1. FC Herzogenaurach once: 1. FC Herzogenaurach The 1. FC Herzogenaurach is a German association football club from the city of Herzogenaurach, Bavaria. The history of the club is strongly intertwined with the Sports equipment manufacturer Puma, then just a local company and sponsor of the "FC" and its rivalry to ASV Herzogenaurach, which was sponsored by another local company, Adidas. Formed in 1916, the club did not begin to play competitive football till 1919 due to the difficult circumstances of the First World War. Between the two world wars, the club played on local Middle Franconian level, at times as high as
Major (Germany) Major (Germany) Major () is the lowest staff officer rank in the German Army ("Heer"), German Air Force ("Luftwaffe"). The rank is rated OF-3 in NATO. The rank insignia is a silver oakleaf cluster with a silver pip (star). The OF-3 equivalent of the German Navy ("Marine") is the Korvettenkapitän. To be appointed to the rank of "Major", the officer has to pass a staff officer basic course ("Stabsoffizierlehrgang") which is held at the German Armed Forces Command and Staff College ("Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr"), and serve in a post coded A13 or A13/A14. In the German Army and the Joint