffenburg ,
90-479: The 1929-30 season, both divisions then operated on a strength of eight teams, a system that also applied in the following season. In the 1931-32 season, both divisions expanded in strength, Main to eleven and Hessen to ten teams. The Southern German finals were also reorganised with the top two teams from each division advancing to the Northwest finals group. In its last season, 1932–33, both divisions operated on
105-771: 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. Qualified teams and their success: Qualified teams and their success: The league
120-552: The league also included one club from Bavaria . The Bezirksliga Main , named after the river Main , 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 . 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,
135-477: The league and their positions in the 1926-27 season were: Source: "Bezirksliga Main-Hessen" . Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv . Retrieved 2008-07-24 . Source: "Bezirksliga Main-Hessen" . Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv . Retrieved 2008-07-24 . Bezirksliga Main The Bezirksliga Main-Hessen was the highest association football league in the German state of Hesse and
150-525: 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 Main , this meant, it joined with the northern clubs of
165-403: 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
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#1732876730871180-514: The new league. Qualified teams and their success: Qualified teams and their success: The league was formed from eight teams: Source: "Bezirksliga Main" . Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv . Retrieved 2008-07-26 . Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar The Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar was the highest association football league in the German state of Saarland , the Rheinhessen part of
195-527: The region. 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 . 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,
210-539: The start in two regional divisions, the Main-division , named after the river Main and the Hessen-division , named after the region of Hesse . The first played with twelve, the second with ten clubs in its first season 1927-28. The clubs in each division played each other in a home-and-away round with the division winners advancing to the Southern German championship , which in turn was a qualification tournament for
225-710: 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 . The league was formed in 1923, after a league reform which was decided upon in Darmstadt , Hesse . It replaced the Kreisliga Hessen and the Kreisliga Saar as the highest leagues in
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